Artist in Prison Gallery: This Is Me

Welcome! 80 artists submitted over 150 pieces of art for Let’s Get Free’s 7th art show!

There is a guest book and contact information for each artist who is currently in prison.

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  • A cubist-style shape made of colorful pieces, some of which depict body parts like, eyes, noses, breasts, lips, and legs. All the shapes are filled with intricate circles, giving the piece a mosaic-like texture.
    John Zenc – Mexico City Runway
  • A black and white pencil drawing of a split head with one visible eye. Wavy, jagged lightning bolts rise from the top, set against raindrop shapes.
    Genesis Matos-Romirez – Untitled
  • A portrait of a woman with long hair, a partially open denim vest and a pouty sexy look, below her is some graffiti-style text and above her is an African geometric pattern.
    Ryan Rulong – Tradition Never Goes Out of Style
  • A drawing of a human figure where each half of their body appears to be a different person wearing different clothing, one half is street clothes and has painted nails, the other half is prison uniform and unadorned. Text at the top reads "My situation doesn't define who I am, nor who I can become!"
    Jeanette Daniels – This Is Me
  • Outline of cage bars with an eye in one square, and geometric shapes enclosed by or spanning across other squares.
    Jurijus Kadamovas – The Cage 3839
  • A dark river of blue and black under a night sky with stars, on top of which are written the names Owen, T-Boo, Arroyo, Gamble, Cook, Ali, Schofeild.
    Roman Ellis – Washed Away Dreams – Death By Incarceration
  • A drawing of a side portrait with the text Trauma written on top right
    Kabasha Griffin-El – Trauma
  • An abstract piece that resembles a tie-dye pattern, with a central point of orange and green radiating out in bands of vibrant blue, red, orange, and yellow.
    Ryan RuLong – Colors
  • An abstract drawing black-and-white drawing with spots of color, featuring intertwined, fierce creatures with writing and geometric patterns. The background includes mysterious symbols, text, and a rainbow-like arc across the top, with vibrant colors at the bottom.
    Jaquan Flippin aka Nuae – Schizo
  • A walnut is painted in blue and greatly magnified in this painting, on black canvas with the words “Hope“ in cursive at the top .
    Elena House-Hay – Hope
  • A cartoon of the reaper approaching a small figure who says he can't die because his mom told him not to.
    Jesse Milo – The Reaper
  • An artwork with a black painted background with floating eyes (cut from magazines) that are scattered around a wide skull outlined in glitter gold paint. The skull has very large, wide teeth.
    Paul Bero – Watch Me
  • Colorful undulating shapes and lines create a vibrant patchwork background with spore-like shapes, eyes, and a sun that looks like a yin-yang. In the center of the piece is a flower in full bloom with bright orange petals and glowing green leaves.
    John Zenc – Debbie Clyde
  • A portrait of Harriet Tubman, based on a well-known black and white photograph, but rendered in color with intricate detail on her face, and with a vibrant gold background.
    Dominic Newsome – Harriet Tubman
  • A tattoo-style ink drawing of three skulls with glaring eyes and fangs, with red, white, and blue flowers poking out between them
    Steven Musser – The 3 Deaths of a Prisoner
  • A light pencil sketch shows a person with short hair standing in front of a sink, looking into a mirror. The reflection shows an alien-like figure with large eyes.
    Charles Anthony Ball – My Reflection
  • Bold curving geometric shapes rendered in light blue, yellow, and fuschia form an abstract background for a centrally-placed single human eye with 3 tears, above pink lips.
    John Zenc – The Good Luck Eye
  • A drawing of a human head out of which a bird cage with wings is emerging
    Jennifer Busbey – Untitled
  • A flower with circular rings radiating outward from an orange center
    Paul Bero – Flower 3
  • A figure of an older man sitting on a couch reading newspaper with images of younger versions of himself in the background
    Tito McGill – This was, is, will be me
  • A hallway of orange brick recedes towards a door labeled EXIT in the distance, but in the foreground is a black hole into which a naked figure with a shackle on one ankle is falling.
