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darealprisonart · 7 days

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"Black Shero" Unleashed: C-Note's Artistic Revolution Celebrates Black Women from Behind Bars

Da Real Prison Art community, gear up for an explosive April as Black Shero: C-Note Celebrates Black Women History Month hits the digital stage. Orchestrated by the legendary Donald “C-Note” Hooker, the King of Prison Hip-Hop and a beacon of prison art and activism, this online exhibition is a radical homage to the resilience, beauty, and spirit of Black women. Through a potent blend of visual…

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darealprisonart · 3 months

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My Ebony Valentine

Been kind of overwhelmed, I believe I missed last week’s love poem, here’s a pre-Valentine poem, in my 52-week, love poem, per-week, personal challenge. I gotta make sure I copyright my shyt, just like they be stealing Katt Williams’s jokes, these Intellectual Property thieves are fo’real. No. 5 MY EBONY VALENTINE In hues of melanin, our love story starts, A melody of souls, entwined like…

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darealprisonart · 3 months

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High Speed

Another Monday love poem drop. No. 4 HIGH SPEED Skirt, skirt….. We damn near crashed in our Bugatti from high speed smoking weed it was you and I till we die damn near went off that canyon road Wake up call cause it wouldn’t been you and I no mo’ But nothing could break this love Not even death So we flirted with it Played with it This is what you do When you’re Bonnie and Clyde…

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darealprisonart · 3 months

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All My Life

Every Monday, I want to try to be the day I publish one love poem a week. It will only be for 52-weeks. Listening to the music being played in the cell next to me is an OG Crip, well he is older than me by ten years out of Watts Vario Grape. He really goes bacc to what sounded like The Shirelles, and Sam Cook. But what really had my mind going there, as far as a Monday Love poem type of vibe was…

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darealprisonart · 3 months

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NO ONE KNOWS

I wanted to see if I could I write one love poem per week, and looking bacc, when I last wrote a poem, it was two weeks ago on Dec. 19th 2023. Now we’re in the twenty-2-4, now maybe I can be more consistent 🤷 No. 2: NO ONE KNOWS The music plays slowly behind the realm No one knows the moment, no one can tell Inside a moonlit hotel room No one knows the cologne, no one can tell the…

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darealprisonart · 3 months

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The Northern Lights

I am going to challenge myself. Can I write one love poem a week? I’m really scared when it comes to feelings, that’s not me. But since my time on Earth is coming to an end, it would be a waste of this god-given talent not to share it. The Bible says those Who bury their talent will be cursed. I’ve been writing poetry, songs, and raps, since I was a teen. I love women, I really, really, love…

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darealprisonart · 9 months

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darealprisonart · 10 months

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ABEBI SAFIYA

We Asked For Her And Got Her Clear Minded And So Pure While Others Wondered What You Were In My Mind I Was Always Sure For Housed Deep Within Your Mother’s Womb Was My Most Precious Little Girl Growth From Your Mother Promised Soon My Greatest Gift To This World From The Depth Of Time And Vastness Of SpaceMy First Little Lady Came You To Claim And Take Your Rightful Place You’re The First Of A…

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darealprisonart · 10 months

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A WRITTEN GUARANTEE

I Had To Learn To Trust And Believe In A Promise A Word Sent Down By One Most Powerful And Just What Was Asked Of Me Was All Well And Good But That Goal Seemed Unreachable When I Checked Out Where I Stood But Included With That Promise Was A Written Guarantee That Any Who Does Good And Believed Had A Seat In Paradise For Eternity His Word Became My Cacoon And I Feel Myself Coming Anew In His Word…

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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The Black Artist for Black August

The Black Artist for Black August is a photograph of prison artist C-Note, superimposed on a background inspired by Black Panther artist Emory Douglas (1943 - ).

Douglas is an American graphic artist, and was a member of the Black Panther Party from 1967 until the Party disbanded in the 1980s. As a revolutionary artist and the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, Douglas created iconography to represent black-American oppression.

Known as The King of Prison Hip Hop, C-Note's work informs the public on the perilous living conditions of incarceration, see 3 Contemporary Black Artists Favored by Activists.

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Black August Through the Eyes of Incarcerated Artist Donald 'C-Note' Hooker is a self-portrait by the prison artist C-Note.

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Anthem to Abolish the 13th Amendment

Min King X Pyeface feat. Scarface After serving 24 years behind bars for Bank robbery, 6 years in the feds, and 18 in California’s maximum security prisons, Min King X AKA Pyeface hit the ground running, when he was released in July of 2019.No other rapper in Hip Hop has done more through art-activism (Artivist), in the past three and a half years to highlight the plight of the men and women…

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Artist Use of Wax on Paper, Sings with Earth Wind & Fire of the Black Woman American prison artist Donald "C-Note" Hooker is one of the great emerging artists to have burst onto the scene behind the prison walls in the last five years. His techniques of Wax drawings on paper, leaves him with few peers. #NJCA #Cnote #blackart #blackwomen #jimcrow #newjimcrow #abolition #reformalliance #art4justice #blackwomenarebeautiful #blackwomenmatter #africanamericanart #africanamerican @theblackking505 #everydayincarceration #prisonart #prison #art #drawing #visualart #hiphop #NYC #Detroit #artcollector #luxury #beauty #fashion #style #fashionblogger https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9jYKxJWIa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Artist Use of Wax on Paper, Sings with Earth Wind & Fire of the Black Woman American prison artist Donald "C-Note" Hooker is one of the great emerging artists to have burst onto the scene behind the prison walls in the last five years. His techniques of Wax drawings on paper, leaves him with few peers. #NJCA #Cnote #blackart #blackwomen #jimcrow #newjimcrow #abolition #reformalliance #art4justice #blackwomenarebeautiful #blackwomenmatter #africanamericanart #africanamerican @theblackking505 #everydayincarceration #prisonart #prison #art #drawing #visualart #hiphop #NYC #Detroit #artcollector #luxury #beauty #fashion #style #fashionblogger https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9jYKxJWIa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Why Art Therapy is Becoming a Popular Treatment in Prisons

This article is about the promising administration of art therapy inside the prison setting. It features therapists, patients, and nonpatients, who are using art as therapy on their own. Prison art therapy is becoming increasingly popular as a treatment option for prisoners, due to its proven efficacy in helping to reduce levels of aggression, anxiety, and depression. Prison art provides an…

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darealprisonart · 1 year

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Should Women Prisoners be Unknowingly Sterilized, what says you? "Today We Are Sisters" is a paintoem (painting + poem). Paintoems are poems inspired by paintings or drawings; or paintings and drawings inspired by poems. They are combined together as a single work of Digital art. All paintoems are classified as a Creative Commons (CC). This means the public has the right to freely use these works as long as the artist or artists are acknowledged. This paintoem was created in 2018, as a response to reports of reparations by California officials to victims of its forced sterilization program, 1909 - 1979. However, from 2006 - 2010, 150 California women prisoners were illegally sterilized by force and were being excluded from reparations. The premise behind this work was to act as a unifying force amongst women of different political persuasions, Pro-choice and Pro-life. In 2018, C-Note donated his drawing "Today We Are Sisters" to the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP). That year, the CCWP began lobbying California legislators for reparations to these women prisoners. February of 2021, saw the video release of "Free Virtual Art Exhibition (1-Artist; 1-Subject; 21-Works)." The exhibition consisted of 21-Works by C-Note. Each work in the exhibition consisted of his Works related to incarceration. The final piece of the exhibition concluded with "Today We Are Sisters." Shortly after the release of the "21-Works" video, the California legislation put forth a Bill to give California women prisoners who were forcibly sterilized reparations. A $7.5 million reparations Bill was signed into law in July of 2021. #Adsmith #Prisonart #artforsale #gift #interiordesign #realestate #digitalart #prisoner #prison #art #doctor #doctors #maternity #children #women #womenhealth #womenprisoners #sterlization #pregnancy #poem #poetry #poet #prisonpoet #cnote #artists (at Silicon Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl69SAfScgM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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