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...

Trust the Spirits (LONG CUT) by Benjamin Garcia Candelaria. Check out this video that features Henry Frank, an amazing Native American artist who played a big role in the San Quentin studio for many years and is out now and making art like crazy.

Made by Eric Thiermann & Mark Schwartz of Impact Production in 1982, this documentary showcases Arts in Corrections in its early days.  The lapels aren't as wide, but everything in the video holds up today. Gaining tremendous support and momentum over the past...

"GOOD MAN ” A Prison Arts Project Story from David Swope. After spending over eight years at San Quentin, Ronnie Goodman got "another chance at life." David Swope partnered with Curtis Myers and Nick Kova to produce this pro bono short film about hope and...

Just wanting to share a story from the PBS NewsHour about the power, beauty, and complexity of poetry classes in prison: Richard Shelton, a poet and professor at the University of Arizona, has been coming into prisons as a volunteer since the early '70s, when a man on...