Prison Arts in the News

For sometime now I have been collecting snippets of info from the web relating to the arts in prison. I do not offer any editorial comment on the quality of each link - I just wanted to put the them all in one place. I hope it is of interest and/or use to someone.

Saturday, 30 April 2011

Dance Programme for Young Offenders Opens New Academy, London, UK

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3b61b756-7071-11e0-bea7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1L09Bu3Pa
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Labels: Dance, UK

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Exhibition of Art & Craft Made by Palestinian Prisoners Imprisoned in Israel, Gaza City

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/176899.html
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Labels: Gaza, Israel, Visual Arts

Band Performs in Trivandrum Central Prison, India

http://www.yentha.com/news/view/1/2954
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Labels: India, Music

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Prison Art Exhibition, Wollombi Cultural Centre, Australia

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/no-bar-to-inmates-attention-to-detail/2143773.aspx
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Labels: Australia, Visual Arts

Monday, 25 April 2011

Radio Programme about Hamlet Performed by Prisoners, MO, USA

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/218/act-v
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Labels: Theatre/Drama, USA

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Art Therapy with Offenders in the UK

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/art-therapy-for-offenders-helps-them-to-heal-2274077.html
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Labels: Arts Therapies, UK

Friday, 22 April 2011

Interview with Curt Toftland of Shakespeare Behind Bars, USA

http://www.jkp.com/blog/2011/04/int-shailor-tofteland-shakespeare-behind-bars/
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Labels: Theatre/Drama, USA

Play Written by Women Prisoners Makes Public Debut, Iowa, USA

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2011/04/21/Arts/22982.html
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Labels: Theatre/Drama, USA

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Professor at Stanford University wins Award for Dance Programme with Students and Juvenile Prisoners, CA, USA

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/april/ross-roland-prize-042011.html

See her lecture from 2009, Doing Time: Dance in Prison here

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Labels: Dance, USA

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Art Exhibition from Prisoners in Peru

http://www.livinginperu.com/news-14688-arts-entertainment-national-art-contest-opens-prison-fellowship-peru
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Labels: Peru, Visual Arts

Performance Work with Women Prisoners in Connecticut, USA

http://newlondon.patch.com/articles/the-art-of-problem-solving
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Labels: Dance, Theatre/Drama, USA

Monday, 18 April 2011

"From jail to Yale", Actor Charles Dutton Talks About How He Started Acting in Prison, USA

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20110418_Dan_Gross__Roots_frontman_drawn_to_Dutton_film.html
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Labels: Misc, USA

Saturday, 16 April 2011

Plans Being Made for First Ever Arts Festival in Zimbabwean Prisons, Zimbabwe

http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38964:festival-for-prisoners-on-the-cards&catid=52&Itemid=32
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Labels: Misc, Zimbabwe

Women Prisoners Perform Elektra, FL, USA

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/08/2169691/greek-tragedy-mirrors-women-prisoners.html
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Labels: Theatre/Drama, USA

Friday, 15 April 2011

Students and Prisoners Perform at HMP Winchester, UK

http://www.winchester.ac.uk/newsandevents/Pages/StudentsandprisonerstoperformtheatredebutatHMPWinchester.aspx
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Labels: Theatre/Drama, UK

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Art, Music and Theatre in Korydallos Prison, Athens, Greece

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite6_6672_13/04/2011_387378
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Labels: Greece, Music, Theatre/Drama, Visual Arts

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Extraordinary Murals from San Quentin, CA, USA

Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/arts/design/19hall.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all

Images: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/17/arts/20070819_HALL_FEATURE.html#step1
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Labels: USA, Visual Arts

Friday, 8 April 2011

Theatre for HIV Education in Kenyan Prisons, Kenya

http://repactedkenya.com/prison_program.html

Pictures from work in a women's prison here http://yfrog.com/hsnh7bhj
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Labels: Dance, Kenya, Theatre/Drama

Thursday, 7 April 2011

List of PDF links relating to Prison Theatre

http://www.pdf4me.net/pdf-data/prison-theatre.php
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Labels: Non-Specified, Theatre/Drama

Cuts in Funding to Arts in Prisons Organisations in England, UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/apr/07/rehabilitation-prison-arts-funding-cuts
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Labels: Misc, UK

Saturday, 2 April 2011

Ex-Prisoner Talks About Value of Art in Prison, CT, USA

 http://www.shorelinetimes.com/articles/2011/04/01/life/doc4d95d0fd3da60022358633.txt?viewmode=default
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Labels: Literature/Creative Writing, USA, Visual Arts

Dramatherapy with Women Prisoners, Bangkok, Thailand

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Labels: Arts Therapies, Thailand

Internationally Renowned Dramatherapist Visits Roumieh Prison, Lebanon

http://iloubnan.info/artsandculture/reportage/id/1069/titre/From-behind-the-walls:-Drama-for-Change
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Labels: Arts Therapies, Lebanon

Friday, 1 April 2011

"If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" - Romanian Prison Film Cast Incudes Serving Prisoners, Romania

http://www.vreausafluier.ro/interview/?lang=1
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Labels: Film/Video, Romania

Prison Reform Film Festival, TX, USA

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7501333.html
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Labels: Film/Video, USA

More Anecdotal Evidence of the Role the Arts Can Play in Reducing Violence in Prison, HMP Doncaster, UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2011/03/colleges_of_crime.html

Link to HMP Doncaster's Arts and Media Site http://www.hmpdoncaster.com/artsandmedia/
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Labels: Film/Video, Misc, Theatre/Drama, UK
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      • Band Performs in Trivandrum Central Prison, India
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      • Radio Programme about Hamlet Performed by Prisoner...
      • Art Therapy with Offenders in the UK
      • Interview with Curt Toftland of Shakespeare Behind...
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      • Plans Being Made for First Ever Arts Festival in Z...
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