Position Title: Visual Teaching Artists – Supportive Arts Programming in Minnesota Correctional Facilities

Corrections officials, inmates say MN prison conditions a matter of public safety from the Pioneer Press April 7, 2024

Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration

Meeting to bring together humanities councils, community members, and organizers to consider to share, connect, and consider the role of the humanities in mass incarceration.

Justice RE-IMAGINED

Applications are now being accepted for the Justice Re-Imagined Youth Fellowship 2024!

Looking to Expand our Team - Maybe it’s you!
Arts and Wellness Facilitator

AFTI artist, Lux Thunberg, was invited to take part in the "Beauty from Ashes" Exhibition curated by Art is my Weapon featuring multiple talented artists of different disciplines who created meaningful artwork from decommissioned gun parts collected in a 2022 "Quick Connect" Buy Back program developed to get weapons off of the streets of Minnesota.

Thanks to the participation of our artists inside and out, the dedicated staff and volunteers of AFTI and Unity Church, and the many participants who donated time and money to our first ever fundraiser, Paint with a Purpose was a great success.

Congratulations to AFTI artist, Zhi Kai Vanderford who graduated with his paralegal certification through North Hennepin Community College!

Art from the Inside is beyond excited to have one of our very own included in this provocative exhibit, Technicolor Truths! Our light-filled artist on the outside, Lux Thunberg, will be among these creative spirits in this full color exhibit driven by the genius of artist Sean Garrison.

AFTI artist and scholar, Lennell M. Martin received a bachelor of arts in individualized studies from Metro State University.

19th HERBIE Individual Award by the SPACC goes to Antonio Espinosa,

When a Bill Becomes a Law
Founder Antonio Espinosa led the charge introducing a bill that would require the MN Department of Corrections to fund supportive arts programming in the prisons.

As Antonio says “I’m just one person trying to make a change in our system. I want to help transform these men and help the community heal after the killing of my friend and fellow correctional officer, Joseph Gomm.

Incarcerated artists showing work now thru February 24, 2023 at Inver Hills Community College

Art from the Inside: IDENTITY with selected works from featured artists is showing now through Friday, February 24, 2022, at Gallery 120. Art shows and exhibitions are hosted at Gallery 120’s brick-and-mortar location in the atrium of the Fine Arts building on the Inver Hills Community College campus in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.

The Minnesota Museum of American Art, affectionately known simply as The M, has an art collection of regional and national significance. It now includes an acquisition from one of artists.

An article this morning from the Pioneer Press …

Antonio Espinosa is featured on Kare 11 local news. Read the full article on Kare 11.