• 12:00pm
    Art Exhibit Opens
  • 12:15pm 2:00pm
    Artist Panel Discussion

    Artists discuss the role the carceral system plays on their art and their role as artists/leaders in their communities. 

    Moderator: Victor Pate, Activist
    Panelist: Lorenzo Steele Jr., Photographer, Public Speaker, Activist
    Panelist: Johnny Perez, 
Poet, Public Speaker, Activist
    Panelist: Isaac Scott, Multi-Media Artist, Activist
    Panelist: Herbert Murray, Author, Activist

  • 2:00pm 3:00pm
    Break I
  • 3:00pm 5:00pm
    Poetry

    A selection of poetry from artists currently and formerly incarcerated, along with poets directly affected by incarceration. 

    Nataniel Williams
    Johnny Perez

    Kenneth Reams 
    Tyreese Malloy

    Robin Mcginty

    Spoon Jackson
    Michael Williams

    Sean Dalpiaz

    Alec Lichtenberg

    Through Different Eyes
    Natasha B. Davis

  • 5:00pm 6:00pm
    Break II
  • 6:00pm 8:00pm
    SoJust Project Panel Discussion

    A panel discussion about the role of art in the era of mass incarceration, led by the SoJust Project, a group of legal scholars at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice originating from communities highly affected by mass incarceration.

  • 8:00pm 8:30pm
    Break III
  • 8:30pm 9:00pm
    Featured Artists

    Guy Woodard
    Steev Perez
    Emanual Kelly
    Brunilda Rivra

  • 9:00pm 10:00pm
    Reception