By Clare Walker, JAC Intern Gary Harrell with JAC founding director Wendy Jason at the opening of Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration in Cincinnati, OH Gary Harrell is a JAC network artist, formerly incarcerated artist, and co-founder of Shower Works, a non-profit based in California which aims to bring free, warm …
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Introducing JAC’s New Logo
Community. Creativity. Support. These were the three words most used by Justice Arts Coalition (JAC) team members when asked to describe JAC’s personality. And it was these three words which guided the process of redesigning JAC’s logo from start to finish. Many revisions were made throughout this process, but at the heart of each was …
Day in the Life of a JAC Intern: Jesse’s Monday
By JAC Intern, Jesse DiMeglio “But like what do you do? Like what’s your actual job?” This is the typical response I get when I talk to people about my work with JAC. I’ve been interning with JAC since October 2021. If I were to describe that time in one phrase, I would say it …
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On Radical Acceptance, Chosen Family, + Collective Care: Reflections from JAC’s Summer Interns
by Hannah Teich, JAC Web Team Intern I first came across JAC last fall, on an aimless Google search for something like “prison + art.” At the time, I, like all of us, was home, feeling mostly restless and isolated, untethered from the everyday rhythms of normal non-pandemic life. For the past few months, I …
Reflections on Art for a New Future: JAC National Convening 2021
Saturday, June 26. 9:00 PM EST. A round of Zoom applause lit up the screen as we celebrated Jail Guitar Doors' Go Getta Chris and Blaccson's encore performance for their session: Songs and Beats, an original performance piece created by system-impacted youth. Despite being virtual, there was an electric feeling in the air that zipped …
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