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FARMINGTON — The next exhibit at the UMF Emery Community Arts Center on the University of Maine at Farmington campus features art created by individuals incarcerated at Maine State Prison and Maine correctional facilities. In conjunction with the exhibition, the center will host a panel discussion, “Outside In-Inside Out: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Incarceration,” and a special advance release community film screening of the 2022 documentary, “Master of Light.” All events are free and open to the public.

The exhibit will be on view Nov. 3 through Dec. 10 at the Emery Lobby Space on Main Street. It will be curated by Jan Collins, Olivia Hochstadt and Sophie Craven. An opening reception is set for 4:30-7 p.m. Nov. 3, with remarks by the curators at 5:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

Inside Vision is a joint effort between the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition and the Maine Department of Corrections, and is supported by the American Rescue Plan Maine Project Grant provided by SPACE Gallery.

A Panel Discussion: “Outside In–Inside Out: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Incarceration” is set for 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Emery Performance Space.

Jan Collins of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, Cara Furman, UMF associate professor of language arts education; Nicole Kellett, professor of anthropology; and educator Cassidy Marsh, a 2018 UMF graduate, will participate in the analytical and forward-thinking discussion on practices of discipline and incarceration, with insights drawn from their academic research, field experience and activism.

Film Screening: “Master of Light” will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Emery Performance Space.

This event features a special advance release community screening of the 2022 award-winning documentary film, “Master of Light,” directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten. George Anthony Morton, a classical painter who spent 10 years in federal prison travels to his hometown to paint his family members.

For more information, visit wpsites.maine.edu, email ann.bartges@maine.edu or call 207-778-7461.

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