    Selvyn Tillett – Dang
  • A quote from Nadia Bolz-Weber's book "Shameless" is stitched freehand on a handkerchief in rainbow pride colors: "Genesis says, 'God created humankind in Gods image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.' All human beings are made in the male and female (not male or female) image and likeness of God." The fabric is stretched on a wooden fram wrapped with rainbow fabric. The piece is adorned with shiny gold beads
    Amanda Hein – male AND female
  • A flower with pink and yellow petals and a lavender center.
    Paul Bero – Flower 4
  • A silhouette of a woman's head is filled with colorful flowers, which stand out against a gray background. Underneath is written "Blooming where I am Planted".
    Amy Pencille – Stronger
  • A woman in a purple robe seems to float above a sea of gnarled roots and words like "suffering, regret, drugs, anger, self-hatred". The woman rises into a sunny yellow sky and is ringed by green plants and the words "Rising above it all...UN-rooted"
    Lori Lassiter – Un-Rooted
  • A colorful artwork with five devilish figures in various colors. Each figure stands in flames under a sign reading "Gender Meter," holding signs with different gender identities. A small skull with bones lies at the bottom.
    Timber Trewitz – Gender Meter
  • An image of a Black man with a pensive pose divides the picture into two halves: one one side a dismal landscape of dead trees, on the other side an island paradise with a hammock and palm trees.
    Selvyn Tillett – Beauty Inside
  • A drawing of an abstracted figure, wearing hand cuffs and beside barb wire. There are words written on the drawing in a shaded cursive, that reads "you could beg someone to heal you in all the ways can't heal yourself..but..other people are NOT bandages. you are your own journey. THE PAIN...BELONGS TO YOU
    Kristy Murphy – Memories
  • A man with brown skin and dark hair with a graying beard looks outward at the viewer, he is surrounded by a diploma, a stack of books, an hour glass with the dates 2012, 2019, 2027 on the sand, a cell door, and the head of a wild mustang in front of a landscape. In the distance is also an image of what appears to be the same man wearing a graduation cap.
    Steven “Kas” Williams – Evolving
  • A colorful trio of parrots rendered on a vibrant green background of foliage
    Bruce Bainbridge – Three Parrots
  • A woman in a purple robe extends her hands to show an image of a young girl crying in a kneeling position. The woman's face shows partial gaps in the flesh that reveal teeth and bone, and she is crying. The rawing is framed by the words "What was is not what is...BECOMING"
    Lori Lassiter – Becoming
  • A portrait of Rosa Parks based on her booking photo or mug shot from 1956. The background is a torn red, white, and blue fabric, and Rosa wears a vibrant blue jacket and glasses. She holds the number 7053 and gazes at the viewer with a determined but calm face.
    Dominic Newsome – Sis. Rosa Parks
  • A landscape painting of trees in fall next to a waterfall and stream.
    Roman Ellis – Dorothy Bradshaw
  • Colorful abstract composition with a central strip of red, orange, purple, and pink stripes surrounded by split spheres on a gray background
    Brian Fuller – Untitled 1
  • A landscape of gray trees around a pond, rendered in monochrome.
    Selvyn Tillett – Trees in Fog
  • A human figure is shown in profile, silhouetted against a light blue background. A beam of yellow light streams illuminates a flower inside of the skull, and the light projects upwards and outwards from the figure's eyes.
    Paul Bero – Insight
  • An assemblage of portraits of women: MJ Rodriguez, Havachách, a Mursi woman holding a gun with a child wrapped to around back.
    Anthony Cotton – Women of Courage
  • A detailed cross-stitch design of a pink and green lotus flower with intricate patterns. Below it is a quote that reads, "Out of the murky mud of life grows the most beautiful lotus flower, trusting in its own unfolding. May we exist like the LOTUS at ease in muddy water.
    Cyd Berger – Lotus In The Murk
  • A person's head is framed by white swirling flame and a background of bright pink and dark pen. Over the figure's face is a pen drawing that covers their features and looks like a mask made of different types of lines.
    Ryan RuLong – Colored Pencil & Pen
  • A dead tree is rendered with intricate bark patterns and rows of delicate mushrooms ascending its trunk. A dragon is perched at the top of the tree, looking with one eye at the viewer, or perhaps at a butterfly that is flying by.
