NSW has just sacked over 100 teachers in its prison system - many teaching art - while Victoria has a progressive a new system to sell inmates art. What is going on?
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This week an exhibition of 140 artworks by 130 Indigenous artists opened in St Kilda. What makes this a different news story is that those 130 artists were incarcerated or recently released from prison.
Now in its eighth year, Confined is a Victorian initiative that supports offenders to tell their stories, to develop arts networks and reintegrate back into society.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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