Luna-Rose Prisoner Support

Luna-Rose Prisoner Support is a non-profit organization bringing critical humanitarian support to Canadians, Americans, Europeans, Asians and other foreign national prisoners in Bangkok, Thailand’s prisons.

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“A group of fifteen were chosen and allowed to create a year-long art project. These artist inmates conceived of and painted a large portion of the inside concrete wall of building #14 area, Bangkwang Prison over a period of 10 months, completing it for her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s visit to Bangkwang in June 2014. The theme of their mural was entitled "Always Remember" -- and chronicles their journey as inmates from taking from society as criminals and drug users through being treated as less than animals while incarcerated, to trying to transcend the walls of the prison with their art and seek to contribute to the betterment of themselves and society.

Bangkwang Prison Mural

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One of a select group of 15 artist inmates working on a mural in 2014 commissioned for her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s visit to Bangkwang in June 2014.

Because of Luna-Rose Prisoner Support‘s longstanding work supporting inmates at Bangkang and curating Bangkwang prisoner art exhibits in Canada, Heather Luna-Rose was invited inside Bangkwang to meet with the inmates working on their mural project.

In February 2014 and again in March 2014, she spent several hours as a guest of this inmate art project group, inside Bangkwang, talking with, sharing food with and lectured on prison art from around the globe. They discussed their art, and through Heather, connected to the work of other inmate artists who share an unique experience and perspective. These Bangkwang inmate artists shared their ideas and progress on their creative journeys using art to transcend the oppressive walls.

The theme of the mural, ‘Always Remember‘ is chronicled through a series of many panels that show their journeys from their outside lives as criminals, through their prison experiences and struggles to hold on to their humanity and subsequent transformation of their inner lives through their art practice, spiritual practice and creative process.

20mural4visiting-area-bk-mural-768x576 — This part of the mural depicts the visiting area of the prison where lucky inmates are able to speak with a visitor across bars and glass – a space I have spent countless hours as a prison support visitor..

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