    Marsha Scaggs – Dragon
  • Shelly Levy – Collages
    Shelly Levy – Collages
  • An artwork with a black painted background with a large zebra head painted with bright yellow, orange, and mint thin, organic stripes. Around the zebra are images cut our of magazines of zebras, a gallows, bubble tea with boba, a woman with crows and moon, a man in prison, a Kiss band symble, a watch, and a woman with flowing hair.
    Paul Bero – The Weight of What
  • A flower with three petals in white, orange, and red with eyes.
    Paul Bero – Flower 1
  • A portrait of Frederick Douglass based on a well-known black and white photograph, but rendered in striking color, with delicate details rendering his hair, facial expression, and coat.
    Dominic Newsome – Frederick Douglass
  • Tall evergreen trees and foliage frame the silhouette of a wolf that howls at a vibrant orange and purple cloudy sky. Inside the wolf are the words "Throw me to the wolves, tomorrow I will come back leader of the whole pack."
    Natasha Stover – Strength
  • A colorful painting depicts two figures near a chain-link fence. One is posed with hands on knees, wearing a crown and skull mask, orange shirt, and white sneakers. The other figure is shown only from the waist down, in blue pants and black boots, leaning over suggestively towards the masked figure. Beneath them is a rat and a snake.
    Kal-El – Miseducation of Public Housing
  • A grid outline shows multiple squares with collage-like imagery inside them like an eye, the number 13, long rectangles, and chaotic scribble shapes.
    Jurijus Kadamovas – The Cage 3837
  • A two-layer painting in the shape of an elaborate masquerade mask, adorned with a crown of jewels at the top, a purple background, yellow border, and the image of a pencil on the nose piece. This artwork is interactive: lifting up the top layer reveals imagery beneath the mask, showing the word family and images of books, music, and art.
    Jessica Strohl – Beyond the Mask
  • Three portraits of Indigenous American, African, and Ancient Egyptian figures wearing traditional headwear are rendered in bold colors, with the central figure of the three seeming to scream out at the viewer
    R.R. Banks – Complexity
  • Colorful art show poster with floral designs and a woman above. Below, a lion behind bars is depicted with the text "We were made to exist wild and free." Title reads "Let’s Get Free 7th Art Show." Located at Penn Ave, Garfield, Pittsburgh, 2024.
    Cedar Annenkovna – This Is Me Poster
  • Portrait of a woman's head; half of her face disintegrates into puzzle pieces and a maze, the other half shows a serene facial expression, and her curly black hair is bedazzled with different colored hearts, stars, and question marks, plus a glowing star-topped hair pick.
    LaTosha Gross – Untitled
  • A painting of a young woman with dark skin and long hair. She is wearing a yellow shirt, yellow hat and blue jeans. She has a yellow halo. The background is pink and blue.
    Roman Ellis – Love is Joy
  • A painting depicting a prison yard with barbed wire fences and buildings. The sky is overcast. The painting is titled "Black Hole Sun" and is dated 4-8-24, showing the time from 3:10 pm to 3:16 pm during an eclipse at SCI-CBS.
    Kal-El – Black Hole Sun
  • A hand knit blanket in dark gray, red, and white checker pattern.
    Cyd Berger – Warm thing from a cold place
  • Jaquan Flippin aka Nuae- Omnirule
    Jaquan Flippin aka Nuae- Omnirule
  • A figure sitting in his cell looking down at a pile of papers stamped with DENIED and one in his hand that says GRANTED. He is surrounded by imagery like an hourglass upon which is written "Trapped in time", an image of a woman looking through bars that say "pain", and a tattoo shop bearing his name under the heading Ayala Art.
    Jaime Ayala – Fighting for Dreams
  • A painting of a pink bald head, with many strokes of white and red. The background is blue. The paint is thick.
    Roman Ellis – May the Lessons of the North Be With You
  • A metallic orange and yellow background appears like a sunset behind the silhouettes of trees, which divide the image like bars, except for one diagonal fallen tree and small branches that shoot off from the trunks.
    Tara Burnsworth – The Best View in Cambridge Springs
  • A painting of an owl flying, a large cliff in the background
    Adam Young – Taking Flight
  • The painting's surface has been rendered to look like a steel plate, adorned with a bird and flowers that are patterned in vibrant colors and traditional African patterns. In the center of the plate is another placard that appears to be screwed into the surface, and displays writing in Afrikan Diasporic Glyph.
