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Julie Mehretu Painting Could Raise $4M for Mass Incarceration Reform

by Valentina Di Liscia May 26, 2021May 26, 2021

“It is way past time for a collective reimagining of crime and punishment as we know it,” the artist said.

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Making Art Against the Backdrop of Incarceration

by Erica Cardwell October 21, 2020December 14, 2020

In a year of perpetual change, Marking Time demonstrates the urgent need for a shift in culture, one where crisis need not be the charge for moving towards a better world.

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From Marking Time: An Excerpt

by Nicole R. Fleetwood October 11, 2020November 5, 2020

The book and exhibition center prisons in contemporary art and culture and the robust world of art-making inside US prisons.

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Incarcerated Artists, Seen Through the Lens of Their Creativity

by Brian Kelly November 4, 2019November 7, 2019

While The Pencil Is a Key spans continents, training levels, and types of imprisonment, today’s constant headlines about mass incarceration and border detentions lend it a special timeliness.

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NYC Mayor’s Office Proposes Four New Jails with Enhanced “Architecture and Design”

by Jasmine Weber October 4, 2018October 5, 2018

As part of its 10-year plan to close Rikers Island, the administration is planning new prisons with renovated design, but the proposal has been met with fierce disapproval from local residents and activists.

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