
The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists
October 11, 2019 – January 5, 2020
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December 19, 2019, 6:00pm
Carlos Conde, Untitled, 1995, Pencil and colored pencil on envelope, 9 ½ x 4 ¼ inches (24.1 x 10.8 cm), Courtesy of Cavin-Morris Gallery, NYC
People of all ages are invited to take part in an interactive event—presented in Spanish and English—that will explore drawing and writing as witnessing. Guided by teaching artist Ada Pilar Cruz and creative writing teacher Jamie Maleszka, participants will collaboratively engage with the personal and cultural histories of the drawings on view in The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings By Incarcerated Artists, as well as works generated by the Words Uncaged writers, who are currently detained at the Calipatria Correctional Facility in California.
Invitamos a personas de todas las edades a participar en un evento interactivo, presentado en español e inglés, que explorará el dibujo y la escritura como testimonio. Guiados por la artista Ada Pilar Cruz y la maestra de escritura creativa Jamie Maleszka, los participantes participarán en colaboración con las historias personales y culturales de los dibujos que se exhiben en The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings By Incarcerated Artists (El Lápiz es una Clave: Dibujos de Artistas Encarcelados), así como obras generadas por los escritores de Words Uncaged, que actualmente se encuentran detenidos en el Centro Correccional Calipatria en California.