Prayerful repentant souls behind bars create the most beautiful art pieces. In a non-descript office building just a few blocks from the White House up Five Floors is a Gallery too small for the genius it contains- all artwork done by incarcerated people all across the country. Some of it is amateurish, done with charm on napkins, and some of it belongs in the Smithsonian or Guggenheim. There is some Brilliant Artistic Talent behind bars (and lots of free time to develop it there.)
In a profoundly laudable effort, this Prisons Foundation , a Division of the Safe Streets Foundation (http://www.prisonsfoundation.org/) seeks to keep spirits high and positively motivated by developing the arts behind bars. There are plays worthy of the Kennedy Center that are produced by incarcerated persons (which actually have been produced at the Kennedy Center)
musical talent developed, and lots of Fine Arts.
If you check out the Gallery ask to see the "Mother Theresa"
Stay tuned for an Exhibit with Reception- date soon to be announced.
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