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| How A Prison Arts Program Helped To Transform One Homeless Veteran's Life |
| By huffingtonpost.com- Priscilla Frank |
| Published: 11/07/2014 |
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Much of the coverage on the Huffington Post Arts & Culture page, like most arts pages around the web, deals with the latest news in galleries, museums and auction houses. However, art and its powers extend far beyond the white cube and the cosmopolitan metropolises that often dominate the headlines. Painter Reuben Kenyatta was raised in the small rural town of Pickens County Alabama and moved to North Michigan before ninth grade. In 1970, at the age of 17, Kenyatta entered the military, volunteering as a U.S. Marine. After a traumatic experience during service, he began self medicating with street drugs and was eventually incarcerated as a repeat offender. Kenyatta ended up spending 11.5 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections and now classifies himself as a homeless veteran. Read More. |
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