    Ajamu Olushegun Iyapo – Cornerstone
  • A landscape painted on a leaf
    Chandler Clarke – Golden Meadow
  • A pencil drawn portrait of the basketball player Stephen Curry, with his signature imitated in the upper left.
    Bobby Joe Thomas – S. Curry
  • A set of 30 drawings in the shape of puzzle pieces, which combine to form a larger drawing of a face. The smaller details form complex areas of light and dark and depict different aspects of the artist's life and feelings
    Chontelle Shirk – Alexithymia
  • A colored pencil illustration of a pile of items and symbols like crosses, swastikas, planes, bombs, and military tanks.
    Richard Gross – Ash Heap of History
  • A painting of crucified person from above perspective on a vibrant red background.
    Andre Vancliff – God’s View
  • A collage of imagery and text from news and magazines highlighting various current events from 2023-3024 like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, climate change, LGBTQ+ and women's rights, and the United States government with imagery of world leaders, rioters, protesters, and soldiers interspersed among the headlines
    Gary Farlow Apocalypse 24
  • Text written in varied fonts across a black and white figure of a man walking towards the viewer reads "Who am I? What am I? Do I live or just exist? I am human. I am perfect."
    Anthony Alvarez – Untitled (Who am I)
  • A painting of a lighthouse shining its light out over rocky sea and vibrant blue sky that has borealis green clouds in it.
    Bruce Bainbridge – Lighthouse
  • A face with large green eyes looks out from the edge of a piece of notebook paper. The face's forehead transforms into a monstrous-looking red and bulbous creature with a third eye.
    Kelly Williams – Untitled
  • A colored pencil illustration of a person wearing an orange helmet riding a bike towards a train tunnel along a railroad track.
    Richard Gross – This Is Me on the Rail Trail
  • A central figure stands in a green opening amidst a gray forest, where an infinity symbol encircles the trees and text is superimposed
    Gary Farlow – A New Hope
  • A landscape of gray trees on a lush background of purple, dark blue, and dark green, with a mountain faintly visible in the distance through the fog that enwraps the trees.
    Selvyn Tillett – Pink Sky
  • Abstract star-like shapes form a kaleidoscopic image
    David E. Carr – Untitled
  • An image of the African continent rendered in metallic copper is centered on top of a background made from colorful organic shapes, textile patterns, and renderings of cord and beads that create an undulating path across the vibrant backdrop. Centered inside the image of Africa is writing in Afrikan Diasporic Glyph.
    Ajamu Olushegun Iyapo – Diasporic Afrikan
  • Painting of a prison id card that is a self portrait with name and ID #.
    Kal-El – Inmate
  • A flower with red petals and an angry expression
    Paul Bero – Flower 2
  • A hand reaches out to grasp another hand that descends from the opposite direction, but the first hand is surrounded by flames and water that contains other hands and pincers grasping at the reaching hand.
    Steven “Kas” Tucker – ReachingOut
  • A vibrant and colorful image of a bald eagle with fabulous eyelashes, holding a pink banner that says Daughters, beneath electric blue text that says Let's Get Free
    R.R. Banks – Mother Eagle Protective of Her Daughters
  • A pencil drawn portrait of Kobe Bryant's face with the Lakers team name below.
    Bobby Joe Thomas – K. Bryant
  • Abstract colorful shapes in gray, green, blue, and orange fill this entire composition, with a central stripe of purple circles on gray, and floating blue spheres.
    Brian Fuller – Untitled 3
  • A delicate drawing of a person's head, where the top of their forehead transforms into a line of trees, and the top of the head is a mountain range. Their shirt collar is stylized to look like angular shards, and their expression is peaceful as their one visible eye looks into the distance.
    Anthony Alvarez – Untitled (head)
  • A painted image features a puppet controlled by strings attached to hands above. The text reads, "I can't control anyone else...but I can control MYSELF," with emphasis on "MYSELF."
    Kevin Dowling – Control
  • A painting on paper of a tan skull wearing a red and black santa hat. There are florescent fires in the skull's eye sockets, and teeth in the mouth.
