Artist Spotlight: O.G. Blue
By Molly Wooliver, JAC Intern Marlowe Brown was born in Asheville, North Carolina but moved coast to coast and back again before he was old enough to go to school. He describes having had “a typical childhood of a young person of color”: he went to school, joined the track and field team, and participated …
Teaching Artist Spotlight: Judy Dworin
JAC recently spoke with Judy Dworin, our newest addition to the Teaching Artist Spotlight series. The Judy Dworin Performance Project (JDPP) is an arts non-profit that harnesses creative expression as a catalyst for positive change. JDPP uses dance, theater performance, and multi-arts engagement to examine social issues, build bridges of understanding across diverse communities, and …
Guest Blog: Annie Buckley – Final Projects
By Annie Buckley This is the third in a series of four blog posts for the Justice Arts Coalition, excerpted from the series, “Art Inside,” published by Los Angeles Review of Books. The full series is available here. To read the first two posts in Buckley’s JAC blog series, see: Oasis in the Desert and Art …
Artist Spotlight: David Green
by Isa Berliner, JAC Intern “I want to show the world that in imperfection there is beauty.” For David Green, every day is a struggle to express his creativity. Hindered by his institution, it would be easy for David to give up and stop making art. Still, he is determined to keep creating, saying, “I …
Artist Spotlight: Kenny Collins
Kenny Collins is an innocent man who was on Maryland’s death row for 17 years and is now serving a life sentence. Currently he has been incarcerated for over 33 years. His death sentence was overturned on a technicality, yet he has never had a chance to have a jury hear either the huge amount …
Guest Blog: Annie Buckley – Art and Healing
By Annie Buckley This is the second in a series of four blog posts for the Justice Arts Coalition, excerpted from the series, “Art Inside,” published by Los Angeles Review of Books. The full series is available here. To read the first post in Buckley’s JAC blog series, see: Oasis in the Desert. Stay tuned …
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Artist Spotlight: Gary Farlow
by Isa Berliner, JAC Intern At 10 years old, Gary Farlow was given his first set of pencils, markers, and pens. Growing up, he was never very athletic or outdoorsy, but while he couldn’t play sports, what he could do was draw. The son of an accomplished home designer and builder, Gary would “borrow” his …
“The BOX” Virtual Performance: A Play About Solitary Confinement by Sarah Shourd
by Isa Berliner, JAC Intern On October 1st and 3rd, audiences from around the globe are invited to a live Zoom performance of The BOX, a play about solitary confinement. Written by a survivor, Sarah Shourd, in collaboration with other survivors, The BOX is a story of human connection and resilience — a piece of …
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Artist Spotlights
- Angelica Marie Soto
- Will Livingston
- Gary Harrell
- Spoon Jackson and SaraMarie Bottaro
- Cuong Mike Tran
- Chris Schulze
- Harold Johnson
- Charles Finney
- Lex
- SNAPP
- Troy Glover
- Brian Hindson
- Nhut Vo
- Daniel Martinez
- Derrick Grantley
- Reginald Dwayne Betts
- Jeremiah Murphy
- William Brown
- O.G. Blue
- David Green
- Kenny Collins
- Gary Farlow
- Chad Merrill
- Izuo-Ere Digifa
- Marcus Pettiford
- Kenneth Reams
- Jordan (Jordy) and Joshua (Josh) Earls
- John Zenc
- Cedar Annenkov
- Amber Daniel
Teaching Artist / Program Spotlights
- Kirk Charlton
- Rachel Wallis
- Brian Daldorph
- André de Quadros
- Rowan Renee
- Ann Bracken
- Zoe Boekbinder: Prison Music Project
- Nate Fish: Brick of Gold
- A.B.O. Comix
- Joel Bergner
- Gabriel Ross
- Judy Dworin
- Annie Buckley
- William Head on Stage (WHoS)
- Anderson Smith
- Elia Cadilla
- Sarah Dahnke and Sarah Pope
- Lori Pitts
- Matt Malyon
- Peggy Rambach
- Hakim Bellamy
JAC Community Blogs
- JAC’s 2022 Wrapped
- Day in the Life of a JAC Intern: Jesse’s Monday
- JAC’s 2021 Wrapped
- Steve Davis and Chad Merrill pARTner Project Collaboration
- Day in the Life of a JAC Intern: Joslyn’s Monday
- Community Voices Blog: Staff Art Picks
- JAC’s 2020 Wrapped
- I am From…
- Coronavirus in Prison
- Collaborative Imaginings: the work of Lori Lovely and Kelly Pringle
Guest Blogs
- Leo Cardez – Mr. Crew Cut: An Angel Among Monsters
- Obie Weathers – Pieces
- Dorothy Maraglino – Hours Into Being a Refugee Due to Covid
- Marcus Pettiford – Captivity Without Sunlight
- Conor Broderick – The Challenges of Pursuing Higher Education in Prison
- Dorothy Maraglino –Prison Society
- Dorothy Maraglino – A New Approach to Crime Prevention
- Dorothy Maraglino – Homesick in Prison
- Dorothy Maraglino – A Day in My Box
- Joshua Earls
- Naomi Rachel: The Amazing Nash News
- Chris Trigg
- Annie Buckley: Lines Drawn and Erased
- Annie Buckley: Final Projects
- Annie Buckley: Art and Healing
- Annie Buckley: Oasis in the Desert
- John Zenc: The Boy Who Only Wanted to be Loved
- Chris Trigg: Creativity
- Denise Shumway: The Ohio Prison Arts Connection (OPAC)
- Jameelah Lewis
- Chris Trigg: The Other America
- Ronald McKeithen
- Marcus Pettiford
- R. Zumar: The Becomings of a Master: Canyon Run
- R. Zumar: The Becomings of A Master: Abstract
- Chris Trigg on the state of the arts in federal prisons
- Janie Paul: What we can learn about isolation from prison artists
- R. Zumar: The Becomings of A Master: The Portrait Series #3
- Carole Alden and Arlene Tucker: A Message from Translation is Dialogue
- R. Zumar: The Becomings of A Master: The Portrait Studies #1
- Annabel Manning: My Block.
