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Hi Waggie, this is in regards to Draft:Donald "C-Note" Hooker. It was not clear to me, what steps I need to take exactly if I was interested in working on this piece. Selena Ebony (talk) 05:31, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia as an encyclopedia has no entries on the art form known as Prison Art. In light of the dearth of encyclopedia knowledge/entry on the subject of Prison Art, subject is a notable prisoner-artist, and meets Wikipedia's, "Creative Professional 4(c), 'the persons work have won significant critical attention.'" The following are reliable independent sources that have published the works of this prisoner-artist. This list is not exhaustive and will only cite Wikipedia acknowledged sources.

ACADEMIA:

California State University, San Bernardino, curated a first-in-the-nation prisoner art exhibition. The exhibition consisted of the works from two area men's prisons, and one area women's prison. This prisoner-artist's work, Mprisond (2014), was a part of the exhibition. This work has been published by this academic institution in a book. Through the Wall: Prison Arts Collective. Prison Arts Collective (2016), at p. 97, ISBN 978-1-36-721324-1, https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/lac/3/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2019.

The university also published the exhibition online, https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/pac/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2019.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) is one of twelve institutes that collectively comprise the Research Consortium of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. PRI, publishes a quarterly newsletter Our Voice. This quarterly has published in two different quarterlies, written contributions by this prisoner-artist.

Hooker, Donald "C-Note". "What if Amy Goodman's Democracy Now had Covered the Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March". Our Voice, Issue VIII, Summer 2018, p. 1, http://johnjaypri.org/our-voice-3/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2019.

Hooker, Donald "C-Note". "The Untapped Potential of Prison Art." Our Voice, Issue IX, Winter 2019, p. 1

Hamilton College, American Prison Writing Archive - Digital Humanities Initiative, this prisoner-artist has been published four times in this digital collegiate publication.

https://apw.dhinitiative.org/islandora/search/catch_all_fields_mt%3A%28Donald%20%22C-Note%22%20Hooker%2C%2C%29

MEDIA:

People, is a national print media publication. This prisoner-artist was photographed, interviewed, and his quote, "'Every time I come here I forget where I am,' inmate Donald Hooker tells PEOPLE of acting rehearsal," headlines the article written about the theater arts inside prison.

Dunlap, Tiare. "'They're Teaching Me How to Be Human Again': Inside the Program That Brings Acting to California Prison Inmates". People 19 Jan. 2015, https://people.com/celebrity/inside-the-program-training-actors-in-california-jails-and-prisons/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2019.

KCET, is a 50+ year Public Television Station in Los Angeles, California. This prisoner-artist was photographed, interviewed, and published, in their news program, Departures.

Widdoes, Adriana. "What Prison Reform Looks Like Inside California State Prison L.A. County". KCET - Departures, 1 Apr. 2016 https://www.kcet.org/shows/departures/what-prison-reform-looks-like-inside-california-state-prison-la-county. Accessed 17 Feb. 2019

This prisoner-artist's photograph was used photo-journalistically in their Emmy award-winning arts and culture series, Artbound, in an article on the arts in Correctional facilities. His photo was used photo-journalistically as a part of the paragraphs on theater arts in Corrections.

Linn, Sarah. "Arts-in-Corrections: California's Creative Response to a Broken Prison System". KCET - Artbound, 12 Aug. 2016, https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/arts-in-corrections-californias-creative-response-to-a-broken-rison-system-0. Accessed 17 Feb. 2019.

KABC, American Broadcast Television, Los Angeles, filmed performances by this prisoner-artist, and conducted a sit-down interview as a part of an ensemble interview on theater arts at the California State Prison Los Angeles County (CSP-LAC), which was subsequently broadcasted.

Stallworth, Leo. "Program helps inmates express themselves through acting". ABC - 7, 18 Mar. 2016, https://abc7.com/1252240/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2019.

San Francisco Bay View, published this prisoner-artist's poetry participation in the 28th Annual Celebration of African American Poets and Their Poetry.

Sabir, Wanda. "Wanda's Picks". San Francisco Bay View, Feb. 2018, Vol. 43, No. 2, p. 7, https://sfbayview.com/2018/02/wandas-picks-for-february-2018/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2019

Prison Mindfulness Institute, published one of this prisoner-artist's seascape paintings.

Donald "C-Note" Hooker | Prison Mindfulness Institute | Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/prisonmindfulness/33476122498/

Wikimedia has published four of this prisoner-artist's paintings.

Search results for "Donald "C-Note" Hooker " - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Donald+%22C-Note%22+Hooker+&amp;ns0=1&amp;ns6=1&amp;ns12=1&amp;ns14=1&amp;ns100=1&amp;ns106=1

A far more exhaustive list of this prisoner-artist works have been recognized and published by established and newly established Criminal Justice Reform entities who share Prison Art in public spaces, or publish Prisoner Art, both visual and literal, or who publish prisoner opinion pieces.

Darryl "Cornbread" McCray is widely attributed with being the founder of the Graffiti Art movement in America. Cornbread was initiated into this art form while serving time in a juvenile Correctional facility in North Philly. Graffiti Art, which is a criminal art form, would later branch into a noncriminal form of graffiti, known as Street Art. Because of the importance of Graffiti and Street Art in the lexicon of contemporary American Art, these art forms origins are traced to Prison Art. While the former art forms are in this encyclopedia of knowledge, the latter is not, and this prisoner-artist is a recognized voice to this art form contemporaneously — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selena Ebony (talk • contribs) 15:13, 20 July 2019 (UTC)