Phyllis Kornfeld is the author of “Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America.” She has been conducting visual arts programs with incarcerated men and women—from county jail to death row—for 25 years, in eighteen institutions in seven states.

She is presently holding weekly classes in five correctional facilities in the New England area. Kornfeld curates exhibitions of the work and lectures on prison art at universities, museums, and conferences.

She attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, received a B.A. from the University of Texas, and an M.A. from the University of Oklahoma. Her website is http://www.cellblockvisions.com.