“Just Beyond the Senses:” Grand Opening
Featuring remarks by the Exoneration Project, this group show kicks off the last phase in the struggle to free Vernon.
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Art for Exoneration: The Vernon T. Bateman Experience
For two weeks, Vernon and his team of artists are transforming Gallery Forty Two into a distinctive and diverse set of experiences.
Watch Vernon T. Bateman’s “Brush Strokes of Freedom”
Watch a snapshot of an event that what was much more than an art opening.
“I am Vernon T. Bateman:” The Horror Behind the Beauty
Supporters read grievances and statements Vernon submitted to the IDOC during the last 5 years of incarceration.
In, by, and for the Community
A small sampling of Vernon’s supporters.
“Breaking the Chains: Vernon’s Fight for Freedom”
Eric Jones Jr. interviews Vernon T. Bateman, exposing the reality of the injustice system and how to fight back.
16 Years of Transformation: Vernon T. Bateman Records the Moment
Learn how Bateman struggled to transform himself as he faced decades in harsh prison conditions due to a wrongful conviction.
26 Years Too Long: Vernon’s Fight for Freedom
The first in a series of short documentaries on the ongoing campaign to free Vernon T. Bateman.
The State can’t Isolate the Imagination
Bateman’s story exemplifies the often unacknowledged resistance that flourishes behind prison bars, a creativity the state cannot repress.