Bring Down the Walls
Project Added: November 12, 2020
The firehouse as an educational center
Image courtesy of Monnelle Brittinfo
Arts-and Intersections:
Prisons & RehabilitationCollaborators:
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New York, New YorkRegion:
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Community artsPopulation Density:
UrbanLarge Intended Impact Area:
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Project Website:
https://creativetime.org/projects/bring-down-the-walls/OVERVIEW
Aimed at ending mass incarceration, Bring Down the Walls was a collaboration of over 100 artists who used house music and nightlife to shift the lens on the prison industrial complex. A firehouse was turned into a school educating the public on U.S. prisons by day and a dance club by night.