In Conversation: Adamu Chan, Jonathan Chiu, Larry W. Cook, José Díaz, Melanee C. Harvey, Eddie Herena, Javier Jimenez, Don O. Jones, Hein Mai, Vernon Ray, and Akeil Robertson

Wherever There Is Light is an extension of photographer Larry W. Cook’s collaborative art practice of mining, reflecting, and transforming carceral aesthetics toward liberatory practices that focus on repair, futurity, self-definition, and social critique. The initial project involved working with a cohort of artists based in Los Angeles. For this iteration of the project, Cook brought together formerly incarcerated artists originally from Philadelphia and New York to create work that extends beyond the categories of vernacular visual depictions of the carceral state. Please join the artists from both cohorts, along with Cook and curator Melanee C. Harvey, PhD. for an in-depth discussion about the exhibition. Wherever There Is Light has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.