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X-WR-CALDESC:Artwork & poetry by youth in therapeutic group homes\, jails\,
  & prisons across Montana \nOpening First Friday\, January 7\, 5-8 PM\nIn 
 the Blackfoot Communications Gallery & Youth Gallery through January\n\n‘S
 hape of Us’ will feature artwork and poetry by youth in therapeutic group 
 homes\, jails\, and prisons across Montana from two different projects: th
 e LoLA BIPOC Guest Artist Workshop Series and ‘This Gift I Still Have.’\n
 \nThe gallery reception will feature readings of original poetry\, songs\,
  and essays by Montana’s incarcerated young people\, and talks by the BIPO
 C guest artists. The reception is free for all to attend and will feature 
 a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres. The exhibit will be open for viewing from J
 anuary 7 to January 28 at the ZACC.\n\nThe LoLA BIPOC Guest Artist Worksho
 p Series brought Montana-based BIPOC artists to teach virtual arts worksho
 ps to the youth incarcerated at the Missoula Juvenile Detention Center and
  the Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility. The rapper R’Know taught hip-
 hop songwriting\; Blackfeet artist Valentina LaPier taught visual art with
  pastels\; and Métis poet Chris La Tray taught poetry. Recordings of the s
 tudents performing their original hip hop lyrics from R’Know’s workshops w
 ill be on display\, as well as the pastel artwork created by students in V
 alentina’s workshops\, titled ‘Native Creative’\, which focused on teachin
 g students the medium of pastels through the lens of Metis and Blackfeet a
 rt.\n\n‘This Gift I Still Have’ is a collection of pieces originally publi
 shed in a zine series which were scrawled\, painted\, and drawn during the
  pandemic by teenagers living in therapeutic group homes\, jails\, and pri
 sons across Montana. The series contains a multitude of voices and experie
 nces that reflect on place\, family\, identity\, and experiences of isolat
 ion in a pandemic. The zine series was a collaboration between Free Verse 
 and Youth Homes\, and ‘This Gift I Still Have’ was originally hosted by Un
 iversity of Montana Western’s Fine Arts Gallery in the fall of 2021.\n\nFr
 ee Verse empowers incarcerated youth across Montana to gain agency over th
 eir own narrative and to discover their capacity for creativity\, empathy\
 , and engagement in the classroom through lessons in literature and creati
 ve writing.\n\nTo read more about Free Verse and engage with more student 
 work\, visit their website at www.freeverseproject.org or follow on Facebo
 ok at @Freeversewritingproject and Instagram @free_verse_writingproject.
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DESCRIPTION:Artwork & poetry by youth in therapeutic group homes\, jails\, 
 & prisons across Montana \nOpening First Friday\, January 7\, 5-8 PM\nIn t
 he Blackfoot Communications Gallery & Youth Gallery through January\n\n‘Sh
 ape of Us’ will feature artwork and poetry by youth in therapeutic group h
 omes\, jails\, and prisons across Montana from two different projects: the
  LoLA BIPOC Guest Artist Workshop Series and ‘This Gift I Still Have.’\n\n
 The gallery reception will feature readings of original poetry\, songs\, a
 nd essays by Montana’s incarcerated young people\, and talks by the BIPOC 
 guest artists. The reception is free for all to attend and will feature a 
 cash bar and hors d’oeuvres. The exhibit will be open for viewing from Jan
 uary 7 to January 28 at the ZACC.\n\nThe LoLA BIPOC Guest Artist Workshop 
 Series brought Montana-based BIPOC artists to teach virtual arts workshops
  to the youth incarcerated at the Missoula Juvenile Detention Center and t
 he Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility. The rapper R’Know taught hip-ho
 p songwriting\; Blackfeet artist Valentina LaPier taught visual art with p
 astels\; and Métis poet Chris La Tray taught poetry. Recordings of the stu
 dents performing their original hip hop lyrics from R’Know’s workshops wil
 l be on display\, as well as the pastel artwork created by students in Val
 entina’s workshops\, titled ‘Native Creative’\, which focused on teaching 
 students the medium of pastels through the lens of Metis and Blackfeet art
 .\n\n‘This Gift I Still Have’ is a collection of pieces originally publish
 ed in a zine series which were scrawled\, painted\, and drawn during the p
 andemic by teenagers living in therapeutic group homes\, jails\, and priso
 ns across Montana. The series contains a multitude of voices and experienc
 es that reflect on place\, family\, identity\, and experiences of isolatio
 n in a pandemic. The zine series was a collaboration between Free Verse an
 d Youth Homes\, and ‘This Gift I Still Have’ was originally hosted by Univ
 ersity of Montana Western’s Fine Arts Gallery in the fall of 2021.\n\nFree
  Verse empowers incarcerated youth across Montana to gain agency over thei
 r own narrative and to discover their capacity for creativity\, empathy\, 
 and engagement in the classroom through lessons in literature and creative
  writing.\n\nTo read more about Free Verse and engage with more student wo
 rk\, visit their website at www.freeverseproject.org or follow on Facebook
  at @Freeversewritingproject and Instagram @free_verse_writingproject.
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LOCATION:in the Blackfoot Communications & Youth Galleries
SUMMARY:Shape of Us – Works presented by Free Verse
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