FREEDOMS LOST AND GAINED: ENTWINING PRISON HISTORY INTO THE FUTURE OF LORTON ARTS FOUNDATION

dc.contributor.advisorLinebaugh, Donald
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Christine R
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-14T14:04:21Z
dc.date.available2010-09-14T14:04:21Z
dc.date.issued2010-05
dc.descriptionThis document has had referenced material removed in respect for the owner's copyright. A complete version of this document, which includes said referenced material, resides in the University of Maryland, College Park's library collection. Masters final project submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Historic Preservation. HISP 710/711 Spring 2010.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Lorton Workhouse Museum is part of a 55-acre adaptively reused colonial revival reformatory complex in Virginia that once served the District of Columbia. While most of the site, including dormitories, gymnasium, and farm buildings, has been transformed by a grass-roots organization, the Lorton Arts Foundation, into a visual and performing arts center, one cellblock building remains as a stabilized ruin, reserved for interpretation of the site history. This project will examine the difficult and emotional prison history and explore potential models for integrating the narrative with the current arts use. Active public programs and audio tours are recommended as the best method to engage visitors with the entire site, and inspire thinking about historic and contemporary issues of social justice. Interpretive themes that tie art and performances created by prisoners with artists working in the reused structures are explored as a way to bring visitors into a dialogue between past and present.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10737
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSchool of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation
dc.relation.isAvailableAtHistoric Preservation Program
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectWorkshouse Arts Center (Lorton, Va.)en_US
dc.subjectLorton Arts Foundation.en_US
dc.subjectLorton Correctional Complex (Washington, D.C.) -- Conservation and restoration.en_US
dc.subjectPrisons -- Remodeling for other use -- Virginia -- Lorton.en_US
dc.subjectMuseums -- Virginia -- Lorton.en_US
dc.subjectArt centers -- Virginia -- Lorton.en_US
dc.titleFREEDOMS LOST AND GAINED: ENTWINING PRISON HISTORY INTO THE FUTURE OF LORTON ARTS FOUNDATIONen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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