Prison Arts Blog
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,...
ART STRONG – Arts in Corrections at Valley State Prison
A thriving, sustaining art group has rooted itself in the Valley! This brief documentary features inmate artists and their teaching artists: Augustin Lira, Patricia Solarzano Wells, Marsha Jones, Marqus Jones, Michael McCarty, in collaboration with Fresno Arts...
Arts in Corrections on Swiss TV
Click here to watch four participants in the Creative Writing Workshop at Salinas Valley State Prison on Swiss TV
“How to Make My Own Stuff” CYAP Sews Strong Material
Thank you Arts Council of Santa Cruz County for posting great photos and a sweet blog about the Community Youth Arts Project, Prison Arts Project and William James Association! Click to get the full story Arts EXPOSURE in Santa Cruz
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...
Arts in Corrections Alumni Outreach
The William James Association is doing research to measure how and to what extent Arts in Corrections has affected those who participated in it. We hope that you will help us with this research by sharing your own experiences of the program. We are looking for...
Call for Teaching Artists – Santa Cruz
William James Association's Community Youth Arts Project is looking for visual artists to teach teenagers in Alternative High Schools throughout Santa Cruz County. The mission of the Community Youth Arts Project (CYAP) is to provide quality, in-depth arts experiences...
SVSP Writers on “First Person Singular” Podcast from KUSP
These pieces were written and recorded by students of Magdalena Zschokke in an Arts in Corrections Creative Writing Class at Salinas Valley State Prison in the spring of 2015. Magdalena the Inventor —April 6, 2015 Trey divides his time —April 22,...
Prison Arts Panel on Alcatraz, short film
A panel of artists who are formerly incarcerated, share of their experience of art programming while behind bars. Art acts as an oasis in a stark environment and helps shift one's mindset towards a search for inspiration in whatever circumstances. Thanks to Visceral...