“Far Beyond the Walls”
We are very excited to announce the opening of Far Beyond the Walls - a series of exhibitions occurring concurrently on the grounds of the decommissioned historic Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Nevada.
7 solo exhibitions, 2 group shows, 22 artists and poets.
Far Beyond the Walls, is a collaboration between the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, curator Frances Melhop, and Melhop Gallery º7077.
Together we open a conversation shining a beam of light on the topic of incarceration. With more than 2 million people behind bars in the USA, this is a growing situation that needs to be acknowledged, thought about, and reframed. The objective and intention of this exhibition is to move public awareness towards an understanding of the issues surrounding incarceration in the US, both historically and currently. Visitors will experience aspects of this collective societal issue through the eyes of formerly incarcerated individuals and artists responding to the prison spaces through their own prisms and perspectives.
Our aim is to humanize those directly affected and open transformative channels for dialog.
Opening Reception
22 June 3pm - 7pm
Please RSVP by June 20th as tickets are limited.
Entry is by donation, even 1 dollar counts, 100% of the donation goes to the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society to help build and maintain their museum on the premises.
Visits after the 22nd June will be by appointment over the next 4 months, dates will be added to the Exhibition Page, maximum art tour capacity 15 people each art + prison tour.
Nevada State Prison (decommissioned)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE
Off Record by Lisa Jarrett
Impossible escape plans installation in Off Record by Lisa Jarrett
Imprints & Abstractions by Jennifer Garza-Cuen
Images of ruined mugshots found in an abandoned police station in Detroit by Jennifer Garza-Cuen
Other Side of the Wall by Giampiero Assumma
Images from the long term photographic project, (2001-2014), looking at mental illness within the context of the six last, fully functioning “secured criminal psychiatric facilities” in Italy - by Giampiero Assumma
Far Beyond the Walls - GROUP POETRY EXHIBITION
We are very proud to include a group exhibition of poetry by formerly incarcerated artists that participated in the creative workshops with Nevada’s Poet Laureate Shaun Griffin:
Sabin Barendt, Beau Brown, WIlliam J Connors III
John Fenton, John Garmon, Robert Gonzales,
Durrell Grier, John Harris, Greg Kovner,
Jack Sevana, and Laurence Taafe
Opening Reception
22 June 3pm - 7pm
We are extremely grateful as this project was in part funded by the Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities
