Arts in Corrections NYS

Workshops

- Drawing and Art History

- Exploring the Abstract

- Framing Freedom

- Mixed-Level Poetry

- Moving Potential

- Multimedia Visual Storytelling

- About this workshop

- Hear from participants

- About the facilitators

- Music Video Production

- One Mic Project

- Personal Storytelling

- Self Portraiture

Grantee Organizations

Facilitating Artists

Participating Artists

Arts in Corrections NYS

Workshops

- Drawing and Art History

- Exploring the Abstract

- Framing Freedom

- Mixed-Level Poetry

- Moving Potential

- Multimedia Visual Storytelling

- About this workshop

- Hear from participants

- About the facilitators

- Music Video Production

- One Mic Project

- Personal Storytelling

- Self Portraiture

Grantee Organizations

Facilitating Artists

Participating Artists

A low relief collage of a central heart with flowers below it. The flowers depart in three dimensions from the picture plane. They are made of folded paper, have brightly colored petals, and are on vines or stems. The central heart is white, with black splotches in its center and tan wings on either side. The background is an abstract pattern of seafoam and navy blue.

A painting of abstract patterning evoking camouflage, in tones of seafoam, lavender, and dove grey. On top of the painting is red yarn in a spiderweb pattern.

A beige painting with vertical and horizontal multicolored lines making an off-center

A painting of a white heart with a black wound, behind cyclone fence on a red and black background.

A tabletop sculpture focused on two gravestones. The graves read

A horizontal painting that is light grey at the top and purple underneath. At top, there is text reading

A collage made of magazine clippings of men in balaclavas and martial uniforms, mens' eyes and eyebrows (the eyes of which are replaced by star stickers), pasted onto cardboard. The cardboard is painted mostly white, and there are pipe-like shapes in silver, gold, peach, and green.

A detail view of the previous collage, showing mostly the eyes, some of the pipes, and one of the uniformed men.

Another detail view of the previous collage, showing the pipe shapes.

Another detail view of the previous collage, showing mostly the uniformed men, one set of eyes, and a bit of the pipe shapes.

A photograph of a small publication with a pale yellow cover, bearing the text

A detail of the previous zine. This photograph shows two pages of its interior, with indistinct text and drawings featured.

Another detail of the previous zine. This photograph shows the last page and inside back cover, with indistinct text and drawings featured.

Another detail of the previous zine. This photograph shows two pages of its interior, with indistinct text and drawings featured.

Another detail of the previous zine. This photograph shows two pages of its interior, with indistinct text and drawings featured.

Another detail of the previous zine. This photograph shows two pages of its interior, with indistinct text and drawings featured.

A sculpture made from masking tape, of a smiling skull with a rose in its teeth. The brain cavity is sliced open, and a heart with a blue vein and a red vein is emerging from the skull where the brain should be.

The previous sculpture seen from the back. Cursive text reading

A tabletop sculpture that looks like a fish on a black pedestal. The front half of the fish looks like a heart, with some veins painted in. The back half is more classic, with a body in black and tail fins in yellow and orange. The pedestal is signed in silver.

An Impressionist style painting of pink peonies in a dark green vase, against a light green background.

A drawing of the T intersection of two two-lane roads. The approaching road is forested on either side, the perpendicular road shows downed timber and a log with an ax in it. There is a pair of boots near the ax. There are black marks on the road, suggesting tire tracks.

A sculpture of a physical enclosure and a small person. The enclosure is made of two circular tiers. The walls of the tiers are reddish brown with white details. The ground, and the horizontal area above the first tier, is covered in grass and what look like flowers. At the top, there is a piece of clear, cracked plastic. The edges of the plastic are painted white, with black numerals representing the face of a clock. A bald man with a beard is within the structure. He has one arm lifted and he looks toward the viewer.

A diptych collage. The lefthand element is rectilinear, with black lines overset on photographic elements like clouds, 8-bit patterns, and landscape. The righthand element is purely abstract in tones of blue and purple with a jewel-like appliqué in the center. Both have strong black borders.

The previous sculpture seen from a lower vantage point. No additional details are revealed.

A portrait of a smiling man from the shoulders up. He is bald and has a long beard. Behind him is indistinct white text on a black background. Another tiny figure appears below his chin. This figure is weeping, his moth is open as if screaming. He is pulling apart prison bars that cage him.

