“Complexity” is a series of posters that shows how privilege, restorative justice, and surveillance relate to the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). I created this piece because I wanted to bring light on subjects that are related to the Prison Industrial Complex and how they affect all of us.
Daisy Kwang 1st year Young Artist at Work
“Bread, Milk, and Blocks” is a visual arts, sculptured piece about life after incarceration, and the three strikes law. I created this piece because I wanted to bring light to the so called “criminals” in the system that are non-violent offenders and how being incarcerated has affected their loved ones.
Dayra Banales 1st year Young Artist at Work
“Grass” is a poster about the prison system, society and the people. I created this piece because I see the prison system as tall grass overpowering the grass that has been cut down. Also, it represents how people can be dehumanized yet keep on rising up like grass.
Malaya Sadler 1st year Young Artist At Work
“Deluge” is a sculpture about not just the ecological impact, but the emotional effect of the mounds of paperwork that go into the process of incarceration. I created this piece because I would like to draw attention to the dehumanizing aspect of condensing the value of an individual into a court summons, for example, a prison sentence.
Maris Tong 1st year Young Artist At Work
“Monopoly: Prison Industrial Complex Edition” is a visual satire about the unfair treatment of incarcerated people as well as possible alternatives to prisons. I created this piece because I wanted to show everyone how the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) affects everyone not just those incarcerated. We can put the money invested in the PIC toward programs that can improve today’s youth so they can grow up with a brighter future.
Maya Pollack 1st year Young Artist At Work
"Stop" is a sculpture that I designed as a confrontation of stop-and-frisk policy. This piece is meant to illuminate the dehumanizing consequences of that policy, which unfairly targets and arrests black and brown men of color.
Stephanie Rocha 1st year Young Artist At Work
“Armor of Wounds” is a storytelling piece that takes real points of views from teens and incarcerated men and the impacts they have re-entering society and the difficulties they encounter. I created the piece to demonstrate the challenges faced by a person who has been incarcerated once they are released.