As editor of Paper Chained magazine, an art and writing magazine for people in prison, I regularly receive artworks from people in custody both in Australia and abroad. In May 2024, I organised Australia's first ever international prison art exhibition. Held at Long Bay Correctional Centre in Sydney, the exhibition featured over 100 artworks from 25 prisons in 8 different countries. It was opened by the Governor of NSW Margaret Beazley, and received coverage on the ABC Arts Show and in The Saturday Paper.

I continue to collect prison art, and in late 2024 I was able to receive artworks that were smuggled out of Ofer prison, a prison in Israel that illegally detains Palestinian people without charge. Prisoners there are not permitted to make art, hence why it must be smuggled out. After speaking with formerly incarcerated Palestinian artists currently in Gaza, I now wish to put on an art exhibition exclusively showing the works of Palestinians held in custody. The exhibition will be featured in Newcastle.

Paper Chained published an interview with one of the Palestinian artists I intend to feature in the exhibition in the December 2024 issue of the magazine; I am attaching images of that interview. In September 2024 I gave a talk about the issues facing the artists at The Creator Incubator, which sold out to capacity of about 80 tickets. There is already an established audience and interest in the project, which I hope to build upon with the grant from Awesome Newcastle.