Jackie Sumell is inspired most by the lives of everyday people. As a multidisciplinary artist, her work transcends the boundaries of art and activism in an attempt to connect people in provocative and meaningful ways. No one has been in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola longer than Herman Wallace, who has spent close to four decades there for a crime many believe he did not commit. Sumell and Wallace’s correspondence eventually becomes a gallery installation, at the center of which is a wooden replica of Herman’s 6 x 9 cell. The exhibition also includes drawings and models of his dream house, on which the two collaborate for five years. Herman gets to exit his cell through this project, and Jackie gets to enter it. Now they’re working to make his dream a reality.  CRE