Behind every exhibition there are many people, stories, and histories to share. Janie Paul, co-curator of the Free Your Mind exhibition, is a thirty-plus year veteran of working with artists who have experienced incarceration—and many who still remain behind bars. Join Janie to learn about the exhibition, her work, and how art-making in prison can be a form of resistance and liberation.

This fall at the MSU Broad Art Museum visitors are invited to join artists and guest curators participating in the exhibition program to explore the works on view at the museum and Art Lab. These special opportunities to dialogue and learn directly from artists themselves will provide unique insights and further shed light on the important conversations their work contributes.

This program is presented in partnership with the MSU Broad Art Museum. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is on view through Dec. 12, 2021 at the MSU Broad.