Prison Arts Coalition (PAC)
http://theprisonartscoalition.com
Established in 2008, the Prison Arts Coalition (PAC) serves as a national network for prison arts in the United States. Through extensive online outreach and organizing, PAC provides support, information, and partnership opportunities within the American prison arts sector. As an advisory body, PAC provides ongoing, personalized guidance to people who are working to develop arts programs or looking to support incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists. As a resource, PAC compiles publications, artistic works, research, events, and job postings to share with the public. One of PAC’s most notable resources is a list of prison arts programs around the country, organized by state and region. As a coalition, PAC brings together a consortium of artists, organizations, facilities, students, researchers, and prison arts supporters to build collaboration and strengthen partnership.
Extensive Music in Corrections Bibliography including juvenial detention (for further research)
http://theprisonartscoalition.com/music/
Current Job Openings in Prison Art Programs
http://theprisonartscoalition.com/jobs/
Listing of Current Art Programs in Prison
http://theprisonartscoalition.com/programs/
Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) -Michigan
www.lsa.umich.edu/pcap
The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) was founded in 1990 with the mission to collaborate with incarcerated adults, incarcerated youth, urban youth and the formerly incarcerated to strengthen our community through creative expression. Housed in the University of Michigan’s Residential College, faculty and students work with community members both inside and outside prisons to engage in workshops in theatre, dance, visual art, creative writing, slam poetry, and music. Annually, PCAP hosts the largest prisoner art exhibition in the world and publishes a literary journal of writing by incarcerated authors. With arts programming and events year round, the organization serves as a creative hub for those with links to the criminal justice system, community volunteers, faculty, students, and university staff.
Video of overview of program with interviews (click here)
Music in Prison Documentaries
Follow Me Down: The New Work of Louisiana Prison Songs (click for link)
Music From The Big House
Sesame Street Resource for young children of incarcerated parents (click for link)
LIttle Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration
Man writes songs while wrongly imprisoned
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/05/28/florida.exonerated.singer/
http://theprisonartscoalition.com
Established in 2008, the Prison Arts Coalition (PAC) serves as a national network for prison arts in the United States. Through extensive online outreach and organizing, PAC provides support, information, and partnership opportunities within the American prison arts sector. As an advisory body, PAC provides ongoing, personalized guidance to people who are working to develop arts programs or looking to support incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists. As a resource, PAC compiles publications, artistic works, research, events, and job postings to share with the public. One of PAC’s most notable resources is a list of prison arts programs around the country, organized by state and region. As a coalition, PAC brings together a consortium of artists, organizations, facilities, students, researchers, and prison arts supporters to build collaboration and strengthen partnership.
Extensive Music in Corrections Bibliography including juvenial detention (for further research)
http://theprisonartscoalition.com/music/
Current Job Openings in Prison Art Programs
http://theprisonartscoalition.com/jobs/
Listing of Current Art Programs in Prison
http://theprisonartscoalition.com/programs/
Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) -Michigan
www.lsa.umich.edu/pcap
The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) was founded in 1990 with the mission to collaborate with incarcerated adults, incarcerated youth, urban youth and the formerly incarcerated to strengthen our community through creative expression. Housed in the University of Michigan’s Residential College, faculty and students work with community members both inside and outside prisons to engage in workshops in theatre, dance, visual art, creative writing, slam poetry, and music. Annually, PCAP hosts the largest prisoner art exhibition in the world and publishes a literary journal of writing by incarcerated authors. With arts programming and events year round, the organization serves as a creative hub for those with links to the criminal justice system, community volunteers, faculty, students, and university staff.
Video of overview of program with interviews (click here)
Music in Prison Documentaries
Follow Me Down: The New Work of Louisiana Prison Songs (click for link)
Music From The Big House
Sesame Street Resource for young children of incarcerated parents (click for link)
LIttle Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration
Man writes songs while wrongly imprisoned
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/05/28/florida.exonerated.singer/