Guide. Art: Woodworking Behind Bars

Authors

Edgar Allen Beem
Marti Stone, photographer

Source

Down East

Date

6-2015

Pages

126, 128

Abstract

Rockland woodworker Brian Reid and Trya Hanson, owner of the Gallery at Somes Sound, started the Maine Prison Outreach Program in 2012 which teaches eligible inmates at the Maine State Prison in Thomaston fine woodworking skills using hand tools. The tools are primarily donated by Lie-Nielson Toolworks of Warren. The program is intended give the prisoners practical skills that they can use towards employment upon their release. [images]

Subjects

Woodworking, Furniture making, Prison industries, Criminals--Rehabilitation

Recommended Citation

Beem, Edgar Allen and Stone,, Marti photographer, "Guide. Art: Woodworking Behind Bars" (2015). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 4349.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/4349