By Editor October 11, 2020

Honored to share the news that Picture Projects’ Director, Alison Cornyn received a grant and a lucky red backpack from GlobalGiving and The Red Backpack Fund. The fund is backed by SPANX and the Sara Blakely Foundation and is dedicated to elevating and supporting women through entrepreneurship. With this grant, we are able to extend

By Alison Cornyn April 22, 2020

Earth Day seems to be the perfect day to share the latest web project we produced with the Holt/Smithson Foundation, an organization that exists to continue the creative and investigative spirit of the artists Nancy Holt (1938-2014) and Robert Smithson (1938-73). It has truly been a privilege to work with these two gifted artists’ incredible #earthworks. Explore the site at: https://holtsmithsonfoundation.org/

By Alison Cornyn June 13, 2019

This grant will support the development and production of an interview webisode series with expert subjects in the fields of criminal justice, psychology, gender, and law. These videos will be accessible through the new website.

By Alison Cornyn October 24, 2018

We are excited to announce the opening of the exhibition;  Incorrigibles: Bearing Witness to the Incarcerated Girls of New York. This exhibition showcases the work of artists involved with the Incorrigibles project as well as the stories of women who were incarcerated at the New York State Training School for Girls. This exhibition features work by

By Editor December 13, 2017

We are so excited to announce this TED Talk all about the Incorrigibles project. Picture Project’s director Alison Cornyn rediscovers wayward girls. Watch below:

By Alison Cornyn December 13, 2017

National Traveling Exhibitions & Events States of Incarceration is continuously growing from 500 people in 17 states. It explors the roots of mass incarceration in our own communities through opening national dialogue on what will happen next. PAST – See and hear past programs April 3, 2016 – April 24, 2016 Aronson Gallery, Sheila Johnson

By Alison Cornyn December 13, 2017

Spurred from preliminary research in the Prison Public Memory Project, Incorrigibles is a transmedia project that tells the stories of ‘incorrigible’ girls in the United States over the last 100 years – beginning with New York State. Drawing on the personal narratives of young women in “the system”, the work investigates the history and present state

By Editor April 04, 2016

Picture Projects is thrilled to announce that the States of Incarceration website is now live! The first of the Humanities Action Lab’s initiatives, States of Incarceration analyzes the past, present, and future of incarceration in the US – including immigration detention centers – and its global dimensions. The interactive website will both complement the travelling exhibition as it visits the 20 host cities and stand as

By Editor February 15, 2016

As the launch of States of Incarceration approaches, the Humanities Action Lab has announced a list of exciting events to kick off it’s first initiative. The first of these events will be a keynote address before the exhibition opening reception on Thursday, April 14th. After that, on Friday and Saturday (April 15th – 16th), a national public forum

By Alison Cornyn February 02, 2016

The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded The New School’s ‘Humanities Action Lab: Global Dialogues on Incarceration’ a $250,000 grant. The grant will help fund the travelling exhibit that accompanies their first project, States of Incarceration. Meant to travel to at least 20 cities over 3 years, the exhibit will focus on the collective