Art from the Inside MN

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A nonprofit fundraiser supporting

Springboard for the Arts

Support us to uplift the incarcerated, engage the community, and transform lives with art.

$3,945

raised by 33 people

$10,000 goal

Antonio Espinosa, a correctional officer at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, started this project as a way to foster transformation, healing, and forgiveness after his friend and fellow correctional officer, Joseph Gomm, was killed by an inmate. After this tragic death in the facility, everything and everyone changed within the walls of MCF-Stillwater. Something needed to happen to bring this entire community together to rebuild. Antonio started by working with the administration and the broader community outside the facility to bring in educational, cultural events. These proved to be successful for both officers and the incarcerated. What else could be done? Soon after, he started looking at other ways to help bring the community together and Art from the Inside (AFTI) was born.

Have you ever wanted to say something but couldn’t find the right words to express what you felt? Visual artists know this feeling more than anyone. Art from the Inside gives incarcerated artists the opportunity to express themselves through art—to give them a voice and help them transform. AFTI will be exhibiting their art in the community with the hope to inspire community dialogue about the complexities of our criminal justice system.

Your generosity will allow us to make this project bigger and better, to include even more artists, and to reach more people inside the facilities and throughout the community.

Learn more about us at https://www.artfromtheinsidemn.org/

Join us at Creators Space in downtown Saint Paul, MN from November 5-29, 2021. We'll have several mini-events (in-person and virtual). You can find dates and times on our EVENTS page. 


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