The Fortune Society’s Annual Arts Festival Returns

The Fortune Society (Fortune), which fosters a world where those who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated will thrive as positive, contributing members of society, is back in person for its 12th Annual Arts Festival. The Arts Festival includes free hands-on workshops, live performances, and artwork on view that highlight the healing and transformative powers of imagination and creativity.

A celebration of Fortune’s expansive creative arts programming, the event features Fortune community members who will share their poetry, music, performance, visual art, and more.

WHAT: The Fortune Society’s Annual Arts Festival, featuring live music, a dj, poetry, dance, a healing garments exhibition, live performances, a makers’ market, advocacy resources, and hands-on art making workshops. This free, family-friendly event is open to the public.

WHO: Talented artists who were previously incarcerated; professional artists; representatives from The Fortune Society

DATE: Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 12:00 to 4:00 PM

WHERE: The Fortune Society’s Headquarters, 2976 Northern Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101

RSVPs REQUIRED: https://fortunesociety.org/event-show/12th-annual-arts-festival/

More information on the performances and location details are available at: https://fortunesociety.org/event-show/12th-annual-arts-festival/

Founded in 1967, The Fortune Society has advocated on criminal justice issues for over five decades and is nationally recognized for developing model programs that help people with criminal justice histories to be assets to their communities. Fortune offers a holistic and integrated “one-stop-shopping” model of service provision. Among the services offered are discharge planning, licensed outpatient substance use and mental health treatment, alternatives to incarceration, HIV/AIDS services, career development and job retention, education, family services, drop-in services, creative arts and supportive housing as well as lifetime access to aftercare. Fortune has a dual mission of services and advocacy. We use what we learn from our justice impacted staff and leadership and from the people we serve about the obstacles that people with criminal histories face to inform and fuel our advocacy work. Learn more at www.fortunesociety.org.

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