Sep. 22—Toilet paper, tissue and cigarette wrappers. Prison inmates use the items most of us toss to create art. Open at the Museum of International Folk Art, "Between the Lines" aims to humanize the ...

Formerly incarcerated artists are making waves in the collecting world, hoping to create pathways, and dignity, for their peers. Credit...Christopher Gregory for The New York Times Supported by By ...

Jesse Krimes solos in two New York shows, at the Metropolitan Museum and the Jack Shainman Gallery. “Naxos,” by Jesse Krimes, in his solo show, “Corrections,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The ...

When Sherrill Roland talks about his art, he's sure to mention steel, resin and Kool-Aid. These materials, easily accessible during his time in prison, still figure prominently in the art he creates ...

CORCORAN, Calif. (KABC) -- California is rethinking its prison system in an effort to reduce the recidivism rate which has averaged about 50% over the past 10 years. At California State Prison ...

“Apokaluptein: 16389067” is what artist Jesse Krimes dubbed his prison contraband — a project so off-limits, he had to create it behind bars in secret and smuggle it out. The work happened piecemeal ...

The artist Kenneth Webb, a free man granted early parole after 16 years in prison, smiles as he talks about an experience that he thought he might never have—the chance to see a major solo show of his ...

Eric Christo Martinez learned to paint during his time in prison. The New Mexico-based artist is the guest curator for “Paño Connections: Corazón Knows No Bounds,” at the National Hispanic Cultural ...

$7.50 may not seem like a lot of money, but to me, spending $7.50 on a 12-set of Reeves pencils meant I couldn’t spend it for food from the inmate commissary. I was only 16 years old when I was ...