- Spoon Jackson: To My Big Sis, Judith Tannenbaum, from Spoon Jackson
- Jeremy Sobek: Beginnings
- Guy La”Tron” Banks, a.k.a Tronee Threat
- Mark Andreason: Who is Mark Andreason?
- R. Zumar: The Becomings of a Master, Part 3: Hiatus
- Jennifer E. Tinker: A guest’s reflections on the Iron Cages exhibition
- Michelle Repiso: Oculus: Of A Place Unseen
- R. Zumar: The Becomings of a Master, Part 2: Bohemia
- Treacy Ziegler: Kindness, boundaries, and the border patrol
- Matt Malyon: The Stories We Save May Include Our Own
- Dr. Kevin Shorner-Johnson: Building Musical Imaginations
- R. Zumar: The Becomings of a Master
- Danny Ashton: Not a Prison Artist
- Cynthia Garcia: Hillside High Art Students reach out to incarcerated artist with Artist Trading Cards and motivational messages
- Caitlin Hamilton: Kudos For Memoir About Teaching the Arts in a California Men’s Prison
- John Whitman: copyright empowerment for incarcerated people
- Treacy Ziegler: The Slippery Slope of Kindness
- Tomás: Becoming Whole: the Joy of Creation
- Peggy Rambach: “We, the Unbound”
- Rosie Worster: Remember Me
- Treacy Zeigler: Kindness as Hostage
- Mardie Swartz: As the End Comes (a tribute to Alice Walker)
- Treacy Ziegler: The Incarceration of Kindness – Installment 1
- Mary Cohen: Communities of Caring through Choral Singing: an update from the Oakdale Prison Choir
- Page Dukes: Making Meaning: a caged bird sings
- Treacy Ziegler: Crossing the Border: An artist’s experience of a super-maximum security prison
Events, Exhibitions, and Publications
- Sean White’s The River is a Lake
- The Book of Judith
- “Correctional: A Memoir” by Ravi Shankar
- Inside & Out Exhibition Spotlight: Karim Shuquem, Lesley Rae Burdick, and Edee Allynnah
- Inside & Out Exhibition Spotlight: Sandra Miller and Cherie Hacker
- Inside & Out Exhibition Spotlight: David Potwin, Aimee Wissman, and Mary Anna Pomonis
- White Snake Projects: Virtual Opera
- Inside & Out Exhibition Spotlight: Michelle Repiso and Treacy Ziegler
- Celebrating PCAP’s 25th Annual Exhibition
- Inside & Out Musical Launch: Spotlight on Artists BL Shirelle and King Moosa
- Kenneth Reams: Workshop and Art Auction
- Mural Arts Philadelphia’s “Rendering Justice” Exhibition: Spotlight on Featured Artist Michelle Daniel Jones
- “The BOX” Virtual Performance: A Play About Solitary Confinement by Sarah Shourd
- Book Launch – Words After Dark: A Lyrics, Lit & Liquor Anthology
- Upcoming Exhibition: “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration”
- Upcoming “Art Of Innocence” Event
- Virtual Event 6/27: Refueling for Justice feat. “Art as Release” JAC Artist Panel!
- Workshop Spotlight: A Conversation From Death Row with Kenneth Reams
- The Prison Story Project
- Create + Connect Online Workshop Series!
- Just Art Initiative
- Celebrating a successful opening night…and a video launch!
- Please join us in DC to celebrate the opening of our first exhibition!
- REDEMPTION SONGS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A COMMUNITY PRISON CHOIR – Book Release
- Conference Announcement: Reframing the Landscape of Justice
Announcements / Statements
- Introducing JAC’s New Logo
- Announcing JAC’s New Gallery of the Month Series
- JAC needs your support!
- Art Connects Us
- Announcing the launch of the JAC Community Survey!
- An important message from PAC’s manager — please read on!
Reflections from JAC’s Founding Director in Response to Anti-Asian Violence
