Prison Arts Blog

Art Takes Down Walls

Art Takes Down Walls

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 five year...

Links in the Time of Coronavirus

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,...

3/19/20: CDCR COVID-19 Update: Population movement limited

Good evening, This email is sent to provide significant updates to CDCR's response to COVID-19. Please share with anybody you feel would benefit from this information. To receive these updates directly, please email me. There are currently no confirmed cases of...

CDCR COVID-19: Updated FAQs

From: Krissi Khokhobashvili, Chief of Office of External Affairs California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation March 18, 2020 Thank you all for your patience and cooperation as we work to prevent the spread of COVID-19 into our institutions. We understand...

What is Art?

Art is a mindset that is realized, an emotion that needs to be expressed, an energy that needs to be released and a spirit that needs to be calmed. Art is expressed in many different ways: Painting, drawing, sculpting, carving, singing, writing, performed, played,...

Video Archive of Art in Prisons – California

California Arts-in-Corrections video recordings are now available as part of the California Light and Sound Collection on the Internet Archive.  (California Light and Sound is a digitizing project of the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).  Shout...