FREEDOM DREAMS
Freedom Dreams was a 2015 collaboration between PNAP and the Social Justice Initiative at UIC that made connections between artists in and outside of prison. Chicago-area artists were commissioned to respond to writing developed by men in PNAP’s “Freedom Dreams” cultural studies class at Stateville Prison taught by Alice Kim. Together, their writings and artworks—ranging from print and sculpture to photography and collage—urged the public to reconsider, rethink, and reimagine what freedom means, especially in the context of an ever-growing prison nation. The show was co-curated by Alice Kim, Ivan Arenas, and Sarah Ross.
Exhibitions:
Freedom Dreams
2016; Social Justice Initiative Pop-up Art Space, Chicago

Artists:
Aaron Hughes
Abdul Malik Muhammad
Assata’s Daughters
Cairá Lee Conner
Damon Locks
Demetrius Cunningham
Derrick “Ricky” Echols
Dorothy Burge
Dustin Sherwood Clay
Eve Ewing
Eric Blackmon
Fereshteh Toosi
Gerald Reed
Kiar Brown
Krista Franklin
Markus Buchanan
Mirtes Zwierzynski
Monica Trinidad
Phillip Hartsfield
Ricky Patterson
Rodney Clemons
Sherwin Ovid
Victoria Martinez
William Buck
Aaron Hughes Damon Locks Dorothy Burge Eve Ewing Fereshteh Toosi Monica Trinidad