Prison Arts Blog

Pelican Bay UNLOCKED, Episode 4: World On Fire

Pelican Bay UNLOCKED, Episode 4: World On Fire

by | Jan 22, 2021 |

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...

Art Takes Down Walls

Art Takes Down Walls

by | Dec 1, 2020 |

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

by | Mar 20, 2020 |

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

by | Mar 20, 2020 |

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

by | Mar 19, 2020 |

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?

by | Sep 28, 2018 |

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,...