| Prison Art Show: Convicts Display Rare Talent- | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1727 |
| Catalog #: | 426386 | |
| Clip Number: | 426386-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 037-072-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:49:06 - 00:50:23 | |
| Location: | San Quetion, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Exhibitions ART: Painting ART: Style, Outsider Art LAW: Enforcement, Prisons LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco | |
| Description: | San Quentin offers no bars to a prisoner who wishes to express himself through art and 9,000 outsiders flock to see the annual Art Show. There are more than 800 items on display and the prisoners sell their works at anywhere from $1.25 to $200.00. (outsider art) Prisoner painting in his cell block. Painting of an Indian boy wearing a head band. Camera is panning the paintings. Department of Corrections, California State Prison, San Quinton. and people attending the art show. A banner over the door, Arts and Crafts Welcome You, People entering the building. People walking and looking to buy the art on display. People waling in and about the art work. A good crowd in attendance at the art show. | |
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