INSIDE: INSIGHT
An exhibition of artwork from California State Prisons. 
Presented in collaboration with the William James Association Prison Arts Project.

Exhibition: October 19 - November 24, 2002

Opening Reception: October 20, 2:00 p.m.

Poetry Reading: November 2, 7:00 p.m.
With poets Traci Gourdine, Judith Tannenbaum, and Rob Allbee

Panel Discussion, November 17, 4:00 p.m.  
Moderator: Laurie Brooks Flores, Director, William James Association Prison Art Project

Panelists:
  • Bill Scholer, musician, visual artist, California Arts Council Artist in Residence at California Medical Facility, Vacaville
  • Steve Emrick, fine wood-worker, Institution Artist Facilitator, San Quentin State Prison
  • Emmanuel Montoya, printmaker, sculptor, muralist, Artist / Instructor at Deuel Vocational Institution, Tracy
  • Shuji Ikeda, ceramist, ikebana artist, Artist / Instructor at Deuel Vocational Institution, Tracy
  • E. W. Wainwright, percussionist, Director, African Roots of Jazz, Artist / Instructor at San Quentin State Prison
  • Zoe Mullery, writer, Artist / Instructor at San Quentin State Prison and Northern California Women's Facility

Institution Artist Facilitators:

  • Steve Emrick, San Quentin State Prison (also previously at Deuel Vocational Institution)
  • Jeff Hesemeyer, California Medical Facility
  • Jim Carlson, California State Prison Sacramento
  • Tom Witt, Northern California Women's Facility
  • Bill Petersen, Folsom State Prison
  • Stacy Hay, Sierra Conservation Center, Jamestown
artwork images above are from the following facilities (from left to right):
Sierra Conservation Center, California Medical Facility, Sierra Conservation Center, California Medical Facility, California Medical Facility.

Arts Benicia is a non-profit organization with a contemporary gallery exhibiting the work of selected fine artists and artisans of California with emphasis on Benicia artists. Adjunct activities include poetry readings and workshops, slide shows and talks by exhibiting artists, as well as music and dance events. Arts Benicia is Benicia's official arts body promoting culture and the arts in the area.