    Paul Bero – This Is Me
  • A nude woman standing in front of the crescent inserting her hands inside of jelly sufaces
    Ariana Kay – This Is Me
  • A hand-knit blanket made from brown and gold yarn in geometric patterns.
    Cyd Berger – Rooms
  • A hand-beaded portrait of the Harley Quinn character wearing a red, black, and white jester outfit and grinning.
    Cortnee Eaglen – Loyal
  • A majestic and intricately-rendered portrait of a male lion, with piercing yellow eyes staring into the distance.
    Dominic Newsome – A Lion
  • A tree stump rooted to the ground transforms into a screaming human figure, with branches for hands and gnarled bark for flesh.
    Shane Daly – Untitled
  • A street scene shows a liquor store next to a store selling admission to heaven, in front of which a person is sleeping on the ground. A man is being arrested and saying "why" while two female figures stand behind a police blockade with speech bubbles that say "no more"
    Ben Israel – Untitled
  • This painting is split into two sides, between which a man in a striped jumpsuit balances on a tightrope made of chain, which extends between two balances held up by doves. On the left is sunlight, freedom, and a city block. On the right, darkness, a fence, and a cell block. Between the two sides is the text "Find your way HOME"
    Melvin White – CON-FUSION
  • Lady liberty rendered in grayscale, with a paper bag on her head.
    Hyung Rae – Justice is Ashamed
  • Many small circles form a background of geometric shapes and a flower with a face. In the center of the piece is a still life of a vase or lamp that shows two human faces in a cubist style, facing one another. The piece is rendered in bright pinks, oranges, light blue, yellow, green, and purple.
    John Zenc – From Within
  • A pen and graphite drawing of a heart with a rose piercing through the right side, and a jail cell door showing through the left side. The words In My Thoughts are written on the left, and the word Family is written on the right.
    Jordyn Pratt – In My Thoughts
  • A cross-stitched image of a teacup filled with yarn, under a crescent moon. A teabag tag hangs from the cup. The text reads, "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation" - Corrie Ten Boom.
    Tanya Krout – Universal Tea
  • A colored pencil portrait shows a lady wearing a rainbow bandana underneath a snapback hat that says Transgender Pride and LGBTQ+ pride. The lady has angel wings, earrings, and tattoos on their hand and face.
    Angel Rose White – The Lady of Color
  • A watercolor painting from a bird's eye view of a hand that appears to be bleeding and reaching for a chess piece on a mustard yellow chess board. The opponent's hand is balled up into a fist.
    Matthew Rouse – Checkmated
  • A palm holding a seed with two eyes
    Bruce Bainbridge – Seed
  • A figure is shown reading a book, with only their eyes and the top of their head visible. The cover of the book has a globe on it, and the book appears to be bleeding or dipped in mud.
    Bruce Bainbridge – Untitled
  • A painting of a chicken, rooster and a bloody axe in the background.
    Robin Parmelee – Death by Incarceration
  • A delicate and angular painting of a feminine head with three creepy fingers coming out of her eye. The figure's is wearing a helmet with a cord attached that reveals her skull being full of gears. Drips of blood run down her face from the helmet.
    Andrea Dusha – Untitled
  • A pastel watercolor of the New York City Skyline
    Sara Richardson – New York City
  • An abstract piece that resembles a tie-dye pattern, with a central point of orange and green radiating out in bands of vibrant blue, red, and yellow.
    Ryan RuLong – Swirl of Color
  • A foreground of red brick gives way to an opening that looks out onto a picturesque landscape of green grass, flowers, blue sky and distant mountains. The image of a red heart floats above the field.
    Ajamu Olushegun Iyapo – My Heart is Outside
  • A portrait a bearded man light-colored skin, cleanly parted hair, blue eyes, and tattoos of buildings on his neck. He is surrounded by words like "empathy", "honest", "changed", "forgiving".
    Chandler Clark – This Is Me, I am human
  • Portrait of a woman with a plate earring wearing an intricate beaded necklace and a patterned garment. Her hand rests on her shoulder, and she gazes outward at the viewer. Her skin texture and the shadows on her face are rendered in intricate, monochromatic detail.
