In the heart of the arts district in Bloomington, Indiana, an upcoming art exhibition is set to challenge our perceptions of justice, incarceration, and compassion. "I Was a Prisoner, and You Came to Me" is a transformative showcase of Yuri Kadamov's artwork, running from October 6 to November 3, 2023, at the Juniper Gallery (615 …
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JAC’s 2022 Wrapped
2022 was a year of significant growth for JAC, but it didn’t come without struggle. We felt stretched far beyond our capacity at times and had to get real about how much we could continue to say yes to. Settling into our first office space in Takoma Park, MD was a huge and vital step …
Artist (Collaboration) Spotlight: Spoon Jackson and SaraMarie Bottaro
By Clare Walker, JAC Intern Recently, JAC had the opportunity to talk with JAC network artist Spoon Jackson and artist SaraMarie Bottaro. Over the past year, the two artists have formed a friendship and collaborative partnership despite the physical distance that exists between them. The following is an artist spotlight conducted in conversation with each …
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Hours Into Being a Refugee Due to Covid
Guest Contributor: Dorothy Maraglino Hours Into Being a Refugee Due to Covid Hours into being an inmate refugee due to the mismanagement of Covid by CDCR. Around noon we were notified that we would need to relocate. To relocate we were given several clear trash bags to put all of our possessions in. Over the …
Teaching Artist Spotlight: Rowan Renee
By Clare Walker, JAC Intern Recently, JAC had the chance to speak with Rowan Renee. Rowan (b. 1985, West Palm Beach, Florida) is a genderqueer artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Their work addresses the intersections of gender-based violence, intergenerational trauma and mass incarceration through State records and family archives. In 2019, they acquired the contents …