A national network and resource for those creating art in and around the criminal legal system.
by Melissa Wang, JAC Intern Justice Art Coalition’s inaugural virtual exhibition is opening tonight, featuring over thirty incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, teaching, and independent artists. We invite you to join us for the musical launch of Inside & Out: Photorealists to Minimalists, tonight, February 26th, at 7 PM EST. Register for the event here. JAC will …
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By R. Zumar This is the first piece of abstract art that I've ever made. I didn't know what it would mean to me once it was finished and really didn't have a plan of what I wanted when I was looking at this blank piece of paper in front of me. Then I started …
We recently talked with Sarah Dahnke and Sarah Pope, our newest additions to the Teaching Artist Spotlight series. Sarah Dahnke is the Artist Director and Sarah Pope is the Associate Director of Dances for Solidarity (DFS). Dances for Solidarity is a collaborative dance project where Dahnke and Pope, who both possess a professional and creative background …
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by Jeremy Sobek I remember how I felt the first time I knew I was going to be an artist, I was in fourth grade, my teacher's name was Mr. D. It was Halloween and the entire class was making paper plate masks as part of a contest. I had no cares for the contest, …
In her unforgettable memoir, HUMMINGBIRD IN UNDERWORLD, released this week by She Writes Press, Deborah Tobola intertwines the story of her rowdy family and occasionally tumultuous childhood with the story of her nine-year stint as a teacher of arts and creative writing at the California Men’s Colony, a prison in San Luis Obispo, California.