defrauding them of millions of dollars in fine art photographs, federal prosecutors say. Now, Beard, 59, is to spend more than five years in federal prison and pay more than $2 million in ...

And this one young lady said, “Well, if they’re closing Stateville down to build a new state-of-the-art prison, wouldn’t you want them to be inside of a state-of-the-art prison instead of ...

I needed a prison hustle. But first, I needed to figure out what I was good at. I noticed an older Native American man who spent hours creating traditional Native art. I felt a kinship with him ...

Toilet paper, tissue and cigarette wrappers. Prison inmates use the items most of us toss to create art. Open at the Museum of International Folk Art, "Between the Lines" aims to humanize the ...

Wednesday, Phillips showcased his works of art, which he collectively calls “Strokes of Freedom," at theKalamazoo Institute of Arts. Created while he served time in prison, the collection ...

But even if you know how to use Microsoft Word, you might not be aware that you can even draw and sketch in the application. Whether you’d like to call attention to a certain part of your ...

He started letting me help with tasks he didn’t want to do himself, like cutting deer hide into lace for traditional dance outfits, cutting thick rawhide for drum skins, and sorting small bags of ...

Mail sent to Oregon prisoners is about to get less colorful. That’s if Department of Corrections officials adopt a slate of proposed rules cracking down on crayons, markers and greeting cards ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...

During the pandemic, when programming and visitation were shut down, I leaned into my art to maintain my sanity during that period of extreme isolation. It was more than a prison hustle ...