Asheville Native Struggled To Find Artistic Voice. He Found It After Serving Time In Prison - a podcast by Blue Ridge Public Radio - BPR Arts & Performance

Sherrill Roland's convictions in a courtroom, on four misdemeanors, were later overturned at a retrial. But they focused Roland's personal conviction --to use art that both helps him process and heal from his experiences while engaging an unwitting public about certain fears and stereotypes about the convicted. "My body needed to be a part of it, I needed to be involved in the engagement," Roland said. With what he calls the Jumpsuit Project , Roland chose to wear an orange jumpsuit, like the

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