The Summer 2018 billboard was a painting by transgender political prisoner Marius Mason, a former Bloomington resident, and currently a transgender political prisoner. A prolific painter and environmental activist, Mason depicted this vaquita- an endangered animal with less than 15 left worldwide, as of March 2018.

You can find out more about Marius Mason here: https://supportmariusmason.org/

You can find out more about the vaquita here: https://defenders.org/vaquita/basic-facts

Richard Ross’s series on juvenile incarceration was featured on the Spring 2018 Your Art Here billboard. Ross visited Bloomington in conjunction with the billboard, giving a series of speaking engagements on his experiences documenting juvenile detention facilities.

You can see more of Ross’s work on the subject here: http://richardross.net/juvenile-in-justice