Past Projects

In the spring 2024, Impact Arts and Prison Art Experience partnered to produce Creating Community in Confinement. at the Colorado State Capitol. This exhibition featured work by artists that are currently or were formerly incarcerated in the state of Colorado, all reflecting on their experience of community while serving time and the important ways that art-making and creativity can foster a sense of connection.

The artworks selected to hang in the Capitol rotunda, the Governor’s office, and the Lieutenant Governor’s office respond in various ways to the following questions: What communities do you feel yourself to be a part of, both inside and outside of prison? How does one build and maintain community inside prison? What role might art and creativity play in that process? What barriers have you faced (if any) in finding or building community?

Exhibition Dates: March 25, 2024 - June 20, 2024

Artists with work on view throughout the State Capitol included:
Remy Ackerson, Tarry Carneal, Hector Castillo, Cayla Cushman, Karena Cecil, Lindsy Elizondo, Shii Emde, Adam Fulford (Atticus), HEAL (Lynell Hill), Shawna Hockaday, Liz Hoffschneider, Cubaniqua Lawrence, Angelica Macias-Williams, Sean Marshall, Joseph Taylor McGill, Roohallah Mobarez, Monique, Michael Montoya, Kelsea Pone-Wall, Mario Rios, Katie Solko, Katie Southworth, Emily Strunk, ABSTRAKT AEOLA (Dustin Ware), Harrison Williams, and Robert Zeigler, Sr.