Events for Aug. 11, 2024

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Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy Public Opening
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Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy Public Opening

August 11, 2024
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join us for the exhibition opening of Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy

  • 1:00 PM  Poetry / Advocacy Organizations in Neutrogena Lounge
  • 1:30 PM  Refreshments in Auditorium by Santa Fe Youthworks Social Justice Kitchen & The Women’s Board
  • 2:00 PM   Lecture by Nicolasa Chavez, Deputy State Historian                                                   
  • 3:15 PM  Poetry / Advocacy Organizations in Neutrogena Lounge  

ASL Interpretation provided for poetry readings and the lecture

Free Admission for New Mexico residents

Photo: PA. LA. Casa (To the House) by Michael Guzman, 1982–1984, New Mexico State Penitentiary, Santa Fe. Paper, colored pencil, pen. Courtesy of Stuart Ashman in honor of the talented inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary, T.2022.11.15

Major support for this exhibition provided by the Cielo Foundation Boulder, Elaine and Harvey Daniels, Friends of Folk Art, the Frost Foundation, and the International Folk Art Foundation; with additional generous support provided by Rosalind Doherty, Jay Ihrig, Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn, Courtney and Scott Taylor, and TOKo Santa Fe.

Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy seeks to re-humanize the incarcerated. Through a combination of in-gallery artworks, fresh multimedia pieces (interviews with returned citizens and allies, art-making demonstrations, etc.) and community-co-developed events, this exhibition will explore prisoners’ rights, recidivism / systemic oppression, and transitional justice.

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