Was On View January 23 – March 20, 2025 at the McConnell Arts Center
This exhibit, currently on tour, will make its next stop at the University of Akron.
Home Free: Ohio Artists Envision Prison Abolition explores the conditions, creative expression, and aesthetic practices of Ohio artists directly impacted by the criminal legal system and who are uniquely positioned to interrogate mass incarceration as a means to safety, justice, and rehabilitation. The Returning Artists Guild (RAG) is a network of more than thirty currently and formerly incarcerated artists in Ohio and across the United States. Its mission centers the artistic practice, processes, and nurturing of RAG artists, and develops platforms necessary to build public support for ending mass incarceration.
As part of the programming for the exhibition, we organized a community conversation,“A World Reimagined: The Work of Abolition”. If you missed it, here’s the video.