Carol E. Briney Executive Director & Resident Artist
Carol E. Briney received her Associates in Fine Arts Studio from Central NM, her Bachelor of Fine Arts and minor in Psychology from University of NM, and her Masters of Liberal Studios weighted in Sociology, Justice, and Public Administration from Kent State University. Briney is a Certified Trauma and Resilience Specialist in Clinical Application (CTRS-C).
As founding executive director of Reentry Bridge Network Inc, a 501(c)(3) organization (ReentryBridgeNetwork.org) Briney spent ten years writing and facilitating local, statewide, and national arts programs in collaboration and on contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Ohio Department of Juvenile Corrections, nationwide prisons, and local Ohio schools and foundations.
Briney has 30 years of corporate administration and accounting. Briney has held the position of Certified English Teacher in NM, and Adjunct Instructor at Texas Tech University in the Apparel Design & Manufacturing department. Briney was Director of Arts and the Grant Writer for nearly two years for Thriving United, a large recovery organization in Midland, Texas. Briney is on the board of the Midland Arts Association and the Midland Affordable Housing Association.
During the decade of her work inside prisons, Briney published five books on Amazon, all based in The Art of Trauma: Prison Coffee Table Book Project Vol 1 & 2, an anthology of the art & writings of 130 national prisoners; The Retablo Affect, a study of self-value: Walls to Windows: a community beautification project; and My Journey with Prisoners: Perceptions, Observations & Opinions, Master’s thesis.