The Justice Through Art 2024 winners have been announced, and they include two Criminal Justice majors and one Criminal Justice minor. This year, the theme was Freedom”, and talented students from across campus submitted both art and literary pieces depicting their interpretation of the theme. You can view the winning visual submissions and the winning literary submissions on the Justice Through Art website.

Justice Through Art’s mission is to provide a space for students to channel their emotional energy and express opinions on current events through art. The idea for this contest was born out of Associate Professor of Instruction in the Criminal Justice Department Catresa Meyers’ stress and anxiety of the current state of affairs. She put together a collage of Breonna Taylor, woven into the history of black women in this country. In the end, Meyers was pleased with the piece and saw it as a great way to release the anxiety that had been building up inside of her. Through her conversations with her students, Meyers realized that many of them have strong emotions about these turbulent times. Not all of them are born protestors. Some of them are like her: they want to add their voice to the discussion, but through art. That is when the idea of an art contest was born.

Stay tuned for information on submitting your work for the 2025 contest!