Wisconsin Books to Prisoners upcoming artshow in Madison - call for entries
Posted November 20, 2008 by nicolas_lampert in Calls for Art
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners is organizing an artshow on the prison industrial complex and will pair the Justseeds portfolio project with artwork that is done by prisoners. The exhibition will be in late January and I will post more information on the specifics in the coming weeks on the Justseeds blog. Below is their call for entries:
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners was the recipient of a powerful set of posters created by 20 printmakers from the JUSTSEEDS Visual Resistance art collective. These posters were created in anticipation of the 10th anniversary of Critical Resistance, a prison abolitionist movement, and call attention to the human rights catastrophe in U.S. jails and prisons, and the use of policing, prisons and punishment as a “solution” to social, political and economic problems.
The posters and artwork by prisoners will be displayed at a gallery in Madison at the end of January 2009. Art that addresses the condition of prisons and the daily drudgery and cruelties of prison life would be particularly appreciated.
Please do not send anything that you want returned or is not copyright free. Also, please let us know how you wish to be (or not be) identified. Submission are welcome throughout the years to come, but for this show the due date is: January 1st, 2009.
Many thanks in advance to those who make contributions to this event.
Please send artwork to:
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners
Rainbow Bookstore
426 W. Gilman St.
Madison, WI 537033
for more information contact: Camy Matthay: maha@chorus.net
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having been a prisoner in several countries through time, i do a lot of work re prisons in the usa and around the world
at my blog you will find an extensive sidebar that deals with "Gitmos Across the USA"
and also many blog entries re prisons in this country and others, particularly ones built by and funded and supported by the US such as Gaza the world's largest prison and many others secret and being constructed such as the new one in afghanistan
the us prisons system has gotten steadily much worse in conditions and treatments since being privatized in part and also overcrowding
i think another factor is the practice of torture by the us, the increased callousness and inhumanity towards others in the us and aboard--and the support of Apartheid i think, like torture, is a cancer that eats into democracy and the treatment of persons in inhumane manners--
at my blog you will find an ongoing Mail Art/Visual Poetry call --also poetry, multi-media, essays etc--re Cracking Walls and Codes of the Prisons Virtual and Concrete
gaza-guantanamo-abu ghraib-the globe
please consider checking out the Call and sending works
and i will contact the address provided re sending works for this great event
--all my best david-bc
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Quick question: Is this a call for work from prisoner/artists or any artist about prison industrial complex? I may have missed this distinction in the call...
As far as I understand, It is a call for art by prisoners. But, please contact Camy if you have additional questions as I imagine that the Wisconsin Books to Prisoners would want to network with artists outside the wall as well.
Posted by: a bill at November 20, 2008 9:54 PM