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.

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Tim Robbins' Workshop at Norco Prison, CA, USA (Updated)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/us/01prison.html?_r=1&ref=us

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13380625

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13383741

See also previous post on Tim Robbins workshops in prison:

http://prisonartsinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/11/tim-robbins-actors-gang-prison.html
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Labels: Theatre/Drama, USA

Monday, 27 June 2011

Young Offenders Visit Art Exhibition, Indonesia

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandtimes/sketching-a-future-life-outside-the-bars/449169
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Labels: Indonesia, Visual Arts

Sunday, 26 June 2011

Film About a Choir in Olmos Prison, Argentina

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/artscape/2011/06/201161911364633877.html?utm_content=tweets&utm_campaign=Trial3&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_medium=ExperimentMasterAccount&utm_term=twitter
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Labels: Argentina, Film/Video, Music

Saturday, 25 June 2011

Theatre in Prison in Bali, Indonesia (Updated)

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201106/s3253232.htm

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/09/the-power-theater-a-humanizing-force.html
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Labels: Indonesia, Theatre/Drama

Major Performance Project about Imprisonment in the USA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

http://lapovertydept.org/state-of-incarceration/index.php

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Labels: Theatre/Drama, USA

Exhibition of Work from The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project, Saltspace, NY, USA

http://saltspacenyc.com/_webapp_3917701/Art_on_the_Inside
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Labels: USA, Visual Arts

Friday, 24 June 2011

Prisoners at Barlinnie Prison Make Film, Glasgow, UK

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/259972-prison-premier-for-inmates-film/
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Labels: Film/Video, UK

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Former Prisoner talks about his involvement in Billy Bragg's Jail Guitar Doors Programme, UK

http://www.pointfm.co.uk/blogs/craig-k/item/interview-little-bill-and-franchesqua-evans.html
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Labels: Music, UK

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Mark-Anthony Turnage teams up with Music In Prison as part of the Cultural Olympiad, UK

http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/newmusic20x12/markanthonyturnage.htm
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Labels: Music, UK

Saturday, 18 June 2011

International Symposium on Theatre and Prison, Germany

http://socialartsnetwork.ning.com/events/international-symposium-about
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Labels: Germany, Theatre/Drama

Prisoners Perform The Merchant of Venice, KT, USA

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110615/NEWS01/306150109/Kentucky-inmates-turned-actors-explore-selves-through-Shakespeare-play?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Local%20News

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Labels: Theatre/Drama, USA

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Evidence of the Impact of Arts In Prison at Sing Sing, NY, USA

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1813579
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Labels: Dance, Music, Theatre/Drama, USA, Visual Arts

300 Prisoners Take Part in Music Thearpy Session, Mubai, India

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_music-therapy-at-mumbai-s-arthur-road-jail_1553993
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Labels: Arts Therapies, India

Ex-Offender Theatre Company, Russia

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Labels: Russia, Theatre/Drama

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Exhibition of Art from Karachi Central Jail, Pakistan

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Labels: Pakistan, Visual Arts

Photography Exhibition at Huntsville Prison Museum, TX, USA

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/living/article_6aee7d32-b8db-5112-810e-60867106c0a6.html
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Labels: Photography, USA

Major Exhibition of Art from Women's Prison, Montreal, Canada (Updated)

http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/Creative+freedom+opens+doors+directions/4930033/story.html

http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/art-behind-bars/7379

http://www.expoagir.com/en_index.html

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Labels: Canada, Film/Video, Music, Photography, Visual Arts

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Evaluation of Geese Theatre Company's Re-Connect Work in Prisons, UK

http://www.crimspace.com/forum/topics/featured-content-evaluation-of
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Labels: Theatre/Drama, UK

Friday, 10 June 2011

The Story Behind BB KIng Live At Cook County Jail, IL, USA

http://www.suntimes.com/5869831-417/40-years-ago-b.b.-king-rocked-cook-county-jail
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Labels: Music, USA

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Prison Writing Awards, USA

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11158/1151822-51.stm

http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/152
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Labels: Literature/Creative Writing, USA

Prison Art Exhibition, Queensland, Australia

http://northside-chronicle.whereilive.com.au/news/story/art-from-inside/
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Labels: Australia, Visual Arts

Prisoner from Western Australia Wins National Award, Australia

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/9581581/wa-prisoner-wins-national-art-award/
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Labels: Australia, Visual Arts

Prison Art Exhibition, Cayman Islands

http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2011/06/06/Inmate-art-on-display/
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Labels: Cayman Islands, Visual Arts

Thursday, 2 June 2011

Ex-Prisoners Present at a Public Reading of Work from Prison, South Africa

http://laurenbeukes.book.co.za/blog/2011/06/02/ex-prisoner-readings-of-the-zoo-city-prison-diaries-chapter/

See also of Khulisa's work in the UK here http://www.khulisa.co.uk/
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Labels: Literature/Creative Writing, South Africa, UK

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Former Death Row Inmate Publishes Autobiography LA, USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/31/wilbert-rideau-rehabilitate-prisoners#start-of-comments

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/books/review/Oshinsky-t.html
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Labels: Literature/Creative Writing, USA
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