The Joann Cole Mitte Art Gallery is hosting an eye-opening exhibit, and this week a panel of unlikely guest speakers will help bring it to life. Bobcat Update's Aubrey Doherty has more on the story.
From a distance they appear to be just painted plates, but the message they hold for Mark Menjivar, assistant professor of the school of Art and Design, is much deeper.
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The Last Supper is an exhibit by artist Julie Green representing the dehumanization of last meal requests for inmates on death row. In keeping with the theme, ex-inmates whose stay in prison ranged from ten to almost 30 years were invited to speak about their experiences.
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Jorge Antonio Renaud spent 27 years incarcerated. He is now an organizer for the Center for Community Change.
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Former death row inmate Anthony Graves was the featured speaker at Evans Auditorium last night.
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