Wake Up With WURD 1.21.20 - Russell Craig And Mary Baxter by WURD Radio

Russell Craig is a self-taught artist who survived nearly a decade of incarceration after growing up in the foster care system. He creates art as a means to explore the experience of overcriminalized communities and reassert agency after a lifetime of institutional control.

Mary Baxter is a Philadelphia artist who creates socially conscious music through an autobiographical lens. Although it’s been a decade since her release from a Pennsylvania prison, Mary’s time spent on the inside continues to shape the direction of her music and film work.