Category: Mural

ART IN PRISON

5/22/2014

While at prison, I noticed a beautiful wall mural painted by the inmates. It was about
12 feet tall and 20 feet wide. It was a simple country scene with a rolling
landscape dotted with delicate flowers and slightly hidden animals. You had to
stop and look carefully to find the red fox, a cardinal, and a butterfly among
others. Wouldn't it be great if all of us could see our world the way those
inmates see it from inside a prison cell?

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Judy Clarke

Judith
Tolleson Clarke, BS, MA, VCRJ Executive Director, completed
her Bachelor’s degree in General Studies at Radford University and her MA in Conflict Transformation with a concentration in Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University. A former special education teacher, Judy wrote a
values-based, restorative justice curriculum, “How to Handle Conflict” and taught it to over three thousand male and female inmates. While managing her advertising agency, she was a member of the faculty of the Institute for Organizational Management, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Judy served on the Board of Directors of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, is a member of Leadership Metro Richmond and was chosen “Outstanding Woman of the Year”
by the Virginia Women Attorney’s Association. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of the Richmond Metropolitan Area and as a Deacon at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, VA.

ART IN PRISON

Judy Clarke

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