"Bend in the River" Exhibit Catalog

Publication produced in conjunction with the exhibition curated by Joannie G. in Sept-Oct 2019. Catalog design by Fiona McElhany and HT MacDiarmid for The Holland Project. Commemorative postcard included with every catalog.

Includes artwork by fourteen exhibiting artists, words by the curator, a short essay by poet Shaun Griffin, and additional poetry from formerly incarcerated individuals. Your purchase of this publication supports the gift of two copies to each artist and poet included in the exhibition.

Statement: "Bend in the River" is an exhibition organized by local artist, Joannie G., featuring artwork created by inmates from the High Desert State Prison in Susanville, CA. Over the last eight years Joannie has worked with the prison leading workshops in non-violent communication and through these workshops began to recognize the immense artistic talent of the men she was working with. This exhibition is a way for many of the incarcerated artists to reach out to the world outside of the prison and show that they are more than the mistakes they have made in the past, while also highlighting their ingenuity and innate drive to create within the strict parameters of materials they have access to inside the prison.