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darealprisonart
1y ago
Through August 31st, you can purchase Black August – Los Angeles wall art prints for $200. That’s $96% off it’s $5,000 retail value. In Wikipedia, “Black August is an annual commemoration and prison-based holiday to remember Black freedom fighters and political ..read more
darealprisonart
2y ago
The Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum is featuring an exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Johnny Cash concerts at Folsom State Prison in California. The exhibit, “1968: A Folsom Redemption,” is a collection of photographs and memoirs ..read more
darealprisonart
2y ago
“Mother’s Day Cards by Prison Artists,” is an e-commerce specialty catalog of Mother’s Day cards by prison artists. Purchasing one of these original works of art printed on high-quality cardstock allows a prisoner to pay restitution, child support, court fines ..read more
darealprisonart
2y ago
In searching for 25 of Prison art’s most beautiful women, uploaded artworks by prisoners to Instagram proved to be invaluable. According to Statista, “In 2020, 87 percent of surveyed art buyers claimed to use Instagram to find new artists, whereas ..read more
darealprisonart
2y ago
C-Note “they call him the Billboard Banksy.” San Jose, CA – “Look Up!” an art exhibition by California prison artist C-Note in the heart of Silicon Valley features Incarceration Nation, America’s Premier work of art on mass incarceration. “Look Up ..read more
darealprisonart
3y ago
It’s been ten years since the California State Prison Hunger Strikes. While some changes have been made, some are still not enough. Prison reform is a hot-button topic in America. From North to South, and East coast to the West ..read more
darealprisonart
3y ago
One artist found the Internet as a means to give an exhibition during the Covid pandemic. 1-Artist; 1-Subject; 21-Works is an online exhibition of one of the globe’s leading prison artists, Donald “C-Note” Hooker. It is an exhibition that goes ..read more
darealprisonart
3y ago
During calendar year 2020 in the United States, the Coronavirus pandemic has shut down Prison Art exhibits, as well as, Prison Art book promotions. Unlike running an errand to the grocery store with a wish list, some written, some created ..read more
darealprisonart
4y ago
Hip Hop is in the reporting sphere of Darealprisonart. We are a subsidiary of Artist Social Network, and its flagship in a consortium of Street cultural blogs, websites, podcasts, and seller of Prisoner Art prints. We are responsible for publishing ..read more
darealprisonart
4y ago
In the midst of a Coronavirus quarantine, an exclusive prisoner edition of Marking Time is finding its way to American prisoners. The spring of 2020 began the official release of Marking Time: Art In The Age Of Mass Incarceration by ..read more