Author Talk
April 15, 8pm. UCSB Campbell Hall
Piper Kerman, author of the UCSB Reads 2015 book selection Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison will offer a free public reading and talk. Co-presented by UCSB Reads and UCSB's Arts & Lectures.
Exhibitions
Girls-in-Justice
UCSB Library (Tower Gallery, First Floor)
January 12 - April 2015
For the last eight years photographer and UCSB Art Professor Richard Ross has gone behind the doors of American juvenile detention facilities to visually document "the inside" and gather first-person stories of incarcerated youth. For his Girls-in-Justice photography exhibition, Ross focuses on the often forgotten and misunderstood lives of girls in the juvenile justice system.
Art in Prison
UCSB Arts Library Lobby (First Floor)
February 23 - May 29, 2015
This exhibition focuses on works created by incarcerated artists. Professional and novice artists use prison art programs as a form of rehabilitation and creative expression. Art in Prison demonstrates the variety of visual art produced by inmates who participate in such art programs and those who create art independently, often with a lack of typical supplies. An example includes original work created by Broderick (Drew) Hill, who used candy, coffee, and toothpaste to create his mail art pieces. A detail of one of Hill's images, from the front of an envelope, is shown here.