Free and open to the public. No pre-registration required. 

Janie Paul, co-founder of the Annual Exhibitions of Artists in Michigan Prisons, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project,, along with formerly incarcerated artists will discuss the significance of making visual art in prison in connection with Paul’s recently published book, Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance. Using philosophical, aesthetic, and political lenses, they will share and explore various modes of resistance employed by imprisoned artists that combat the dehumanization of prison and create paths toward meaning and purpose. They will reflect on ways to be in solidarity with those who are incarcerated.