Art in Prison: Incarcerated People Deserve Space to Be Creative by Rose McAdoo
Episode notes
In this episode of Eat, Drink, and Do Good, pastry chef Rose McAdoo writes on the importance of creating space for art inside carceral systems.
Read Rose's piece at www.studioatao.org/newsletter. Some additional resources on this topic recommended by the author are:
Readings
Formerly Incarcerated Artists Visualize Healing by Jasmine Weber
Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Nicole R. Fleetwood
Chasing Me To My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert
Watch & Listen
13th by Ava DuVernay
Life on the Outside — a podcast that shares stories about returning to society after decades of incarceration
Resources & Organizations to Support
Brush up on current statistics on the Equal Justice Initiative website
Financially support carceral artists through the Art for Justice Fund
Connect with an incarcerated pen pal through the pARTner project at Justice Arts Coalition
Consider presenting your art with the Prison Arts Collective
Purchase your next set of gifts from formerly incarcerated artists at Forgive Everyone Co.