The New York State Training School for Girls, which was in operation in Hudson, NY, from 1904 to 1975 is now the Hudson Correctional Facility – a medium security facility for men.
The Incorrigibles Project began with the contents of a box found by a thrift shop owner at a yard sale in Hudson, NY. The box contained documents, letters, photographs, medical records, and newspaper clippings from the 1920s and 1930s — all of which hinted at the untold stories of young girls who had been incarcerated at the New York State Training School for Girls.
The transmedia documentary project that tells the stories of incarcerated girls from aged 12-18, from 1900 to the present day through free public events, site-specific exhibits, the stories.incorrigibles.org website, and intergenerational community-building conversations and workshops.
The special exhibit “Incorrigibles: Bearing Witness to the Incarcerated Girls of New York” – on view October 26-27, November 9-10, and November 16-17 from 11 am until 6 pm features multimedia installations, large-scale archival photographic portraits, artist books, embroidery, video, interactive elements, and participant contributions.
Artists include Alison Cornyn, Heather Greer, Amanda Krische, Rita Peress, Beth Thielen, and Diana Weymar.
A closing reception for the exhibition will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2024, from 4 pm until 9 pm, and will give attendees an opportunity to connect with some of the artists and learn more about the Incorrigibles Project, a transmedia initiative that documents the stories of incarcerated girls from 1900 to the present day.
The exhibition is located at The Church – Staatsburg, 5 Market Street, Staatsburg, NY. Both the exhibition and closing reception are free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.
Artist Alison Cornyn, the director of the Incorrigibles Project, pieced together the stories of some of the girls incarcerated at the Training
School — once the largest youth prison for girls in the United States — from 1904 to 1975.
Incorrigibles focuses on youth justice and social services for girls using the past to shed light on the present through art, media, and storytelling. The exhibition and public events are supported by a Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership grant from Humanities New York and The Mellon Foundation.
Partners include Upstate Art Weekend and The Church in Staatsburg. Incorrigibles is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts.
New York Almanack regularly cover stories of crime and justice in New York State from history and today.
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