Calif. “Arts in Corrections” experts at WSU; available for class visits Sept. 28-30

Former director of California’s “Arts in Corrections” (AIC) Jim Carlson and AIC advocate Carol Hinds will visit WSU for a film screening, discussion, and lecture Sept. 28 and 29, hosted by the Dept. of English.

Both are available to visit courses and meet with student groups during their time here. Carlson is available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Hinds is available during the day Tuesday.

Faculty and student groups interested in scheduling a visit or meeting time should contact Anna Plemons, who is arranging their visit.

Anna is at aplemons@wsu.edu, and can be reached at 509-335-2644.

Related events on those days include:

  • 7-8:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 28, in Todd 216
    Screening of “At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom” with discussion and a Q&A with Carlson
  • 5-6:30 p.m. Tues., Sept. 29, in the Bundy Reading Room of Avery Hall
    Exhibit reception and opening of “Outsider Art: Work from New Folsom Prison, 1994-2014,” curated by Plemons, who studies prison writing programs and has taught creative nonfiction at New Folsom since 2009. (The prisoners’ art will be displayed through Feb. 2016; faculty wishing to arrange a class visit can contact the Dept. of English.)
  • 7 p.m., Tues., Sept. 29, Todd 216
    Hinds will present “Re-imagining Rehabilitation: A Mother’s Story.” Her son began serving a 25-to-life sentence at New Folsom prison, near Sacramento, in 2000.

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