I got the following invitation late on Wednesday evening:

Inside/Outside: The Prison Project
Presents
An Integrated Community Arts Performance
River City Correctional Center
Thursday, November 1, 2007
2:00 PM OR 7:00 PM
(Reception follows evening performance)

Please join us for a multi-disciplinary arts presentation from residents of the River City’s Chrysalis Pod and the Inside/Outside team. Inside/Outside is a collaboration among artists and community organizations that is designed to extend the arts to people and communities that may not otherwise have access to artistic programs. Our collaboration was founded on the premise that the arts can contribute positively, creatively and economically to complex social problems when put in the hands of the people most affected.

Your presence at our performance is an important piece of the Inside/Outside program as we strive to close the literal and figurative gaps between those on the inside and the outside of our prison systems.

It was a total trip, with artwork, poetry, improvisation, dance, and song.

The art and spoken word work were great, but my favorite parts were the improvisations
and, to my surprise, the movement performances of wind, water, fire, and earth.

Afterwards the reception created a great opportunity to interact with
the performers and with the other audience members.


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