The Artists of Sing Sing
The New Yorker, January 17, 2022: The Artists of Sing Sing
“The exhibition was hosted by Rehabilitation Through the Arts, a nonprofit that works with dancers, actors, poets, and artists at six prisons in New York. R.T.A.’s teachers have put on art classes, workshops, and performances with the aim of helping people in prison develop life skills. (Nationwide, the recidivism rate for incarcerated people is about sixty per cent; less than five per cent of R.T.A. participants re-offend.) The show was the brainchild of Plank, who said he wanted more attention for visual artists. ‘I came up with the idea for an in-house art show because I wanted to show love to the guys,’ he said. ‘I wanted the guys to have an opportunity to be seen on a grander scale.’”
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Rehabilitation through the Arts
NPR, March 17, 2018: Making Musical Connections At Sing Sing Prison
