An Intimate Experience of Incarceration Curated by Narsin Navab Featuring artists include: Monica Cosby, Faranak Miraftab Pablo Mendoza, Imran Mohammad, Marilyn Mulero, Nasrin Navab, Ana Navarro, Kenneth Norton, Vincent Robinson […]
Peer-led CAVE (Community Anti Violence Education) circles offered at Walls Turned Sideways are for formerly incarcerated people navigating life after incarceration. This will be a space specifically designed as a sanctuary for the community of formerly incarcerated people to engage and support each other in the cycle of constant social and interpersonal adjustments. Refreshments provided!
Join us for an evening of art, music, and community benefiting the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial (CTJM) at Walls Turned Sideways. CTJM aims to honor and to seek justice for the survivors of Chicago police torture, their family members and the African American communities affected by the torture. Learn more about CTJM at https://chicagotorture.org/.
Join us for food, art, and good company in celebration of the opening of our exhibition Undoing the Carceral State: a visual protest against injustice. Undoing the Carceral State is an exhibition organized by currently incarcerated artist and scholar, Joseph Dole. As a recipient of an IL Humanities grant, Dole commissioned 14 other incarcerated artists […]
Join us to welcome James Kilgore and Vic Liu for a book launch of The Warehouse: A Visual Primer on Mass Incarceration. This concise, illustrated book is a collaboration between one of mass incarceration’s sharpest opponents, James Kilgore, and information artist Vic Liu. It brings to life the histories and means of daily survival of […]
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