Events
Cosponsors
- Heyman Center Public Humanities Initiative
- The Center for Justice at Columbia Univeristy
- Opportunities and Change
Notes
- Free and open to the public
- Photo ID required for entry
- Image Credit/Caption: Isaac Scott
This 3rd edition of The Confined Arts (TCA) will be a 40-day art exhibition launched at an opening weekend consisting of art, poetry, motivational speaking, panel discussions, a promotional screening, hands-on workshops, and more.
TCA is a platform to illustrate and showcase the talents of currently and formerly incarcerated creative voices. We are creative voices that speak through our visual art, performing art, poetry, and music. We speak as creative voices in order to abolish the inhuman narratives and socially degrading stigmas that are used to describe our past experiences and limit our futures. We’ve set out to establish new empathic narratives about who we are. The TCA platform is also open to those artists who work in or around jails and prisons, or are in other ways linked to the issue of mass incarceration. TCA is also home to artists who have been affected by mass incarceration due to the imprisonment of a friend or family member.
Program
time4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Art Exhibit Opens
time6:00pm - 6:15pm EDT
Welcoming Remarks
time6:15pm - 6:30pm EDT
Break I
time6:30pm - 6:40pm EDT
Music Selection
Saxophone: Lorenzo Steele Jr.
time6:40pm - 7:00pm EDT
Featured Artists
Lorenzo Steele Jr. Johnny Perez
time7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Poetry
Poetry readings from the following poets: Johnny Perez, Nataniel Williams, Kenneth Reams, David Wheller, Natasha B. Davis, Spoon Jackson
time8:00pm - 8:40pm EDT
Break II
time8:40pm - 9:00pm EDT
Featured Artists
Jay Darden, Albert Plummer, Gloria Concepcion, Tammy Zanders
time9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Reception
time12:00pm - 12:15pm EDT
Art Exhibit Opens
time12:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
Artist Panel Discussion
Artists discuss the role the carceral system plays on their art and their role as artists/leaders in their communities. Moderator: Victor Pate, Activist Panelist: Lorenzo Steele Jr., Photographer, Public Speaker, Activist Panelist: Johnny Perez, Poet, Public Speaker, Activist Panelist: Isaac Scott, Multi-Media Artist, Activist Panelist: Herbert Murray, Author, Activist
time2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Break I
time3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Poetry
A selection of poetry from artists currently and formerly incarcerated, along with poets directly affected by incarceration. Nataniel Williams, Johnny Perez, Kenneth Reams, Tyreese Malloy, Robin Mcginty, Spoon Jackson, Michael Williams, Sean Dalpiaz, Alec Lichtenberg, Through Different Eyes, Natasha B. Davis
time5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Break II
time6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
SoJust Project Panel Discussion
A panel discussion about the role of art in the era of mass incarceration, led by the SoJust Project, a group of legal scholars at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice originating from communities highly affected by mass incarceration.
time8:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Break III
time8:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
Featured Artists
Guy Woodard, Steev Perez, Emanual Kelly, Brunilda Rivra
time9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Reception
time12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Art Exhibit Opens
time12:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Artist Workshop: Graphic Intervention
“Graphic Intervention” is a graphic design workshop offered at Rikers Jail to incarcerated young women to engage them in education through creative design. The course introduces students to visual communication strategies and technical software skills. It seeks to integrate social justice issues through design concepts in pursuit of creating a future generation of socially conscious and responsible citizen-designers. Graphic Intervention is offered as part of the Justice-in-Education Initiative of Columbia University and is taught by Justice-in-Education Scholar and TCA founder/artist Isaac Scott, along with Mia Ruyter, Heyman Center Education and Outreach Manager. This workshop will give participants an opportunity to take part in a Graphic Intervention course and produce a social justice poster at the end.
time4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Reception
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