Events.
‘CREATING IN CONFINEMENT’ HOLIDAY ART & GIFT MARKET AT THE FRANCIS HOTEL
This inaugural collaboration between The Francis Hotel and MECA&D's Public Engagement Program celebrates the creativity and resilience of incarcerated artists, while supporting ethical reforms in the Maine prison system; this includes increased access to art materials and instruction, which reduces recidivism rates, improves mental wellness, and can develop vocational and entrepreneurship skills. The exhibit includes artists whose work has also been featured in exhibitions organized by Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
Join us this Saturday, December 14
for our monthly MPAC Community Strategy meeting. We're excited to have Members of the NAACP's MSP chapter share updates on their advocacy work from inside the Maine State Prison. You won't want to miss this informative and insightful presentation!
Gender Justice and Participatory Pretrial Training
This training responds to the urgent need to interrupt a 50-year trend of increasing pretrial detention and further incarceration of women and gender-expansive people, despite them posing the lowest risk to public safety and being likeliest to have the role of primary caregiver.
Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC) and Orange Bike Brewing Company
Prisoner Advocacy Charles Jordan Reentry Home Youth Engagement fundraiser at Orange Bike Brewing Company.
NB2A Symposium & Screening of One Pint at a Time
Orange Bike Brewing Co. and Third Place are hosting a two-day event for the National Black Brewers Association (NB2A). This event includes a screedning of the documentary film One Pint at a Time. For more information visit the Orange Bike Breweing Co. website. If you would like to sponsor the event please use this link.
Inside Vision: Art & Incarceration Panel Discussion
We’re pleased to announce a Panel Discussion at Meetinghouse Arts Stage on Saturday, June 15th at 6:00 PM, as a part of Inside Vision, An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art. Check back for more details.
Inside Vision is a traveling exhibit of art created by people incarcerated in the Maine prison system and is organized by the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition. Residents of Maine’s prisons express their lived experience, hopes, and dreams in the art they create. Their artwork defies stereotypes and emphasizes that we are all more than the worst act we have committed. Through their art, those living inside convey the message that, “We are whole people with loves and losses, skills, talents, ideas, and gifts… and a longing to be free.”
Please join us at Meetinghouse Arts Gallery on Friday, June 7th for the free opening reception from 4:30-7:00 PM.
ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES – Film Screening
Please join us at Meetinghouse Arts Stage on Saturday, June 8th for a free, public screening of ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES at 6:00 PM as part of our Inside Vision, An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art Gallery exhibition. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Inside Vision is a traveling exhibit of art created by people incarcerated in the Maine prison system and is organized by the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC).
Description
While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing 40-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newspaper. He smuggles out each panel piece-by-piece with the help of fellow artists, only seeing the mural in totality upon coming home. As Jesse's work captures the art world's attention, he struggles to adjust to life outside, living with the threat that any misstep will trigger a life sentence.
Festivals
Winner, Best Documentary Feature, RiverRun International Film Festival
Winner, Best Feature Documentary, Justive on Trial Film Festival
Winner, Audiance Award and Best Animation, Philadelphia Film Festival
Official Selection, DOC NYC
Official Selection, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art Opening Reception
Purple Landscape by Chris Wynne, 2021
Inside Vision, An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art, is a traveling exhibit of art created by people incarcerated in the Maine prison system and is organized by the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition. Residents of Maine’s prisons express their lived experience, hopes, and dreams in the art they create. Their artwork defies stereotypes and emphasizes that we are all more than the worst act we have committed. Through their art, those living inside convey the message that, “We are whole people with loves and losses, skills, talents, ideas, and gifts… and a longing to be free.”
Please join us at Meetinghouse Arts Gallery on Friday, June 7th for an Opening Reception from 4:30-7:00 PM. Admission is free for all Inside Vision events.
Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art
Purple Landscape by Chris Wynne, 2021
Inside Vision, An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art, is a traveling exhibit of art created by people incarcerated in the Maine prison system and is organized by the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition. Residents of Maine’s prisons express their lived experience, hopes, and dreams in the art they create. Their artwork defies stereotypes and emphasizes that we are all more than the worst act we have committed. Through their art, those living inside convey the message that, “We are whole people with loves and losses, skills, talents, ideas, and gifts… and a longing to be free.”
Please join us at Meetinghouse Arts Gallery on Friday, June 7th for a free opening reception from 4:30-7:00 PM. We’re pleased to announce a panel discussion at Meetinghouse Arts Stage on Saturday, June 15th at 6:00 PM, as a part of Inside Vision. Stay tuned for more details.
Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibit of Inside Art
Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Friday 10-6; Saturday 12-6
Opening Reception: TBD December
Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibit of Inside Art
Gallery Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 12:00pm-6:00pm, Sat.: 4:00pm-6:00pm; closed Sundays, holidays and university breaks
Opening Reception: Thus, Oct 5, 5-7pm
Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibit of Inside Art
Gallery Hours: 7 Days/week 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Opening Reception: Aug 19 or 20
Master of Light film screening
Master of Light: Directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten.
George Anthony Morton, a classical painter who spent ten years in federal prison travels to his hometown to paint his family members. Going back forces George to face his past in his quest to rewrite the script of his life.
With Liberty and Justice for All: Current issues in Maine's legal justice system
Jan Collins will be giving a Gold Leaf presentation of With Liberty and Justice for All: Current issues in Maine's legal justice system, at the University of Maine Farmington’s Emery Arts Center.
Now Date, November 18.
UMF Discussion Panel on the Prison System
The University of Maine, Farmington is having a panel discussion on the prison system and advocacy by UMF faculty Cara Furman (Education), Nicole Kellett (Social Sciences) and Gaelyn Aguilar (Social Sciences).
Inside Vision: Gold Leaf Presentation
Jan Collins will be giving a Gold Leaf presentation of Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art, at the University of Maine Farmington’s Emery Arts Center.
Now Date, November 10.
MPAC Strategic Planning Meeting
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Reimagine Belonging: Community Care and Power in a Pandemic: Presented by Maine Inside Out
Our friends at Maine Inside Out are hosting their next event - virtually!
"Reimagine Belonging" kicks off at noon on Wednesday, December 8th.
November MPAC Strategy Meeting
Join us, on Zoom, for the November MPAC statewide strategy meeting.
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Abolition Night at the Strand
Join us for an evening of performance and thought provoking insights brought to you by those with lived experiences in the justice system. Engage in exploration of the concepts of abolition, freedom, and captivity in community.
This event is hosted and co-designed in partnership with the Opportunity Scholars of the University of Southern Maine, the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, the University of Maine Augusta Prison Education Partnership and the Freedom and Captivity Project.
MPAC Strategy Meeting
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MPAC Strategy Meeting
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Legislation: LD 476 Hearing
On March 24 at 10:00 am the Maine legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will be hearing
LD 476 An Act To Provide Licensed Assisted Living and Nursing Facilities Levels of Care for Incarcerated Persons
This is priority legislation for MPAC this session. We are looking for people with lived experience who would be willing to testify before the committee and for people who would be willing to write letters to the editor in local papers and or contact their legislators to express support for this bill. Please let me know if you would like to do either of these. I am attaching information on testifying and talking points for letters and testimony.
MPAC Strategy Meeting
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Please join us at the next MPAC Statewide Strategy Meeting
Please join us at the next MPAC Statewide Strategy Meeting, Sat, May 2nd, 10 am - Noon.
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