Sep 17, 2020 · Featuring art made by people in prisons and work by nonincarcerated artists concerned with state repression, erasure, and imprisonment, Marking Time: Art in the Age of …

Escaping Time: Art from U.S. Prisons exhibits and sells artworks created within prison walls nationwide. Through art, we work to change the narrative and break the stereotype of what …

Mar 17, 2021 · Here are 10 artists who live by that philosophy. Through their work, some of which is currently on display at museums in the Bay Area and across the country, they aim to show …

Jul 8, 2020 · Incarcerated Artists Are Making Some of Today’s Most Important Art. A Powerful New Book Explains Why. Russell Craig, Self-Portrait, 2016. Courtesy the artist. While more …

Sep 22, 2023 · Art has the radical potential to create new worlds for the dispossessed allowing them to transcend physical confinement into into the realms of imagination. Alyse Emdur’s …

May 2, 2014 · From illegal graffiti writers to political dissidents, here are 20 Artists Who Were Arrested for Their Art. Year arrested: 1972. In 1972, artist Chris Burden rose to infamy due to …

Nov 13, 2017 · Artist Sherrill Roland spent 10 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and has turned the ordeal into a performance. The "Jumpsuit Project" involves a prison-issue outfit …

In 2009, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation laid off staff in education, vocational, substance abuse, and other inmates programs, including the one Artist Facilitator …

Jun 1, 2020 · With prison populations on the rise, and new strain on inmates as measures are taken to control the spread of coronavirus, the provision of art as a tool for self-expression is …

There are two main guidelines for artists appearing on this list: 1: The artist had to go to prison for an extended period of time, generally with a sentence. Spending a short period in time for jail …