Art and crafts created behind prison bars by male and females inmates were on display in George Town over the weekend.
Throughout the morning and afternoon of Saturday, 28 May, members of the public got to see paintings, pencil sketches, woodwork and other craftwork created by the prisoners at Centennial Park, situated beside the court house.
Director of Prisons Dwight Scott and other prison staff were on hand to show off the work the inmates have done.
“Doing this is an extremely good outlet for the prisoners,” said Mr. Scott.
Mr. Scott said several pieces of the artwork and woodwork, including chess boards, picture frames and mancala or “worry bead” boards had been sold throughout the day. A rocking chair made by prisoners from local mahogany also garnered a lot of interest from visitors to the tent in which the artwork was displayed.
The prison service hopes to make the exhibition an annual event.
On average, 28 prisoners take part in arts and crafts classes at the prisons once a week for three hours, said Mr. Scott. They work with inhouse art teacher Alton McDonald, along with Jessica Wallace and Aston Ebanks of the Cayman Islands National Gallery.
Those in the woodwork shop attend work five days per week, while others also do work outside of class time on their own initiative.
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