Reception for SE Exhibition | The Prisoner Experience in the South: Students Respond to Sugar Land 95
HCC Southeast | Eastside Felix Morales | Wedge Space Arts Lab, Room 124
Reception | Thursday, October 2nd | 5pm - 7pm
Exhibition | August 18th - October 24th
FREE
Registration is Not Necessary. Everyone is Welcome.
Description: The Prisoner Experience in the South: Students Respond to Sugar Land 95 is an exhibition of interdisciplinary student work made in the 2023-2024 calendar year supported by a grant through the Library of Congress. The work explores the connections between enslavement, convict labor and leasing, and contemporary mass incarceration. Grounded in the 2018 uncovering of Sugar Land 95, a convict labor camp and grave site in a Houston suburb, faculty and students produced visual artwork, research papers, podcasts and short films made in a range of courses. The work features the Library of Congress' digital collections, remixed and reused photographs, audio recordings, and government documents, along with materials from Houston libraries and archives.
Image Credit | Christine Rothchild
Contact | Melinda.Laszczynski@hccs.edu
Division Chair | Lisa Wildermuth
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• Venues and Galleries are ACCESSIBLE and OPEN to the public during CAMPUS HOURS except where otherwise noted. • ALL events are FREE except where otherwise noted. • PARK in student lots, FREE. • Houston Community College SUPPORTS ACADEMIC FREEDOM and First Amendment rights. • Some artwork may be objectionable to some viewers and some productions may contain sensitive language and/or subject matter.
This event is presented by the MEDIA, VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS Center of Excellence. DEAN, Katherine Rhodes Fields, MFA, MA TESL • MEDIA ARTS DIVISION (Filmmaking, Audio Recording, Music Business) CHAIR, Melvin Mays, MS • VISUAL ARTS DIVISION (Studio Art & Art History) CHAIR, Lisa Wildermuth, MA • PERFORMING ARTS DIVISION (Dance, Drama, Music) CHAIR, Susan Hines, MM •
