CANCELED – UAMA Talk – 'Education and Art in Prison: Discovering Energy, Curiosity and Talent Behind the Bars'

When: March 19, 2020 4:00pm

Due to concerns about the new coronavirus, this event has been canceled.

How does one create when your only material is paper? Marcia Klotz, Ph.D., the director of the UA's Prison Education Project, and Olivia Miller, the UAMA's Curator of Exhibitions, will discuss the significance of prison education programs and how the museum became involved in the art on the yard project at Tucson's prison complex.

Miller will also discuss how the exhibition "Hobby Craft" was created. Recently incarcerated artist Scott Gleason will also share what it means to be an incarcerated artist and create art, sharing images of murals painted while in Tucson's Arizona State Prison Complex.


Audience: All
Audience size: Small (1-50)

Where

Campus: Main Campus

Address

Contact info & links

Contacts

Chelsea Farrar University of Arizona Museum of Art

Requests for disability-related accommodations should be directed to the event's primary contact: Chelsea Farrar