IAHSJ EVENT ARCHIVE

On July 27th, the Prison Arts Collective (PAC) team from all over the state gathered in Los Angeles for our first ever PAC Retreat. The team visited Homeboy Industries, Corita Art Center, and Homeboy Art Academy. The day wrapped up with a special Friend and Family Screening Event for the first ever viewing of the PAC Documentary, created in collaboration with Avalie Media.

Our first official SDSU-VISTA graduation ceremonies were held on May 15 at Centinela State Prison in the Imperial Valley to celebrate our 27 inaugural graduates who received their BAs in Interdisciplinary Studies.

The Center for Health, Communication, and the Public Good & The Institute for the Arts, Humanities and Social Justice hosted, Code Red: A Film Screening directed by Jessica McGaugh and Panel Discussion About Period Taboos hosted by Kishauna Soljour, Associate Director of the Institute for the Arts, Humanities and Social Justice.

On October 24th, 2023, Dr. Nalini Nadkarni visited the Prison Arts Collective office space to share her work and discuss the future of educational programs in prison spaces.

On May 2nd, 2023, Mackenzie Moore, the 2022-2023 Research Assistant to the IAHSJ, hosted a student-centered gathering with a screening of two films from the Africa World Documentary Film Festival, titled “DANCEDANCE/RE♢VOLUTION” and “The Rise of the African Female Drummer.”

SDSU celebrated the unveiling of "Black in Crimson & Black," a mural painted by alumnae Sabrina Davidson ('21) and Avia Ramm ('20) and located in the RIO area on the first floor of the Love Library dome.

Prison Arts Collective will have an art auction and Peter Merts will speak on EX CRUCIBLE: THE PASSION OF INCARCERATED ARTISTS. The photographs of Ex Crucible show incarcerated men and women creating artworks with a talent, passion, and authenticity that illuminate the humanity of the artists.

Vin Ryan is an artist, educator, and scholar from Australia. He is visiting SDSU on a Fellowship with Prison Arts Collective (PAC) granted by the International Specialised Skills Institute, designed to allow educators to travel overseas to observe/ participate/ contribute to areas of education that are identified as in need of improvement within the Australian system.

Solidarity as Homebase was the first public event hosted by The Institute for the Arts, Humanities and Social Justice. It took place on May 4, 2022 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm PT and was attended by over 240 people, including students, faculty, and community members.