Welcome to the inaugural gallery of Boston University's Race, Prison, Justice Arts project.
We are a collective of students and cross-disciplinary artists from Boston University who spent the semester exploring race and the American incarceration system as a form of systemic injustice. We focused on the lived stories of black and brown incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals who have found expansion and personal discovery as well as a path to activism through the arts. Throughout the semester, we were presented with first hand accounts through a variety of mediums including visits, written stories, artwork, poetry, phone calls and interviews. Each person’s story served as the catalyst for the creation of artworks that amplified the untenable situation in our country today. In this virtual gallery we hope to honor and illuminate the voices of the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals we encountered throughout the semester.We have been deeply moved by the power of these stories and hope that you will be too.
Each person has a featured section where you can learn more about their creativity and experience on the “Artists” page. The artistic responses to each artist created by members of the Race, Prison, Justice Collective (Spring '21 Collaborative Arts Incubator and the Race Prison Justice Arts cohort participants) can be found in each respective gallery.
Each person has a featured section where you can learn more about their creativity and experience on the “Artists” page. The artistic responses to each artist created by members of the Race, Prison, Justice Collective (Spring '21 Collaborative Arts Incubator and the Race Prison Justice Arts cohort participants) can be found in each respective gallery.
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Halim FlowersHalim Flowers is an American artist, writer, activist, and ambassador for Represent Justice.
In 1997, at the age of 16, Halim was charged as an adult for being an accomplice to a felony murder in Washington DC and sentenced to 40 years to life. |
Steven CorreiaSteven D. Correia spoke to the Collaborative Arts Incubator class twice. During those conversations, Steven was a pleasure to talk to, and answered our many questions about art and life. Steven is a Boston University alumni, and has hopes to study for a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, and is interested in helping people.
Art collage by Allison Donahue |
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