Picturing a Free World is an act of imagination in itself, and it will take creativity for us to get there. Art will help us imagine, strategize, and continue our movements for freedom. Over 70 poets, 60 artists from prison and 45 artists in solidarity have created work from cross stitch, to paintings to sculpture to photographs, in conversation with the question: What is a free world for you, and for others?
Read the original Call for Art & Poems for this show to learn more about our process.
Look How Many People Participated to make the art show happen!!
Visual Artists in Prison: Jessica Alinsky, Sam Anderson, Jose Jorge Andrade, Rachel Austin, Bruce Bainbridge, Spin (Kenneth Baker), Charles Anthony Ball, Cyd Berger, Paul Bero, Hayley Butler, Ms. Ge Ge Calix, Kal-El Carey, Edwin Crabtree, Denise Crump, Shane Daly, Kevin Dowling, Michael Eggleston, Dorothy Farbo, Gary Farlow, Cory Fisherman, Melony Ford, Edward Garza, Sharrone Gray, Latosha Gross, Khalil Hammond, Eric Hartwell, Betty Heron, Benji James Hill, Brian Hindson, Nicole (Pariah) Hollingsworth, Elena House-Hay, Ariana Kay, Michael J. Kramer, Douglas Lehman Nicole Little, Javun Lopez, Jason Milam, Jennifer Miley, Duane Montney, Cedar Annenkovna Mortenson, J. Scott, Dominic Newsome, Billie Parrack, Wilfredo Portalatin, David Ramirez, Melanie Ray, Jennifer Rhodes, Sara Richardson, David Richardson, Marsha Scaggs, Chontelle Shirk, LeRoy Sodorff, Natasha Stover, Jessica Strohl, Vegan Soul Hugo, Suchite-Gonzales, Josh Swetky, Luis Tapia, Todd Tarselli, Cuong “Mike” Tran, Darrell van Mastrigt, Zhi Kai Vanderford, Dustin K. Ware, Brandon Sketch Wilson, Anntonésa Woodard, Rebecca Young, John Zenc
Artists in Solidarity: Sue Abramson, Katherine Andersister, Olivia Biggs, Dana Bishop-Root, Tricia Burmeister, Jeremy Burnworth, Ocean Capewell, Melanie Cervantes, etta cetera, Markeeta Condon, Al Depiro, Mary Dewitt, Anita Fix, T. Foley, Mikki Foster, Shannon Frishkorn, Tiffini Gorman, Jane Hein, Lizzie Hurst, Amanda Johnson, Erika Johnson, Ulric Joseph, Clyde Jurysta, Nicholas Lampert, Christine Lorenz, M. Josh MacPhee, Gina McKlveen, Michelle Soto, Dev Murphy, Eli Nixon, Marce Nixon People’s Paper Coop / Nicole Marroquin, Jesse Purcell, Olivia Robinson, Tronda Roseling, Maybe Sadeghi, Moshe Sherman, Harriet Smith, Meredith Stern, Tender Tierney
Poets in Prison: Michael Allen, Terrance Allen, Georgina Bolin, William Lexi Byers, Ms. Gee Gee Calix ,Crystal Clear, Anton Cochran, Daniel Cohen, Darrell Colbert, Jonathan Cornish, Shawna Cowden, Aziah Cruz, Angela Marie Daiz, Shane Daly, Taurus DeVault, Justin Dismake, Michael Eggleston, Reney Farmer, Edward Garza, Tonya Gile, Steven Anthony Gonzales, Mykeshia Goshorn, Shakayla Gotell, Sharrone Gray, Latosha Gross, Khalil Hammond, Lamont Harrell Sr., Shawn Harris, Joseph Herder, Fernando Holguin, Nicole Hostetler, Antonio Houston, Devon Howard, Robert Irwin, Demarcus Ivey, Bernard Jerry, M.B. Johnson, Dana Johnson; Zachery Jones, Michele Kalina, Loni Krick, Cory Lambing, Douglas Lehman, Robert McCracken, Peter McHugh, Kristen Michelle Previte, Jason Milam, Cedar Mortenson, Dexter Owens, Billie Parrack, Eric Perez, William Rainey, Ernest Ray Moore, Dustin Reif, David Richardson, Fernando Rivas, Michael Angelo Rodriguez, David Rosario, Bernadette Salazar, Jeffery, Shockley, Cory Sitsler, Ronald Baye Smith, Julia Stebelton-Trefonas, Khidr Khidr, Dathan Stevens, Larry N. Stromberg, Lamar Taylor, Lori Tressler, Vince Vader Brauford, Erma Williams, Joseph Williams, Anntonésa Woodard
Quilt Contributors: Katherine Anderson, Lizzie Anderson, etta cetera, Devon Cohen, Jess Cox, Elizabeth Fein, Grizz, Mygenet Harris, Erika Johnson, Sarah Katchpoole, Diane Kuthy, Bekezela Mguni, Olivia Robinson, Ti Wilhelm Quilt Coordinator: Olivia Robinson
Creative Resistance Committee: Sara Coffey, Tara Fay Coleman, Melannie Taylor, Tricia Burmeister, Alan Lewandowski, Avis Lee, Jane Hein, kai koehler, Jasmine Mao, Devon Cohen, etta cetera
Digital Diva’s: Sue Abramson scanned ALL the art, Tricia Burmiester web diva divine, Christine Lorenz printed art submissions on beautiful paper for fundraising, Oliva Robinson researched our new online auction platform which really made a difference!
Event Support: Bekezela Mguni, Ricky Olds, Dana Bishop-Root, Dustin Gibson, Nadia Narnor, Sara Cole, Blaine Siegel, Leslie Stem, Celena Todora
Venue: Concept Art Gallery donated space to us!! And we had full support from their staff the entire month. This was the most gallery hours we have ever had. We estimate about 300 people visited the show in person.
Contest Judges:
Visual Art: Omid Shekari, Devon Cohen, etta cetera
Poetry: Alan Lewandowski, Imanja Brown, Jane Hein w/ consultation from Antoinette Osei Osei Kreiselmeier
Event Speakers: Dorothy Burge, Mariame Kaba, Nicole Fleetwood
Lead Coordinator/curator: etta cetera