# @drawingcenter on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B5qVZ3OBsNO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16044227-drawingcenter-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/98e38adfa0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-12-04T19:00:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Drawing Center (@drawingcenter) — https://gondola.cc/drawingcenter

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For artists who are incarcerated, art making can be both an emotional and practical tool for surviving prison life. Timothy Curtis, an artist featured in “The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists” drew while imprisoned as an entrepreneurial endeavor as well as a personal pursuit, as he could sell or trade artwork for commodities like cigarettes and coffee. Working with other inmates, Curtis also supported the development of a new prison mural program, creating large-scale projects throughout the prison campus. On November 11, 2015 Curtis was paroled. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To hear more about Curtis’ artistic practice, join us on Tuesday, December 10 at 6pm for a conversation with the artist, Chief Curator Claire Gilman, and Community Leader Dawan Williams. To purchase tickets ($5), please visit our website. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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“The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists” is on view in our Main Gallery and Drawing Room until January 5, 2020. Throughout the run of the exhibition, admission to The Drawing Center will be FREE (Wed - Sun, 12pm - 6pm | Thurs, 12pm - 8pm)⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Image: Timothy Curtis, “Sharper Than A Lifer's State Brown Creases No. 4,” 2013. Ink on paper. Courtesy of Nassia Curtis. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#ThePencilIsaKey #thedrawingcenter timothy.curtis

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