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Freedom Unbound: Art From Within American Gulags |
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by Tony Young
Email: tearthemdown (nospam) riseup.net (verified) |
15 Jun 2004
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This free prisoner art show will coincide with the We Are Resisting conference in Lawrence, KS and will feature over 100 pieces of art. |
Freedom Unbound: Art from within American Gulags
June 30-July 7, 2004
[Opening night will be 7-10 pm and will include refreshments, poetry and music. The show will then be open from noon-5 pm July 1st-7th]
411 East 9th Street Lawrence, KS
Although over 2 million Americans are incarcerated by the Prison Industrial Complex, there is neither enough display of prisoner art nor a clear understanding of prison issues. Our goal in showing prisoner art is to highlight the humanity often overlooked in portrayals by mainstream media, and to allow inmates a forum for expressing the conditions and experiences of prison life. For many prisoners, art is a means of maintaining positive mental health. Hopefully, the work on display will spark in the viewer the desire to learn more about the oppressive nature of prisons.
This art show will coincide with the WAR conference for those of you who plan on being in town then. We will have refreshments opening night with Raegan Butcher (who wrote the poetry featured in the book put out by Crimethinc. called Stone Hotel) and a local band called Lila. Other possible presenters include Kazi Toure (former prisoner of war) and a local Native revolutionary hip-hop group called Antithesis. Over 100 pieces will be presented, including several from Native American prisoner of war Leonard Peltier. |
