Finding Freedom from the Inside: Stories Shaped In and Out Incarceration

Please join our community in celebrating artists and their work by attending Finding Freedom from the Inside: Stories Shaped In and Out of Incarceration!

This event is meant to raise money for the currently incarcerated artists involved, auctioning their masterpieces created while in California Prisons.

This event will take place on October 19th, 2024 from 5:30-9:00 pm at La Peña Cultural Center at 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705. We intend to auction off all artwork sent by artists and send all proceeds from the event back to them or their families.

See you there!

Organizers’ Statement:

Wanting to continue abolitionist work in the Bay Area, student organizers at UC Berkeley began to plan an art show to showcase what is hidden from society. As we have the privilege of operating in a “free” world, we do so while thousands of people are hidden away in prisons. Relatives and loved ones continue to live behind bars- denied access to family and freedom. Our goal as student organizers is to showcase the talent taken from us- the artists behind bars who still work to create masterpieces while incarcerated.

We do this for the love of our communities, the people we have lost to incarceration, and our communities being targeted by policing and prisons. We planned this with the utmost respect to all involved, wanting to use our power and privilege as “people on the outside” to support our incarcerated communities as much as possible. 

This auction is meant to raise money for the artists who sent in work. All proceeds from the event will go directly back to them, whether it be their families or booking accounts. The auction starts with the artist’s starting bid, or better offer (OBO) if they chose to set one. After that, all money raised for their artwork will be sent to them and the art will be sent to the highest bidder.