Social Fabric: Incarceration, Art and Restorative Justice

Join us for an important discussion surrounding mass incarceration, restorative justice, the right of return, and the role of the arts to empower and heal. Inspired by the work of exhibiting artist Jesse Krimes in Social Fabric: Textiles & Contemporary Issues, this conversation is an opportunity to build a collective awareness of structural racism within the prison industrial complex, and the role of creatives to help us see a more humane way forward regarding crime, punishment, and what it means to be absolved. This talk will bring into conversation key voices to lead us through this complex topic from the national to the local, the systemic to the individual, leaving us with a greater understanding of how best to create change.

Dr. Francine Weiss, the Museum’s Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator will be joined in conversation by Jesse Krimes, Wendy Sawyer, Research Director at the Prison Policy Initiative, Cheryl Robinson, Board President of Turning Around Ministries in Newport, with moderation by Cheryl Hatch, Newport Bureau reporter for The Public’s Radio.

FREE 
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