PANEL SERIES ON ART AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Alongside the exhibition, "Beyond the Blue," the Prison Arts Collective is hosting a comprehensive series of panel discussions on Art and Restorative Justice. These panels open dialogue about issues related to incarceration and the transformative power of the arts. The individual panel discussions from series can be found on our Youtube page.
UPCOMING
A Conversation with Prison Arts Collective:
Community Inside and Outside Prison
Introduction by Annie Buckley, Founding Director of PAC and Director of SDSU School of Art + Design
Facilitated by Cheryl Bonacci, Chief Operating Director of Creative Acts and PAC Advisory Board Member
Conversation Participants:
Stan Hunter, PAC Alumni and Lead Teaching Artists
Jennifer Poynter, PAC Teaching Artist at California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC)
Wendy Staggs, PAC Alumni and Advisory Board Member
October 19, 2019 | 2 - 3pm
MoAH: Cedar Center for the Arts, Lancaster, CA
PAST
Moderator: Phung Huynh, artist, professor LA Valley College, Chair of Advisory Council, PAC
Panelists: Alex Kizu, artist
Annie Buckley, professor, CSUSB, founder/director, PAC
April Baca, graduate student, USC, program manager, PAC
Jennifer Montenegro, Lead Teaching Artist, PAC.
July 22, 2017 at CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles
Moderator: Annie Buckley, writer, professor, CSUSB, founder, PAC
Panelists: Fabian Debora, artist and community activist
Wendy Staggs, formerly incarcerated writer and activist
Christina Quevedo, Lead Teaching Artist, PAC
Phung Huynh, artist, professor, Chair of Advisory Council, PAC
September 29, 2017 at Los Angeles City College, Freedom Festival
Art and Social Justice: Art Education, Inside and Out
Moderator: Lisa Soccio, professor, College of the Desert
Panelists: Cheryl Bonacci, Director of Communications, Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC)
Heather Roessler, graduate student, CSUSB, Intern II, PAC
Annie Buckley, professor, CSUSB and founding director of CBA/PAC
October 26, 2017 at Marks Art Center at College of the Desert
Conversations on Art: Student Engagement in Art & Restorative Justice
Moderator: Danielle Yellen, Outreach Coordinator, Prison Arts Collective
Panelists: Julio Muñoz, Archiving and Collections Student Assistant, PAC
Alex Mashusige, Teaching Intern, PAC
Daisy Figeroua, PR Intern, PAC
Isaiah Valdez, Art Writing Intern, PAC
May 10, 2018 at Robert and Frances Fullerton Art Museum, CSUSB.
Watch past panel discussions on our YouTube channel.