by Laurie | Nov 2, 2023 | Celebrations, Updates
The William James Association staff and board invite you to join us in celebrating fifty years of fostering arts, environment, education, and community development. We also celebrate 46 years of the Prison Arts Project, cultivating transformation and improving lives...
by Laurie | Jan 22, 2021 | Updates
Pelican Bay UNLOCKED, Episode 4: World On Fire Calls from prison are always poignant. You do what you can to dispel the distance and connect with the thin, tinny voice coming at you over institutional wires. You share lives and days and hopes and fears–even...
by Laurie | Dec 1, 2020 | Updates
I was a participant in WJA’s Prison Arts Project (aka Arts in Corrections) for six years (2003-2009) in San Quentin Prison. That was eleven years, 2 prisons, a four-and-a-half-hour board of paroles hearing, and three years on parole ago. I am about to hit my...
by Laurie | Apr 15, 2020 | Updates
Update on Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation actions on Coronavirus 19: April 8, 2020 a statewide lockdown was put in place. Limited movement population for two weeks. Important reminder to all WJA contractors. Funds for Arts in Corrections programs are...
by Laurie | Mar 20, 2020 | Updates
CA Arts Council COVID-19 News and Resources Poets & Writers: Resources for Writers in the Time of Coronavirus COVID-19 & Freelance Artists Artist Relief Fund Grants Springboard for the Arts – Emergency Resources for Artists Emergency Resource List,...