Friday 30 September 2011

Art and Crafts on Sale at Top Security Broadmoor Hospital, UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-15095487

Prison Art Exhibition, Tasmania, Australia

http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=33292

Drama Project in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, India

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/darshans-call-sheet-in-demand/187876-60-119.html

The Koestler Awards - Prison Art Exhibition, London (Updated)

http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/view.cfm?id=5920&issue=242

http://www.artlyst.com/articles/art-of-offenders-a-criminal-education

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8773446/Art-by-Offenders-exhibition-Inmates-happy-to-be-framed.html

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social_care_arts/2011/09/art-by-offenders-goes-on-1.html

http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2011/09/18/north-prisoners-work-is-showcased-at-southbank-centre-79310-29442277/

Collection of images here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/gallery/2011/sep/21/prison-art-exhibition-london-in-pictures?newsfeed=true 

Interview with one of the curators http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2011/09/title-107278-en.html

Saturday 17 September 2011

Zeina Daccache Now Working in Baabda Women's Prison, Lebanon (Updated)

Those of you that have followed Zeina's work at Roumieh Prison (previous posts below) may know there have been a series of riots there over the years, and in April 2011 during a particularly bad incident, 3 prisoners died and the theatre was destroyed. At that point it was not clear whether her work could continue.

I am pleased to discover she is now working again, breaking new ground in one of the country's women's prison.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=74932

http://www.al-shorfa.com/cocoon/meii/xhtml/en_GB/features/meii/features/entertainment/2011/09/16/feature-03?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter