Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System

August 25 - January 6, 2019

Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System is an exhibition investigating the US’s criminal justice system. Organized by guest curator Risa Puleo, the show includes works spanning the past forty years by over thirty artists. Artists include:

Opening: August 24, 2018 | 6:30–9 pm

Conversation: August 25, 2018 | 2–3 pm

In Conversation | CAMH Guest Curator Risa Puleo

Film: August 30, 2018 | 6:30–8 pm

Screening | The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

Conversation: September 21, 2018 | 12–1 pm

Art at Noon | Ray Hill and David Collingsworth of KPFT’s The Prison Show

Artist talk: September 13, 2018 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Talk | Lines in the Landscape with Josh Begley

Workshop: September 15, 2018 | 1–4 pm

Workshop | Visualizing Redlined Neighborhoods in Houston with Evan O’Neil of AIGA Houston

Workshop: September 22, 2018 | 12:30–1:30 pm

Workshop | Words & Art

Reading: November 1, 2018 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Reading | Words & Art

Workshop: November 3, 2018 | 2–4 pm

Open Studio | Safe Space

Lecture: November 29, 2018 | 6:30–7:30 pm

Talk | Carceral Aesthetics: Prison Art and Mass Incarceration with Nicole R. Fleetwood

Performance: December 6, 2018 | 6:30–9 pm

Performance | Scriptwriters Houston Museum Plays

Special event: October 20, 2018 | 2–5 pm

Community Day: Create and decorate a sketchbook that you can use to record your thoughts and feelings about the prison system, share your thoughts with other Museum visitors through an ongoing written discussion throughout the gallery, & participate in mindful observation by experimenting with movement and breath-work as tools to delve deeper into observation.

Workshop: October 25, 2018 | 6:30–8:30 pm

Workshop | fluid with Artist Autumn Knight

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