Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility, the Book from ERNEST on Vimeo. ERNEST worked with Container Corps to create a publication as one part of our larger artwork, Demos, dealing with the nearby empty Wapato Correctional Facility. The publication is 31 pages long, and contains…
Sept 18 & 19: Opening Reception & Wapato Roundtable
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…
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…