MiraCosta College Presents Art Exhibit, 'Conviction'

MiraCosta College presents an exhibit featuring the paintings of artists incarcerated at Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa. The show opens March 15 and continues through April 14 in the college’s Kruglak Gallery.

Conviction will feature a group of paintings created by prisoners who participate in Project PAINT, The Prison Arts Initiative at Donovan, a men’s medium/maximum security prison. Project PAINT is a visual arts program developed in 2013 to provide fine arts instruction and opportunities for artistic exploration for prisoners. It is funded in collaboration between the California Department of Corrections and the California Arts Council.

The works in this exhibit were created in classes including Arts Immersion, a 40-week course in which participants are introduced to a variety of different historical arts movements including representational and abstract pieces in various styles, and Drawing and Painting, a 24-week overview of foundational concepts and practices within two-dimensional art forms. Conviction highlights inmates’ ability to flourish both despite and because of such surroundings.

A panel discussion with the curators and a reception will be held Wednesday, March 16, 6–8 p.m. Admission to the gallery, panel discussion and reception is free and open to the public.

MiraCosta College’s Kruglak Art Gallery is located in the Oceanside Campus Student Center, Bldg. 3400, located at 1 Barnard Drive. The Kruglak Gallery offers a diverse range of contemporary exhibitions of interest to both students and the general public Gallery hours are Mondays/Tuesdays, 2:30–7:30 p.m.; and Wednesdays/Thursdays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Gallery is closed March 21–25. For additional information, contact gallery director Diane Adams at 760.795.6657.