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Mansfield News Journal explores the Returning Artists Guild’s Blood, Sweat, and Tears Too, an exhibition at Ohio State Mansfield centering the work and experiences of artists impacted by incarceration.

Ohio State Mansfield highlights Imagining Abolition: Blood, Sweat, and Tears Too, a RAG exhibition at the Pearl Conard Art Gallery featuring work by artists directly impacted by incarceration.

The Land takes an in-depth look at the Returning Artists Guild, from its beginnings inside Dayton Correctional Institution to a growing statewide community of artists impacted by incarceration.

The Dayton Daily News includes a RAG-curated exhibition featuring incarcerated artist Joy Hoop among the Dayton-area art shows that “moved us” in 2025.

Columbus Underground takes a closer look at Home Free: Ohio Artists Envision Prison Abolition, highlighting the work of 16 currently and formerly incarcerated artists brought together through the RAG.

Matter News talks with the RAG co-founders Aimee Wissman and Kamisha Thomas about Home Free, the RAG’s 2025 exhibition at the McConnell Arts Center, and their work to use art to expand conversations about incarceration, abolition and what a free future can look like.