A trifold collage with photographs of baroque interiors on each panel. Handwritten text reads

A drawing of a woman from the shoulders up. She is wearing a fur headwrap, oversized bejeweled earrings, and a choker encrusted with jewels. At her neck is a green patterned area suggesting the top of a garment.

A drawing of a woman's face. her mouth is open like she's shouting. Below her is the text

An anime-style cartoon of a man receiving a phone call, which interrupts a sword fight.

A painting of a red and white humming bird, sitting on a bulbous white shape. The background contains a palm tree-like shape and an abstract forest green and burgundy background.

A fanciful chair sculpture painted with black and white stripes. The pommels of the arm rests look like eyeballs. The seat back is woven. The entire thing is a little off-kilter.

The previous sculpture seen from a different angle. No additional details are revealed.

An abstract sculpture of a turd-like shape, with the edges of notebook paper encased within.

The previous sculpture seen from the rear.

A small unbound publication on green paper. The cover bears the title

The previous zine, seen from another angle. This view shows the front as well as back covers. The back cover has an indistinct drawing and indistinct text.

The previous zine, seen from another angle. This view shows a middle page. It has an indistinct drawing and indistinct text.

The previous zine, seen unfolded and upside-down. This view shows the front and back covers and middle pages. All have indistinct drawings and indistinct text.

An abstract sculpture of what might be a bodily organ, a futuristic shoe, or just a shape. The object is contained in a white plastic tray that acts as pedestal. There are bits of paper scattered across the surface of the tray. The shape itself is yellow-brown, and multicolor paint splatters appear throughout the entire sculpture. Shapes like tubes, bullet casings, or pasta emerge from the top of the main object.

The previous sculpture seen from the other side. All details are the same.

A sculptural collage made from a disassembled cardboard box. The word

A small accordion-folded publication. Three panels are shown, with drawings in black and blue of shapes like owls, spirals, plants and hands. Indistinct text appears.

Collaged elements affixed to a board. A rectangular shape is at left, with a gridded pattern containing either white or colorful patterns. Some rolled paper is glued to the board, defining an abstract line. A magazine cutout of an arm floats in the upper middle. The prevailing color is tan.

A purely abstract painting, with splotches of color throughout. A faint image of a face is collaged at lower left. Another piece of collage that looks like an illustrated feather is above it.

A collage with teal blue color washes around several white rectangles containing lines of various shades, like writing paper. The handwritten text

A watercolor painting with a loose heart shape defined mostly by negative space and a lavender border. The lavender is further bordered by bright orange. Inside the heart are indecipherable glyphs that look like text and a shape that might be human figure.

A purely abstract image with splotchy shapes in the background and rough black marks on top. There is a mix of dull colors with bits of yellow scattered throughout.

A horizontal painting with a strong black rectilinear shape in the top third and negative space at the bottom. On the left in the negative space is a drawing of a brick wall and painted palm fronds. At right are two ambiguous monochromatic images that are somehow pasted onto the painting.

A purely abstract image with lines and splotches of pastel colors throughout, on a page in a spiral notebook. On top of the colors are black ink marks, mostly linear, like crosshatching.

An abstract image on a page in a spiral notebook. Black brushstrokes cover the page. In the center is a faint image of an elderly Asian woman's face pasted in.

A painting of a crudely imaged panda flying a kite in front of a tree. The tree has no leaves but it does have pink blossoms. It has an unrealistically fat trunk.

A collaged image of a samurai against a pale yellow color field. Red triangles are above and below the samurai.

A purely abstract image in dark colors with pops of teal, yellow, and pink.

A painting of what might be an enormous shell, tent, ice berg, or modernist building on a shore. The background contains what might be trees or reeds. It looks like they are covered in snow. The sky and water are rendered in soft blues and purples suggesting dusk.

A photorealistic drawing of a house sparrow sitting on prison bars. There is a paragraph of indistinct text behind the bird.

An image of overgrown vines, possibly Virginia creeper, covering the surface of the drawing. Behind the vines is a set of long white curtains. The paper is black.

A pleasant landscape scene featuring a sailboat with pink sails emblazoned with

A painting of an African American man behind bars. Texture is created from pastiched paper. There is text reading

An abstract image of various pastel tones as a gauzy background. A woman's seductive eye and mouth are lightly visible within the color.

