To See Inside: Art, Architecture, and Incarceration

Dates and Times for this Past Event

Saturday, Feb 17, 2024 10am - 5pm
Friday, Feb 16, 2024 10am - 5pm
Thursday, Feb 15, 2024 10am - 5pm
Wednesday, Feb 14, 2024 10am - 5pm
Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024 10am - 5pm
Monday, Feb 12, 2024 10am - 5pm
Sunday, Feb 11, 2024 10am - 5pm
Saturday, Feb 10, 2024 10am - 5pm
Friday, Feb 9, 2024 10am - 5pm
Thursday, Feb 8, 2024 10am - 5pm
Wednesday, Feb 7, 2024 10am - 5pm
Tuesday, Feb 6, 2024 10am - 5pm

Location

Museum of Art | Fort Collins
201 S College Avenue

Details

To See Inside: Art, Architecture, and Incarceration pairs large-scale paintings of prison interiors by Boulder-based artist Sarah McKenzie with a range of artworks and creative writing by artists affiliated with the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative. Collectively they reflect on the places and spaces of the US prison system and its impact on the people confined within it.

In 2021, McKenzie launched an ongoing project, researching and photographing prison architecture; interviewing people about their experiences inside the US carceral system; and creating paintings of these institutional spaces that are largely hidden away from mainstream society. Her work led her to begin teaching with the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI), an extraordinary organization that has offered a range of arts-based in-person and correspondence programming for people incarcerated throughout Colorado since 2017. For this exhibition, McKenzie presents her paintings in conversation with artworks and creative writings by formerly and currently incarcerated artists, all of whom she has met through her work with DU PAI.

Participating artists include: Hector Castillo, Anthony Cole, Cayla Cushman, William Daniels, Ryan Flint, JR Gilbertson, Victor Gonzales, Luther Hampson, Lynell Hill, Raul Luevano, Monique Lynch, Sean Marshall, Joseph Taylor McGill, Justin Moore, Alejandro Ornelas, Mario Rios, Shawna Hockaday, Mike Severson, Billy Scott, Angelica Macias Williams and others.

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