“Apokaluptein: 16389067” is what artist Jesse Krimes dubbed his prison contraband — a project so off-limits, he had to create it behind bars in secret and smuggle it out. The work happened piecemeal ...
The University of Wyoming, in collaboration with Paño Connections Traveling Prison Art Exhibition and Programming, will feature a series of events both on campus and off Thursday-Friday, Sept. 25-26, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 22—Toilet paper, tissue and cigarette wrappers. Prison inmates use the items most of us toss to create art. Open at the ...
Danny Killion, now of Troy, NY, was suicidal when he first entered Cheshire Correctional Institution to serve time for a string of bank robberies. But eventually he found an outlet for his pain in art ...
Isaac Scott has an unconventional resume. As a young man (born and raised) in Harlem, NY, searching for a father figure, he turned to drug dealing and street life. He cycled through home, streets and ...
The University of Wyoming, in collaboration with Paño Connections Traveling Prison Art Exhibition and Programming, will feature a series of events both on campus and off Thursday-Friday, Sept. 25-26, ...
Incarcerated individuals from the Ohio Reformatory for Women, Pickaway Correctional Institution and Madison Correctional Institution flourish tissue paper sunflowers during a morning performance at ...
At first glance, the small colored drawing by Kushawn Miles El reads like a comic strip. But it is actually a record of survival — one man's attempt to reclaim his story after decades behind bars. The ...
In his triptych, Ellapsium: master & Helm (2016), Jared Owens, a formerly incarcerated artist based in New York, superimposes the 1788 diagram of the Brookes slave ship — what art historian Cheryl ...
Art spaces of all sizes, from museums to co-op galleries, level up with new shows and interesting viewpoints this weekend, though some might require a bit of a ride to reach. Time for a road trip? If ...
At first glance, the small colored drawing by Kushawn Miles El reads like a comic strip. But it is actually a record of survival — one man’s attempt to reclaim his story after decades behind bars. The ...