That drawing and other artwork made by migrant teenagers detained at Tornillo have inspired an " Uncaged Art " exhibit at the Centennial Museum of the University Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The exhibit showcases artwork by children aged 13-17 from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and other Latin American nations that was made during a multiday art project designed to uplift the children and remind them of their homelands. "These children created beautiful artwork in undesirable conditions," museum director Daniel Carey-Whalen told CNN. We're incarcerating children," Carey-Whalen said. Despite the uplifting themes in the artwork, Carey-Whalen said many visitors leave the museum saying they experienced tinges of the sadness and the visceral feeling of confinement.

Source: CNN July 17, 2019 16:52 UTC