Behind the Wall: Art and Writing from Prison
Sat, Apr 08
|Seneca Falls Library
Exhibition provides a glimpse into the lives, hearts, minds, and imaginations of incarcerated people around the country
Time & Location
Apr 08, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga St, Seneca Falls, NY 13148, USA
About this event
Nearly 2 million Americans live in jails, prisons, and detention centers, all but invisible to the rest of the world. This exhibit provides a glimpse into some of their lives, hearts, minds, and imaginations.
Organized by Story House Ithaca, “” is a traveling exhibition of drawings, paintings, letters, stories, and poems produced by people in prison. It includes 140 works by 90 incarcerated individuals from detention facilities in 22 states. There is a letter-writing station where visitors can send feedback directly to the participating artists.Behind the Wall
The artworks and writings in “Behind the Wall” have been collected by , a project of at Cornell, and curated by Newfield-based artist . Both Story House Ithaca and Prisoner Express are projects of the Ithaca-based nonprofit .Prisoner ExpressDurland Alternatives LibraryTreacy ZieglerCenter for Transformative Action
The exhibition will be on display in Seneca Falls Library for the entire month of April. It will…