Anthony Papa is manager of media and artist relations. He is an artist, writer, noted advocate against the war on drugs, and co-founder of Mothers of the New York Disappeared. Papa's stinging editorials about the drug war have appeared in news sources across the country. He is a frequent public speaker and college lecturer on his art and criminal justice issues.

Papa is the author of This Side of Freedom: Life After Clemency  (2016), his memoir about re-entry, and 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom (2004), a memoir about his experience of being sentenced to state prison for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense under New York’s draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws. He has been interviewed by a wide range of national print and broadcast media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, National Public Radio, Democracy Now, and Court TV, among others. He has appeared on nationally syndicated talk shows such as CNN's "Your Money," Charles Grodin, Geraldo Rivera, and Catherine Crier Live. Papa’s art has been exhibited widely, from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York to many smaller cultural centers around the country.