Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility A project by ERNEST September 18–November 22, 2015 Gallery Hours: Fri–Sun, noon–5pm at c3:initiative Opening Reception Friday, September 18, 6:30-9:30pm c3:initiative | 7326 N. Chicago Avenue, Portland 97203 Visitors are invited to join c3:initiative and the…
Demos Publication in the works at Portland’s Container Corps
Printing like mad A video posted by Container Corps (@containercorps) on Aug 27, 2015 at 7:21pm PDT Container Corps
SCAFE (Second Chances Are For Everyone)
ERNEST is honored and excited that Emanuel Price will be one of the guest panelists at the Wapato Roundtable event on September 19, 11am-1pm, at St Johns Community Center. Emanuel is the founder and current Executive Director of Second Chances…
Melissa Salazar, Wapato Roundtable Panelist
After spending a day at Wapato Jail together in December, ERNEST invited Melissa Salazar to present her work at the forthcoming Wapato Roundtable event. Melissa Salazar is a May 2015 graduate of Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she studied Communication…
Ban the Box!
Here’s some info about the current Ban the Box campaign in Portland to put their criminal histories in context when they are searching for employment and to disempower the labels: “felon” and “criminal”. Koin News: Oregon Campaign To Help Ex-Convicts…
Stop the Proposed SF Jail
Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) is leading resistance to the proposed “replacement jail” in SF County. See the resources below and sign up for the email newsletter to get involved: PETITION SF County Sheriff Mirkarimi wants to spend…
“Incarceration’s Front Door”
A new study about the state of the nation’s jails was just released by the Vera Institute of Justice. From their website: Local jails, which exist in nearly every town and city in America, are built to hold people deemed…
Wapato Jail Coyotes
Handsome all!! Wapato Jail Coyote line-up: Bette Longden, Sylvester Miranda, Kaiah Boerman, Wyatt Dingman, Jen Vaughn, Dawn Rostad, Bill Washburn, Amy Frey, Michelle Wood, Shir Grisanti, Erin Mallea, Anna Weston, Erika Kuchenmeister, Joshua Leslie, Devan Anthony, Scott Osgood, Karin Obaid, Gwen Courtney, Welly Fletcher, Hannah Ireland, George Pfau, Amanda Curreri, Christine Toth, Gary Wiseman, Shalene Murphy, Adrian Eberstein, Brenton Bird,…
New Collaborator: Pete Brook
Over a recent dinner meeting in SF’s Outer Richmond we confirmed: ERNEST will collaborate with Pete Brook on the Wapato: Demos publication. Pete’s work is rigorous, heart felt, and we’re excited to see what he comes up with in terms…
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Wapato Jail Video Shoot
Thank you to our team of volunteers throughout the weekend and the crew of coyotes from Portland-at-large on Saturday. Thanks to PNCA’s Watershed faculty. Thank you to Dan Gilsdorf, newest ERNEST, and thank you to the owl. Thank you to…
The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project has just launched their site. Led by former NYT executive editor, Bill Keller, the organization is aimed at reporting on the under represented in the American criminal justice system. Signed up for the newsletter to get a…
Wapato Jail
ERNEST’s work creates a range of vantage points from which the public is invited to experience and discuss the amplitude of seemingly unsolvable national problems and themes: failed democracy and bureaucracy, the American prison system, power structures, socio-political ecosystems, community…