Inside Art
A Blog by Incarcerated Artists
Explorations on creativity, community, and freedom from artists incarcerated in the Pacific Northwest
“Untitled #4” by Jacquavious. A landscape in color pencil of a water tower, telecom tower, and several evergreen trees with long streaks of clouds in a blue sky.
SAC Artists Speak Out About Being Censored by The Burke Museum
Since last week, several of our BIPOC artists whose work would have been displayed at the Burke Museum at the UW have been speaking out on our Instagram. They had worked for months on new pieces that spoke to their cultural backgrounds as part of the exhibit “Reclaiming Our Roots: Cultural Reflections by Incarcerated Artists”, before the Burke made a last-minute decision to cut artists with certain offenses on their records – which would have removed all but two of our artists from the show. Read on for powerful statements by six of our artists on how this discriminatory move .
Community Alert: Burke Museum Censors Incarcerated Artists
Solidarity Art Collective has been collaborating with the Burke Museum at the UW to plan a month-long rotating exhibit of culturally-inspired work by eight incarcerated artists, who are Indigenous, Black, and people of color, which was scheduled to run from July 30 to August 27. After nearly nine months of relationship building, planning, and round-the-clock work to produce some of the best artwork the collective has seen thus far, this opportunity was taken from us.
How Art Connects Us To Each Other
Art has a way of nourishing my soul and giving me strength. That fortitude is something I really had to draw on to make it through hate from other residents and the innate violence of incarceration.
Art Appreciation
I've experienced people from all walks of life and have had a chance to lay eyes on their perception of the world through art whether it be good, bad, or ugly. In all aspects, it shows the beauty of life and creativity.