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.

Sarah Moon is a member of New York environmental group Green Brigade and Co-Artistic Director of Headwater Productions, a company committed to arts and activism that raises awareness of environmental and social justice issues. Her play, Current Changes in Empire, tracks the history of electricity alongside the story of a present-day family whose home is endangered by mountain top removal coal mining. It is currently in development with Headwater Productions. She is the Writing Coordinator at the Student Academic Consulting Center at Baruch College and teaches Freshman Writing there.