The Returning Artists Guild – Home Free: Ohio Artists Envision Prison Abolition

On View January 23 – March 20, 2025

Home Free: Ohio Artists Envision Prison Abolition explores the conditions, creative expression, and aesthetic practices of Ohio artists directly impacted by the criminal legal system and who are uniquely positioned to interrogate mass incarceration as a means to safety, justice, and rehabilitation. The Returning Artists Guild (RAG) is a network of more than thirty currently and formerly incarcerated artists in Ohio and across the United States. Its mission centers the artistic practice, processes, and nurturing of RAG artists, and develops platforms necessary to build public support for ending mass incarceration.

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Exhibition Content Warning

Sections of this exhibition contain discussions of suicide and suicidal ideation, substance abuse, sexual content, explicit language, death, blood, abuse, and desecration.

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