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Cellblock
Visions
is a lively collection of inmate artwork, created behind bars, from
county jail to death row – the alternative artworld flourishing
today in American prisons. |
The art is a powerful weapon against the escalating efforts to dehumanize prisoners.
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| “Stripped of freedom, beautiful surroundings,
and supportive community, these convicts draw pictures of what their
souls see. They sketch their way past despair. They give us insight
into what it means to be a thrown-away-one. Their pictures cry out
– I, too, can see – I too, can create, I too am a human being.”
SISTER
HELEN PREJEAN |
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For booking information please contact: phylkorn@bcn.net
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Men
and women inmates, having no previous training, turn to art for
a sense of self-worth, an opportunity to vent rage, a way to find
peace.They transcend the cramped space, limited light, and narrow
vistas of their prison studios. They triumph over security bans
with ingenious resourcefulness - extracting color from shampoo –
making paint out of M & Ms – weaving with cigarette wrappers.