From October 17 through November, our Community Room will host “Finding Hope Within,” an exhibition by incarcerated VT artists and poets.

Join us Saturday the 21st at 1:00pm for a grand opening, where co-curators John Vincent, from A Revolutionary Press, and Heather Newcomb, program manager for justice involved services of Vermont Works for Women, will discuss the creation of the exhibition and introduce the visitors to the artists and their artwork on display.

About the exhibition: "Finding Hope Within"  is an exhibition of poetry, writing, and visual art created by incarcerated artists in Vermont. The artwork and poetry speak to the human qualities of healing, forgiveness, and growth.

In her book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Nicole Fleetwood writes, “Prison art is part of the long history of captive people envisioning freedom—creating art, imagining worlds, and finding ways to resist and survive.” The exhibition posits art making as a transformative, healing, and cathartic practice and highlights the intensely human instinct to create as a way to transform one’s relationship to community, to the environment, and to the self. A spark of hope for the future emerges through the art of creation. 

No registration is required for this event, but if you would like to receive an email reminder, contact rachel@carpentercarse.org.