Shandaken Projects, The Spark of Hudson, and The Columbia Collective are pleased to announce ASSEMBLY vol. 2, presenting short films and stories that describe lived experiences of incarceration, and trace connections between the United States' carceral, child welfare, and public education systems.

A 45-minute film program will feature Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter’s 2022 Ain’t I a Woman, a documentary and rap video calling on reproductive justice movements to center the experiences of incarcerated women; selections from Ariel Dougherty’s Songs, Skits, Poetry, and Prison Life, a 1974 documentary video project taped inside of Bedford Hills Women’s Correctional Facility; and the Hudson-area premiere of the new film Marilynn Plays Time by Maggie Hazen, presenting Marilynn Donato’s reflections on her three years of juvenile detention that reveal layered textures of girlhood, imagination, and identity.

After the films, artist Maggie Hazen will offer a slide show and presentation about her work with the Columbia Collective, a group of artists who were incarcerated together at the Columbia Secure Center, a youth prison just ten minutes outside of Hudson, NY. Then, Lukee Forbes, Executive Director of We Are Revolutionary, will share the story of litigating his own appeal from prison as a teenager, and how his incarceration led to his current work as an advocate for social justice.

Copies of Fraught Imaginaries, an adult coloring book published by Shandaken Projects and featuring artwork by Hazen and the Columbia Collective with an interview with Forbes, will be available for sale at this event.