Wed, May 31
|Cortland Free Library
Behind the Wall Opening Reception
Join the exhibition organizers for an informal meet-and-greet at the Cortland Free Library in Cortland, NY
Time & Location
May 31, 2023, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St, Cortland, NY 13045, USA
About this event
Come welcome “Behind the Wall” to its June home at Cortland Free Library at this informal reception. Light snacks will be served.
Organized by Story House Ithaca, “Behind the Wall” 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.
The artworks and writings in “Behind the Wall” have been collected by Prisoner Express, a project of Durland Alternatives Library at Cornell, and curated by Newfield-based artist Treacy Ziegler. Both Story House Ithaca and Prisoner Express are projects of the Ithaca-based nonprofit Center for Transformative Action.
“Behind the Wall” is supported by an action grant from Humanities New York.
The exhibition will be on display in Cortland for the entire month of June. It spent February at the Tompkins County Public Library, March at Seymour Library in Auburn, April at the Seneca Falls Library, and May at Coburn Free Library in Owego.