Dr. Caroline Young's exhibit "Art is a Form of Freedom" wins Silver Medal award from the Southeastern Museums Conference

The “Art is a Form of Freedom” exhibit, envisioned by Dr. Caroline Young and brought to reality through collaboration with the women of Whitworth, the Georgia Museum of Art, CGA alumni, and the Department of Corrections, has won the prestigious Silver Medal award from the Southeastern Museums Conference. 

This exhibition results from a collaborative project that brought works of art from the museum’s collection into classrooms at Whitworth Women’s Facility, a prison in north Georgia. The incarcerated women there selected the works in this exhibition and wrote prose and poetry in response to them. This interinstitutional project seeks to cultivate community and empathetic connection through art and writing, despite vast differences in space, time and resources.

Read more about this amazing exhibit Here.