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Follow the artists, exhibitions, milestones, and cultural conversations shaping the work of the Returning Artists Guild.
Columbus’ finest Andy Downing writes about RAG’s first solo show at the Vanderelli Room, ZEPH’s Pharmakeia. The Matter News profile explores ZEPH’s creative journey from incarceration to their first solo exhibition—and the role RAG’s community and support have played along the way.
The Columbus Dispatch featured Onto Life’s Pages, one of the first major media stories to spotlight the artists and work that would help shape the Returning Artists Guild.
WYSO’s ReEntry Stories talks with the RAG co-founder Kamisha Thomas about her path as a filmmaker, writer and director, including the creative work she continued while incarcerated.
In May 2021, Columbus Monthly profiled Aimee Wissman and the newly established Returning Artists Guild, which Wissman co-founded with Kamisha Thomas to help justice-impacted artists build sustainable creative careers.
A 2021 Smithsonian Folklife profile of RAG co-founder Aimee Wissman traces how art, community, and lived experience helped shape the Returning Artists Guild and its vision for a future beyond incarceration.
The Brooklyn Rail examines work by RAG co-founder Aimee Wissman in its review of Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, a landmark exhibition at MoMA PS1 featuring more than 35 artists examining the carceral system through contemporary art.