"Paño is a carceral folk art tradition."
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Learn more"Paño Connections is more than an exhibit — it is real lives expressing they are more than a number and a statistic."— Eric "Christo" Martinez, Founder & Chief Curator
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Paño Connections is a nationally traveling prison art exhibition and rehabilitation programming initiative — fostering dialogue, healing, and systemic change through the creative voices of incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and families of incarceration.
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