    Anthony Cotton – Beautifully Ouch
  • A colorful pastel portrait shows a child reaching and two parents. The child grabs the father's tie as the two parents face each other. The piece is rendered in a cubist style with vibrant colors like stained glass.
    Untitled by A.D.L
  • A woman and a man dressed like Charlie Brown ride a Harley motorcycle in front of a southwestern landscape, where a faint outline of a cowboy races alongside the flame-and-chrome motorcycle.
    John C. Lockhart Jr – This Is Me
  • An intricately drawn blue owl with depictions of an open book, pillars, astrological symbols, and knowledge-related imagery surrounding the central figure.
    Minh Du – Journey of Life
  • Michael Dorcas – Jewel
    Michael Dorcas – Jewel
  • A colorful portrait in the style of stained glass depicts a figure in the bottom left corner of the piece, they look directly at the viewer and their clothing, which appears to be religious or ceremonial, is adorned with gold foil.
    Marius Mason – Untitled
  • Abstract geometric shapes in bright greens, blues, and purples encircle two orbs of red/yellow and green/yellow.
    Brian Fuller – Untitled 2
  • Day glow duck with keys hanging from a string in the bill of the ducks mouth. The belly of the duck has a cage and a lock.
    Muwsa Green – Jail Bird
  • A portrait of an African female warrior wearing traditional tribal garb, rendered in vibrant gold, red, and brown tones on a soft warm background.
    Dominic Newsome – UnknownWarrior
  • A dog in the foreground howls into the air as a young child seems to play a harmonica in front of a window through which we can see a tree and open landscape
    Benji Hill – Untitled
  • A colorful self-portrait drawn in bright colors fading from purple and blue to red and orange, then green, next to which the artist has written a poem in the form of a love letter to themself and the things they want to remember about themself.
    Cedar Annenkovna – Love Letter to a Ghost
  • Trump seeing himself as a Roman emperor in his reflection in a mirror
    Joseph Eaddy – This is me fightin to stop this type of injustice
  • A three-dimensional construction of a woman with a rainbow skirt made from an accordion of book pages, a bra made from fabric and glitter, a constructed hat and long hair, all assembled on a canvas board. The woman stands on top of the painted image of a male figure.
    Kamdyn Alexis Love and Steven Musser – Lady in the Shadows
  • Jesus is carrying his cross and people around him photographing him by their smartphones.
    Harlow Cuadra – Christ Leaving Jerusalem
  • A cross-stitch design with the words "Simply Blessed" in green and gray shades. Surrounding the text are small floral motifs and a butterfly, all in a coordinated color palette.
    Rebecca Young – Simply Blessed
  • An arm breaking through a brick prison wall holding a watch. The arm has a military tattoo and the wall has graffiti that says "Embrace the suck"
    Shawna Lacoste – Embrace the Suck
  • A female figure with streaming red hair is depicted sliding or falling down a spiraling vortex that looks both like a staircase and a slide, with roman numerals receding into the distance. The background looks like the stars and galaxies of deep space, with a grid and formulas superimposed, a floating doorway, and an atom with a nucleus shaped like a heart.
    Melanie Ray – Second Chances
  • A painting on paper that looks like a mosiac of a green ground, yellow sun, and blue sky. The colors are bright. The segments of the mosiac are large. The image is bold.
    Paul Bero – Sunrise
  • Muwsa Green – Collection of drawings
    Muwsa Green – Collection of drawings
  • Cyd Berger – Beginning Points
    Cyd Berger – Beginning Points
  • A painting of a a green dog with floppy ears. The painting is a portrait with just the dogs head. The dog is painted with many strokes. The background is pink.
    Roman Ellis – Alone
  • Cross-stitched images of sea animals are collaged onto paper where the artist has written a poem about freedom.
    Melony Ford – Freedom
  • A pen drawing shows a man and woman in a close embrace, with the words "Six 7 finess", Venus 70s Chicago: Inspiration, and "A G no in Girl! She, Lady"
    Jack Lee Calderon – Self-portrait
  • A prison cell on the left side of the composition opens up into an expansive landscape where a path through a field leads towards sunlit rolling hills in the distance.
