The very concept of blending Adults in Custody (AIC) with the Otino Waa children seems impossible at first glance. In your own mind immediate roadblocks appear in seconds. There is no blueprint for engagement to take place, unless it is God’s idea first. “No chance at all,” Jesus said, “if […]
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Created and written by AIC artist D. Ellis I find hope in the innocent things of the world. It’s what we all should strive to be, innocent in certain ways. But here’s the thing, we’re all flawed and make mistakes. But when I see something cute or innocent, and without
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By AIC Artist A. Williams Unfortunately, on many occasions, we tend to live our lives without an awareness of causing harm or hurt to others. Our actions or words have a ripple effect on everything around us. I have lived parts of my life doing damage. I am so regretful
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By J. LaFontain After spending 20 years in the Snake River Correctional Facility and fourteen of those years donating art to Visions of Hope, this is my first donation since my release from prison. It took three months to get in a place of life where I could start drawing
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Visions of Hope has now been involved with art received from adults in custody (AIC) for over 15 years. We went from, “We don’t do art” to, “We enhance the lives of the AIC and the Otino Waa kids at the same time.” The Lord was the original artist, so
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By AIC Artist Yohannes Tesfay After struggling for some time, this piece became a double image, which I struggled to complete. I just couldn’t find a stopping point. The outcome of it reminded me of the Rorschach Inkblot test we take coming into prison. It is supposed to help determine
By AIC Artist Y. Tesfay This piece is from a childhood memory of wild African dogs, which used to terrify me whenever I had to go to the market in Sudan early in the morning. My older brother at that time was coming into his teenage years and wanted to
By AIC artist J. Gibbs I began this piece with the beauty of the simple things in mind. Often, we find ourselves living moment to moment, trying to think about tomorrow. God said to let tomorrow worry about itself. When we let our minds settle on God and trust in
by AIC Artist Jeremy Allen About this piece- it was in the making for a very long time. Originally conceived in 2019 by Vision of Hope’s representative, Tina Judkins, as she gave me a photograph from a trip she took to a sports event in Seattle. It took a while
By AIC Artist J. Gibbs I always enjoy drawing / painting hummingbirds. They are so majestic looking and happen to be one of the few good and peaceful memories of my childhood. My first memory of a hummingbird was from one of the foster homes I was in. The house