A full-figure portrait of a man with a mohowk and small beard. He wears half a prison uniform and half a business suit. The words

A drawing with the text

A pastel image drawn on black paper. A central figure appears in a vest with one hand covering his mouth. Behind him are parts of various things including a guitar fret, a bird, a remote control, music notes, gravestones, a hand reaching toward the viewer, and another figure. The words

A drawing made from angular shapes, depicting a dog urinating. The background may be a brick wall, the foreground a sidewalk. The dog wears a studded collar and its tongue is out. Some fur is finely rendered.

A sculpture of a chair made of folded paper. The structural elements are cream, the seat and seat back are woven to create a diamond pattern, from light orange and red.

A sculpture of a chair made of folded paper, seen from the back. The structural elements are cream, the seat and seat back are woven to create a diamond pattern, from light orange and red.

A bas-relief sculpture made from paper that has been rolled, and placed to create a shape like a peacock. The peacock is brightly colored, mainly warm tones for the body and cool tones for the tail. It is placed against a lime green background, with a hot pink border defined with navy blue corners.

Three small booklets photographed in a diagonal line. One is bue, one purple, and one yellow. Eahc has the same cover, a supine, frowning teddy bear with one eye above the text

A detailed sculpture of a house and its yard made mostly from paper. The house is blue, with defined siding and a confetti-like roof. There is a porch, its railing is made from string. There are mountain shapes behind the house, a well to its left, and a tree to its right. There is a path and two steps leading to the porch, and a dog is in the yard.

A detail photograph of the previous sculpture. This view shows the dog, well, porch, railing, and the front door of the house from close up.

A side view of the previous sculpture. In this view, a small window painted onto the second story of the house is revealed.

A landscape drawing, showing a body of water enclosed on either side by high mountainous areas. The sun is setting between them. The color palette is dusky, with a night sky settling over the yellowish sunset.

A landscape drawing, very similar to a previous image, showing a body of water enclosed on either side by high mountainous areas. The sun is setting between them. The color palette is darker than the previous image. It shows what might be a moon rise, with the moon in the same position as the sun in the previous image.

A purely abstract horizontal collage of random shapes and colors.

A collage with bits of paper taped to cardboard representing an interior room, perhaps an office. There is a computer, a chair, a bulletin board, a fan, and what may be a door. There is a boarder with a different color on each side, one yellow, one red, one blue, and one pink.

A tall, skinny structure like a tripod. A central column is wrapped in a color-blocked rainbow of paper, with green at the bottom, a little bit of blue, then yellow, then orange, with red on top. At its highest point, the column looks folded over, with a tip dangling downwards and a string hanging further than its end. There is blue tape at this breaking point.

An image of three spherical shapes against a negative space. The shapes look like representations of an eclipse: the leftmost shape is a central white circle and a black circle offset below it. The black circle has small rays. The middle circle is entirely black with rays. The rightmost circle is all black, smaller, and has much less defined rays.

A black color field with a tag from a uniform pasted in the center. The tag indicates the garment is 50-50 cotton-polyester and also shows washing instructions.

A drawing of a solar system, with a yellow and red sun at the center, a purple, maroon, and white galaxy in the top left, and a white nebula in the lower right. There are white and multicolored stars throughout.

An image drawn in white on a black page. There are clouds at the top, and precipitation drawn as small dots in linear columns. A row of birds or planes flies near the top of the sky. A yellow sun is at the top right.

A street scene drawn on black paper. Four stick figures appear in the center left, walking on a sidewalk by a street with three lanes. A sewer grate appears at right. Tall skinny buildings form the background, there is no horizon.

A drawing in a spiral notebook. Charcoal rubbing forms the background. The word

A drawing with a black charcoal color field in the top half and negative space in the bottom half. At the top are negative words like

A drawing of a yellow bird on black paper. Some details of the bird are highlighted in white. The text

A drawing of seven tulip-like cut flowers in a shallow bowl or vase. It is made on green paper, the flowers each have dark colored petals. Two paragraphs of indistinct text appear at right.

A stylized stick figure, with some depth in the body and legs, appears in the center of this image. Its legs are splayed and one arm is thrust back, one arm is reaching up. Three stars are in the top of the image. The text

Pastel (detail) by Michael Lenahan, Shawangunk C.F., 2024