After receiving a devastating prison sentence of thirty-eight-and-a-half years to life, Valentino Dixon used drawing as a coping mechanism and, ultimately, as a pathway to freedom from incarceration. Dixon's vibrant drawings of detailed golf courses made with colored pencils garnered publicity from the magazine Golf Digest, and fatefully, a group of Georgetown University undergraduates who worked to reopen his case which led to his release in 2018. Today, Dixon is a practicing artist and an advocate for sentencing reform. . On Tuesday, November 19 at 6:30pm Dixon will share his experience and how he used drawing to adapt to prison life. To purchase tickets ($5), please visit the link in our bio. . Presented in conjunction with “The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists” on view through January 5, 2020. Throughout the run of the exhibition, admission to The Drawing Center will be FREE (Wed - Sun, 12pm - 6pm | Thurs, 12pm - 8pm)⁣ . Image: Valentino Dixon, Untitled, date unkno...