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A circle of creative exchanges between Assembly youths and 3 incarcerated participants from Parole Prep’s Archive-Based Creative Arts program

A project of activated, inter-disciplinary response to written dances, deeply imagined and authored from bunks within prisons.

a conversation around the experience of dancing inside prison while incarcerated; whether individually, socially, in a classroom, or choreographer.

Celebrate Juneteenth with the Wide Awakes at a closing event designed as a meditative space for grounding and celebration.

visualization & embodiment exercises that invite us to challenge our preconceived notions, while developing a historical understanding of policing

This For Freedoms billboard campaign will culminate their series of creative programming exploring dimensions of carceral justice.

A Common Thread will transform Recess into a collaborative weaving studio that explores craft.

The Gallatin Galleries, Assembly, with Shaun Leonardo and Peer Leaders—What role can art, the image and and performance play in abolition?

The American flag, when deep-fried, forms an outer skin that appears to be cankerous, bubbling with calcified flour and charred detritus.

From March 21 – May 11, 2019, American Artist will present blue are the feelings that live inside me, a series of photographs responding to a growing

a participatory presentation informed by the Assembly curriculum and co-curated by our collaborators

Shaun Leonardo, along with members of the program’s peer leadership group led a participatory presentation informed by the Assembly curriculum

Invisible Man Tattoo is a pop up tattoo shop offering designs that reflect the histories and experiences of Black people and the African Diaspora.

exploring the role of stereotypes, messaging, and news media to directly engage issues of racism, gun violence, and police brutality

a project by Sable Elyse Smith consisting of constellation of works that simultaneously reference sites of play and enclosure

Assembly is invested in reframing the narrative around the justice system with and for court-involved participants

DeVille will amass bricolage, painting, and sculpture into a selective history of culturally invisible classes of people.