Healing Broken Circles The BackWall: Art Uncuffed

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 | 6:30 p.m.

Beeler Gallery
60 Cleveland Ave.

Doors open at 6:30 pm. Show starts at 7 p.m.

Beeler Gallery will host an evening of music, dance, stories, and spoken word by artists deeply impacted by mass incarceration. Healing Broken Circles production The BackWall: Art Uncuffed is deepening the conversation around mass incarceration through the lens of the arts, while sharing art and creating community.

The nonprofit organization Healing Broken Circles provides opportunities for people touched by the justice system to heal, learn and thrive by creating new and unprecedented educational, artistic, and transformative experiences. Their work is steeped in the understanding that uplifting the voices, stories, talents, skills, expertise, and the strong sense of purpose of people who are incarcerated and formerly incarcerated promotes equity, empathy, and builds healthier communities for us all.

The BackWall performers have experienced incarceration first hand or are from communities most deeply impacted by mass incarceration. Their performance comes in conjunction with Michael Mercil: Some Thing(s), on view at Beeler Gallery through Friday, Feb. 24. As part of the exhibition's programming, CCAD is providing meeting and program space for a variety of community activities and performances.

Participating performers and Instagram handles:
Draye Mitchell, @its_her_mysteke
Zerious Business, @zeriousbusiness
Tripp Fontane, @trippfontane
Blakk Sun, @blakk_sun
Luv Baski, @luv_baski
Brianna Rhodes, @_honeybb