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What we can learn about isolation from prison artists

  • Written by Janie Paul, Professor Emerita of Art and Design, University of Michigan
imageOliger Merko, 'Season of Love' detail, oil on canvas, 2014.Prison Creative Arts Project, Author provided

Over the past few months, most of us have found ourselves in unfamiliar territory trying to shape the formlessness of our days while contending with physical separation.

Many incarcerated people, however, have spent years figuring out what to do...

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