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incarceration

Posted inFilm

New Documentary Looks at Artmaking Behind Bars

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

Artist Jesse Krimes served six years in federal prison, creating artworks while incarcerated using the bare-bones materials at his disposal.

Posted inArt

Bright, Intimate Animations Relay Letters From Prison

Avatar photo by Anya Ventura December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

The diaristic animations offer portraits of people grappling with their pasts, the weight of trauma, and the need for love.

Posted inArt

How Museums Can Amplify Incarcerated Voices

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino October 14, 2020November 5, 2020

An event hosted by the Fowler Museum considers how museums “can be advocates for those in prison.”

Posted inArt

Artist Ronnie Goodman, Who Channeled Experiences of Houselessness and Incarceration

Avatar photo by Sam Lefebvre October 12, 2020November 5, 2020

The unhoused artist died in San Francisco this August, just as his work was beginning to find new outlets in museums and scholarship.

Posted inComics

The “Artists in Residence” of Fishkill Correctional Facility

Avatar photo by CM Campbell and Adam Roberts September 4, 2020April 9, 2021

Within a week of landing in Fishkill, I found myself in a confab of the inmate-run illustration group.

Posted inArt

The Prison Drawings of Frank Jones

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez August 29, 2020November 5, 2020

Frank Jones was “double-sighted” — born with a caul over his left eye — which gave him, or so it was believed, the power to communicate with the spirit world.

Posted inNews

#FreeOurMamas: Art Sale Benefits Bail Funds for Black Mothers

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 29, 2020April 30, 2020

Formerly incarcerated women and artists across the US are collaborating on prints and other works to help free jailed moms and caregivers by Mother’s Day.

Posted inNews

Using Jewish Theater to Protest the Private Detention of Migrants

by Matt Stromberg March 9, 2020

Instead of a traditional protest, Never Again Action presented a Purim Spiel, a centuries-old form of Jewish theater.

Posted inArt

An Online Project Documents Settler Violence Around the World

by Gretchen Coombs November 14, 2019November 15, 2019

Deathscapes features hard data and articles pertaining to Indigenous issues and custodial deaths, and case studies and artwork responding to deaths worldwide.

Posted inArt

Formerly Incarcerated Artists Visualize Healing

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

The OG Experience amplified the voices most directly affected by mass incarceration, putting the spotlight on artists thoughtfully grappling with the prison industrial complex.

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