#WORLDWITHOUTINCARCERATION: USING THE VISUAL ARTS TO REIMAGINE ABOLITIONIST SPACES
Saturday, April 17, Session 2
Workshop F: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
In this interactive workshop hosted by Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE), participants will creatively explore the incarceration policy alternatives that currently exist at both the local and global levels. Participants will also come together to experience visionary art that challenges existing carceral structures. Lastly, workshop participants will engage in a short art-making activity to explore what an abolitionist future could look like and imagine a world without incarceration.
Facilitator
Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario (she/her) is the Founder and Executive Director of Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE). As a committed human rights activist, artist, educator, and advocate for youth, Marissa launched ARTE in 2013 to help young people amplify their voices and organize for human rights change in their communities through the arts. Marissa holds an M.P.A. from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, and an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently, Marissa serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at the City College of New York in the Art Education Department.