I have been wanting to feature this art exhibit here for some time but had not gotten to it yet. Then I read a terrific piece by Alana Price over at Alternet about Evan Bissell's What Cannot Be Taken Away collaborative art project.

Bissell met with two groups — four youths whose parents are or were incarcerated and four fathers (not family relations) in the San Francisco jail — separately every week for five months. The artistic collaborators went through a process of free writing, artistic creation, and meditation in order to develop a vision for their portraits.

Below are some of the portraits that were created. They are incredible! Please visit Alana Price’s well written and moving blog post.