{"id":1919,"date":"2015-11-06T11:02:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T16:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/marketing\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:37:17","slug":"gcc-photography-class-exhibits-work-at-artspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/11\/06\/gcc-photography-class-exhibits-work-at-artspace\/","title":{"rendered":"GCC photography class exhibits work at Artspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan O'Beirne, professor of photography at GCC, along with student intern Kristina McComb, recently taught a six-week course that covered using DSLR cameras, image editing, and<br \/>\nprinting\u2014all in one room with no natural light. The class, ART 151: Photography Foundation, was taught exclusively to men incarcerated at the Franklin County House of Corrections.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1920\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/11\/image001.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/11\/image001-199x300.png\" alt=\"Art by inmates at the Franklin County Jail\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/11\/image001-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/files\/2015\/11\/image001.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Art by inmates at the Franklin County Jail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The work produced in this class is\u00a0a testament to how much can be created with so little. An exhibit of student work,\u00a0<em>Inside Art II<\/em>, is presented through November 20 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artspacegreenfield.com\">Artspace<\/a> in Greenfield, by the Elm Street Think Tank and students who took\u00a0part in the class. The Think Tank is a group of incarcerated men and community\u00a0members who meet weekly inside the Franklin County Sheriff's Office with the mission to promote alternatives to incarceration by raising awareness and connecting people, ideas, &amp; resources.<\/p>\n<p>More than 7 million people are under correctional supervision (imprisoned, on probation, or parole) in the US, which has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. Most of the 2.3 million children, women, and men who are now in jail or prison will eventually come home, including all of the artists represented here.\u00a0Having access to education, economic opportunity, affordable housing, and medical care, including treatment for addiction, increases the possibility that people released from jail or prison will not return.<\/p>\n<p><em>Inside Art II<\/em> runs through November 20 at Artspace, 15 Mill Street in Greenfield. Gallery hours:\u00a0Mon-Wed and Fri. 12-2:30pm and 4-6 pm;\u00a0Thurs. 12-1:30pm and 3:30-6pm; and\u00a0by appointment (413) 772-6811.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan O'Beirne, professor of photography at GCC, along with student intern Kristina McComb, recently taught a six-week course that covered using DSLR cameras, image editing, and printing\u2014all in one room with no natural light. The class, ART 151: Photography Foundation, was taught exclusively to men incarcerated at the Franklin County House of Corrections. 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