    Gary Farlow – My Path to Freedom
  • An intricate drawing of numerous figures intertwined, showing prison as hell with caricatures of pigs and klan members, and busty female figures as angels, all connected by chains.
    Cerrone Forman – This Is Me a tortured soul
  • A colorful illustration featuring a red-skinned devilish figure with green hair, wearing high heels. The background includes abstract shapes and a poetic text. Two trees frame the image on the sides with a yellow rose near the bottom.
    Timber Trewitz – She Male
  • Two artists inside a prison wall are shown working on paintings of Pride symbols like rainbows,flags, and a raised fist. One artist wears a blue DOC Inmate shirt, while the other is out of frame but we can see their hand painting on the canvas.
    Gary Farlow – Art Class
  • A hand with flowers behind it reaches towards a bird in flight, which also has a flower behind it.
    Anthony Alvarez – Untitled (hand)
  • An outline the shape of a pregnant woman is rendered with prison bars and imagery behind them that goes from images of alcohol in the feet to a crying face in the head, with a serene facial expression and musical notes near the eyes. The head of the figure seems to have popped open and filled the entire surface of the page with brigh shapes and imagery like flying saucers, razor wire, and words like "anxiety".
    Me in a Nutshell by Alisha Singletary
  • A man with light skin, a dark beard, and a baseball hat is shown in a dreamlike posture, above him is a white dove in flight and the words "Thinking of you" on an atmospheric purple, blue, and black background.
    Jovan Lopez – Thinking of You
  • An EKG line in the middle of the page intersects a vibrantly-colored butterfly, around which are written the words "Victim..No, Survivor..Maybe...Thriver, Definitely".
    Alisha Singletary – My Lifeline
  • A portrait of a figure with red horns and an American flag neckerchief holds their hands in a traditional religious symbol making a triangle, with a heart that says Jack above them. The image is surounded by text and symbolism like references to the Foreigner song Hot Blooded and the artists' other musical and romantic interests.
    Jack Lee Calderon- Jack: Hot-Blooded
  • A portrait of an indigenous American wearing traditional tribal necklace and headpiece, looking at the viewer with fierce eyes.
    Devon Howard – Sewn Seeds of Dissention
  • A portrait of a bald man with a long wiry beard, looking at the viewer with no expression. Above him is written "This is me. This is LWOP"
    Anthony Pander – This is me, This is LWOP
  • A collage of ripped book pages and cutout images of skeletons and words from magazines, some of which read, "Gender," "Politics," "BRAIN," "Activism," and "WHEN," "TRUTH," "ISN'T," "TRUTH."
    Layla Mansberger – Torn
  • A black linocut print of a bird with its wings spread open and a sun with rays in the top right corner
    Richard Gross – Thunderbird
  • A figure in black is shown sitting in profile on a chaotic background made of layers of different colored marks. Half of a cross-stitch piece showing another figure in half of a heart is torn and attached to the surface. Inside the black figure are words like "anger", "pain", and "betrayal".
    Jessica Lynn Alinsky – Untitled
  • A painting of a dark skinned man resting his head on his hand. The man is bald, has a long braid, and a beard. There are words in the background written in cursive.
    Ra Born – As I Sometimes Am
  • A sketch of three hands forming the shape of a heart with their fingers.
    Kelly WIlliams – United Peace Love
  • A tree with a heart-shaped canopy featuring multiple flags, including the leather pride and pansexual pride flags. The trunk has runes inscribed on it. Branches spread out with small leaves. The sky has a handwritten text on top.
    Timber Trewitz – Shield of Timber
  • A realistic painting of a red fox on a dried leaf, set against a brown background. The artwork captures the fox in detail, highlighting its fur and curious expression.
    Todd Hyung Rae Tarselli TR – Fox
  • A detailed painting of two light-skinned people with grey hair, dining together outside at an Italian restaurant on a peaceful street.
    Marilyn Dobrolenski – Untitled
  • A metaphorical drawing showing a human zygote turning into a child, turning into an adult reaching towards a sun. The sun has an eye that looks outwards. The human figures are being watered by a watering can with the words "Community, Society, Morals, Principles, Ethics, Values, Self worth".
    Khalil Hammond – Water a Seed
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