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Art, Incarceration, and Healing: A Conversation with Dr. Dave Gussak Shifting Perspectives Gallery Tour

Join us for a powerful afternoon of art, reflection, and dialogue at Art, Incarceration, and Healing—a special event that brings together national voices and local changemakers working at the intersection of creativity and justice.

📅 Sunday, April 13, 2025
📍 Minneapolis Central Library – 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN

Event Schedule:
Exhibit Tour: 2:00–3:00 PM | Cargill Gallery
Panel Discussion: 3:00–4:30 PM

Experience the Shifting Perspectives exhibit before it closes and hear from Dr. Dave Gussak, national expert and Professor of Art Therapy at Florida State University, alongside the dedicated facilitators of AFTI’s Art and Wellness program inside Minnesota correctional facilities. Together, they’ll explore how creative expression can foster healing, transformation, and new perspectives—both inside and outside prison walls.

This event is free and open to all, and we would love for you to be part of this moving and meaningful experience.

Reserve your spot here

Let’s come together to celebrate the power of art, amplify the voices of those often unheard, and continue building a more compassionate and just future.

With gratitude,
Art from the Inside

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Falling Water by Terry Hower

16” x 20”

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Just memories of a place in the Rocky Mountains that I have been to. I love the tranquility of mountains.

$110.00

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Shades of Growth by Pierce H.

8” x 10”

Medium: Acrylic

I wanted to make a piece that showed there are levels to personal growth. I wanted to show the levels are not perfect, the process is not perfect and it may get a little messy. But, in the end, there is beauty in the chaos of personal growth.

$50.00

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The Way Out is Back Through by Nemo

11” x 15”

Medium: Water-mixable oils over acrylics on canvas panel

In the Powerful People program, one of the sayings was "The way out is back through." That is, in order to be free, you have to go back and face the devastation you caused with your crime, seek out the roots of that behavior and deal with them. Otherwise, like a weed, the criminal behavior will come back. This painting is a symbolic representation of that personal growth for me. The cell has no door - but it's not the way out. To get out, I have to face the ruins I created and climb the steps out into the sunlight. The book in the cell held the key to knowledge. Hidden in the ruins are the broken Web of Relationships, my lurking inner demons of my "shadow self," and a skull representing the murder I committed and have to find some way to make amends for.

$2,100.00

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Focused Trauma by Mika "Haji" Dalbec

16” x 20”

Medium: Acrylic paint

It's either your brain opening up to accepting dark thoughts or the invasion of light within your darkness. Either way, it's about that feeling inside which you can't escape . . . but wonder if it's only you that feels this way.

$30.00

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Prayers for MMIW by Michelle Koester

11” x 14”

Medium: Pastel, pencil and ink

My inspiration for both pieces has been for MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women), for all the women I have met and lost to domestic violence.

$110.00

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