Annie Buckley

Annie Buckley is an artist, writer, and editor at large for LARB. She is the founding director of the Institute for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Justice at San Diego State University, where she is a professor of visual studies and the founder and principal investigator of Prison Arts Collective, a statewide program in California since 2013, and VISTA (Valuing Incarcerated Scholars Through Academia). Buckley is the editor of Higher Education and the Carceral State: Transforming Together (Routledge, 2024) and the author and illustrator of Kids’ Yoga Deck (Chronicle Books, 2003). Her writing about contemporary art and culture is widely published, including in Artforum and The Huffington Post.

Articles

Dreaming into Existence: Collaborative Art in Prison
Annie Buckley describes her experiences working with incarcerated artists via the Prison Arts Collective.
Annie BuckleyFeb 15, 2024
- Art & Architecture
- Memoir & Essay
Returning Home: On “Made in L.A. 2023”
Annie Buckley reviews the “Made in L.A. 2023” exhibit at the UCLA Hammer Museum.
Annie BuckleyOct 31, 2023
- Art & Architecture
Before Los Angeles Was Los Angeles
Annie BuckleyOct 26, 2023
This Play Has Game
Annie BuckleySep 15, 2023
Bridging Divides
Annie Buckley reconnects with incarcerated individuals after having remote-only art lessons for 18 months of the pandemic.
Annie BuckleySep 7, 2021
Riding Pandemic Waves: Art in the Time of COVID
Annie Buckley discusses the challenge of continuing prison art programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Annie BuckleyMar 13, 2021
Art Inside: Dividing Line
Annie Buckley recounts an incident that reveals a stark, unsettling psychological barrier between incarcerated individuals and prison staff.
Annie BuckleyJul 6, 2020
Full Circle: Freedom through Creative Community
Annie BuckleyAug 12, 2019
The Evolution of Meaning: Adrian Piper and Victor Hugo at the Hammer Museum
In these strange days, art has the ability to help us make meaning of current events and to encourage a certain form of collective voice and action.
Annie BuckleyDec 11, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Art Inside: Painted Windows
For her Art Inside series, Annie Buckley reflects on the Arts Facilitator Training, a program for incarcerated individuals to lead classes for their peers.
Annie BuckleyOct 8, 2018
Art Inside: Does Art Contribute to Restorative Justice?
In her newest "Art Inside" column, Annie Buckley asks her students whether art can contribute to restorative justice.
Annie BuckleySep 3, 2018
Art Inside: Dear Alice
For her latest "Art Inside" essay, Annie Buckley commemorates her late mother, Alice, and the power of art.
Annie BuckleyApr 8, 2018
Art Inside: Holiday Spirit
Annie Buckley visits a prison three days before Christmas, for her series "Art Inside."
Annie BuckleyDec 28, 2017
The Other Side: Radical Women
Annie Buckley views “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985,” an exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (September 15–December 31, 2017).
Annie BuckleyNov 20, 2017
Art Inside: Facilitator Training
Annie Buckley writes about facilitator training for "Art Inside."
Annie BuckleyOct 16, 2017
Art Inside: Graduation Day
Annie Buckley describes graduation from the Yearlong Certificate in Art and Creative Writing program at a prison in Chino, for "Art Inside."
Annie BuckleySep 25, 2017