Jackie Sumell
Bio
jackie sumell is a multidisciplinary artist and abolitionist inspired most by the lives of everyday people. sumell’s collaboration with Herman Wallace (a prisoner-of-consciousness and member of the Angola 3) was the subject of the Emmy Award-Winning documentary Herman’s House. sumell’s work with Herman, along with her projects Solitary Garden and The Prisoner’s Apothecary, have positioned her at the forefront of the national campaign to end solitary confinement and seek humane alternatives to incarceration.