Documentary Featuring BPI Alumnus Russell Craig ’22 Awarded an Emmy
Russell Craig ’22 at the 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Photo by Marc Bryan-Brown
Art & Krimes by Krimes, an MTV documentary featuring Bard Microcollege alumnus Russell Craig ’22, has won the Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary. The film follows the story of Jesse Krimes, who covertly created monumental works of art during his six-year imprisonment, and features the voices of his friends and fellow artists, including Craig, Jared Owens, and Gilberto Rivera, whose works reflect their experiences with incarceration. Since graduating from the Bard at Brooklyn Public Library Microcollege, Craig has spoken on numerous panels about criminal justice reform, and his work has been a part of key galleries and museums, including a prominent feature in the critically-acclaimed Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration at MoMA PS1, which included a portrait of Bard Prison Initiative alumnus Rodney Spivey-Jones ’17. Craig and Krimes have formed a friendship over the years, collaborating on projects such as “Portraits of Justice” in Philadelphia, which featured portraits of citizens returning from prison, and in 2017 cofounded the Right of Return fellowship, a national program supporting formerly incarcerated artists.
Post Date: 11-07-2023
Post Date: 11-07-2023