Next to a Keith Haring Mural, Original Artworks by Rikers Detainees
about 4 months ago (12/10/2023)
Next to a Keith Haring Mural, Original Artworks by Rikers Detainees Skip to content Installation view of Creating Within: Art from Rikers and the NYC Health + Hospitals Art Collection at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, with Keith Haring's 1986 mural above (photo Aaron Short/ Hyperallergic ; all other photos by Samuel Rodriguez/New York City Health + Hospitals) Some of New York’s most interesting artists happen to be creating work outside the traditional art world — and inside the city’s correctional system. For nearly a decade, New York City Health and Hospitals has been offering artmaking workshops with creative arts therapists to individuals incarcerated at Rikers Island. These sessions are part of mental health treatment offered by the hospital systems’ Correctional Health Services (CHS) program while detainees are awaiting trial or sentencing.