Exhibit to feature works on identity, incarceration by Westville Correctional Facility students | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Exhibit to feature works on identity, incarceration by Westville Correctional Facility students Exhibit to feature works on identity, incarceration by Westville Correctional Facility students Published: April 01, 2019 Author: Erin Blasko Reframing Incarceration The Moreau College Initiative, a collaborative effort between the University of Notre Dame and Holy Cross College, will present “Reframing Incarceration: Selected Work from Westville Correctional Facility” from April 1 to May 17 at the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture in South Bend. The exhibit, including a public reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 26 (Friday), will feature artwork by college students at Westville Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in Westville, Indiana, about 45 miles west of Notre Dame in LaPorte County. Under the direction of Rev. Martin Nguyen, C.S.C., associate professor of painting and drawing at Notre Dame; Maria Tomasula, Michael P. Grace Professor of Painting at Notre Dame; Thom Andreae, adjunct professor of design at Holy Cross; and Zachary Norman, a multidisciplinary artist and educator who currently teaches at the University of Utah, the students studied photography, two-dimensional design, watercolor and painting as a way of exploring identity and incarceration through art. Some of the works will be available for purchase during the exhibit, with proceeds benefiting the Moreau College Initiative. “The visual arts provide a means of exploring challenging ideas and topics through visualization,” said Norman, the show’s curator. “Many of these ideas are challenging simply because they’re invisible. How do we discuss that which we cannot see? The works included in ‘Reframing Incarceration’ give visible form to ideas such as abstraction, representation, memory, identity and personhood. Furthermore, the exhibition provides a forum within which incarcerated students can make visible their unique perspectives to members of the greater community and beyond.” Norman was a teaching scholar of photography at Notre Dame before joining the faculty at Utah. He was recently selected as a 2019 artist-in-residence at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. The Moreau College Initiative is a rigorous liberal arts program co-sponsored by Holy Cross and Notre Dame in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Correction. Enrolled students are eligible to earn associate and bachelor of arts degrees through Holy Cross. For more information, visit www.hcc-nd.edu/moreau-college-initiative. Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu Posted In: Community News Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 New prison education initiative joins Center for Social Concerns September 19, 2022 Notre Dame Stories: Helping the Last of the Instrument Makers September 15, 2022 South Bend offers free, pre-approved house plans with input from Notre Dame September 12, 2022 Notre Dame dedicates new hydro facility along St. Joseph River in South Bend August 30, 2022 School of Architecture’s community regeneration efforts lead to $2.4M development grant for South Bend For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn