“Roots of Hope” Opening Art Reception

Join us for the opening reception for the artworks from this year’s TROY-Tutwiler Gardening & Art Program!  We will have drinks, snacks, wonderful artworks, great company, and intriguing stories!

Troy University created a partnership program with the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama in 2019. It’s an educational program for female incarerated participants to teach them about horticulture and nutrition through a 15-week series of Fundamentals of Gardening classes. As of 2021, the program expanded to include the visual arts, and arts classes are led by art and design lecturer Dr. Kelly Berwager, who also organized this art exhibition. Troy University’s goal is to make the women productive members of society that never return to prison.