We bring fine art together with the power of trauma awareness and healing. Our community gallery is focused on artists and writers who are or once were incarcerated, their families, victims of crime and victims’ families.

By showing and selling art and creative writing, we are providing an opportunity for system-impacted artists to integrate into society, increase their self worth and heal from trauma.

Our gallery is also poised to provide onsite artists’ residencies and gatherings to build community, foster engagement, education and social connection. In our first 12 months, we have hosted over 35 well attended public events as well as 4 private events.
 
Open Sky Art Gallery Director Snow Thorner is the Area Ambassador for Compassion Prison Project. Snow has also led numerous 6 week Trauma to Transformation programs for newly released inmates under contract with Siskiyou county Department of Probation. She designed and led a yearlong Re-Entry program in Siskiyou county in collaboration with Siskiyou county Arts Council.