Monday 2 January 2012

Tim Robbins Actor's Gang Prison Programme, USA (Updated)

http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/11/02/29692/actors-gang-exposes-risk-youth-art-theater/

A short reference towards the end of this interview http://laist.com/2009/11/12/interview_tim_robbins_needs_your_he.php

The Poetic Justice Project, Ex-Offenders' Theatre Company, CA, USA (Updated)

 http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/11/03/1820598/the-stories-of-inmates.html

http://www.montereyherald.com/entertainment/ci_18922722?nclick_check=1

http://www.newtimesslo.com/art/6519/steinbeck-unfettered/

http://anewscafe.com/2011/05/24/thursday%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98off-the-hook%E2%80%99-offers-unique-glimpse-behind-bars/


There is a film about Poetic Justice Project here: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2291112729/

Prisoners Create Audio Books for the Blind, UT, USA

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=17910798


Prison Arts Programme in Orissa, India

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/jail-inmates-take-up-brush-and-paints/881186.html

Sculpture Floats to Rikers Island Prison, NY, USA

http://www.dnainfo.com/20111027/washington-heights-inwood/east-river-trip-leaves-public-art-lock-down-on-rikers-island

Prison Arts and Crafts Programme, Armenia

http://armenianow.com/social/human_rights/32727/armenia_teenage_prison_inmates_exhibition

Prisoner Day Showcases Prisoners' Musical Talent, Zimbabwe

http://allafrica.com/stories/201110280302.html

Interview with Photographer Lori Waselchuk on her Grace Before Dying Project in Angola Prison, LA, USA

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/art-entertainment-sports/item/28686-west-philly-photographer-finds-grace-within-prison-walls

Charity Sells Prisoner Art, Shropshire, UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-15382865

Exhbition of Malaquias Montoya's Work on the Death Penalty, CA, USA

http://www.statehornet.com/news/death-penalty-subject-of-sac-state-art-exhibit/article_f7a1ba84-fa18-11e0-abe3-0019bb30f31a.html

Link to Molaquis' website for images - http://www.malaquiasmontoya.com/index.php

Art Therapy in Canadian Prisons, Canada

http://queensjournal.ca/story/2011-10-18/postscript/emotional-access-through-art/

Exhibition of Aboriginal Prisoner Art, Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/10/17/3341721.htm

Social Enterprise Sells Inmate Art, CO, USA

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/29489772/detail.html

Link to shop - http://shop.cleanwearfashion.com/products


Media Whips Up Controversy Over Prisoner Art

http://www.channel4.com/news/sculpture-by-rapist-sparks-debate-on-prisoners-profiting

Choir in Women's Prison, Canada

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Choir+leader+helps+inmates+find+their+voices/5555347/story.html

Theatre in Maximum Security Prison, IN, USA

http://mywabashvalley.com/fulltext?nxd_id=213027