Glance at Culture - Anna D. Smith shares about Los Angeles Prisoner Artist Donald "C-Note" Hooker

Published: Oct. 15, 2023, 5 a.m.

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Cover art by Donald "C-Note" Hooker: top image "Cell Time" (2019); bottom image "During the Flood" (2017)

To learn more, please visit the sites for Donald "C-Note" Hooker and Art for Redemption.

Show Notes:
0:00 Anna D. Smith discussing C-Note Hooker\\u2019s artwork entitled \\u201cDuring the Flood\\u201d
1:20 Smith\\u2019s background
3:15 Smith\\u2019s work as a court advocate
4:00 Smith\\u2019s adoption of son, Emmanuel\\xa0
4:45 Smith\\u2019s contact with artist Donald \\u201cC-Note\\u201d Hooker
5:55 Art for Redemption coffee book
6:10 C-Note\\u2019s work related to social justice
6:45 \\u201cDuring the Flood\\u201d aka \\u201cCount Time\\u201d
7:50 California prison built on flood-prone areas\\xa0
8:45 compensation for incarcerated workers
11:00 Smith\\u2019s efforts to sell C-Note\\u2019s artwork
11:45 billboards \\u201cIncarceration Nation\\u201d and \\u201cLook Up Hope and Beauty\\u201d
12:20 \\u201cColored Girl Warhol\\u201d
13:20 Billboard events to raise awareness about issues for the individuals in the system, the homeless, parolees\\xa0
14:10 \\u201cIncarceration Nation\\u201d
14:50 misconceptions about individuals in the system
16:45 defining justice and amendment of the 13th Amendment\\xa0
19:00 power of imagery to impact social awareness about issues with the system
20:30 legacy and need for connections
21:00 Martin Luther King\\u2019s inspiration to love one\\u2019s enemies
24:00 incarcerated individual who entered contest about rehabilitation\\xa0
27:00 view of justice for Smith began with her father\\u2019s work as teacher of economics to those incarcerated
30:30 Vanity Fair article\\xa0
32:00 importance of the arts in the system\\xa0

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\\xa9 Stephanie Drawdy [2024]

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