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Advocacy for Art in Prison
An artist sent prisoners blank post cards--- Arts in Corrections--includes Actors Gang Prison Project with Tim Robbins Prison Activist_-- Advocates for Art in Prison-- |
Skill OneThis Column Contains information to support and inform the class. You will find videos, artist links and other information Helpful for successful completion of the course.
How to use this site. The site is designed to organized by class with helpful information and links. In the middle column, under the Week number, you will find the assignment sheets, lecture & PDF examples. In the far right column, under 'readings and links' heading, are links to additional readings, websites, videos and radio shows. Students are expected to use information presented. All type set in Blue is a link to an article, reading, lecture or website. How to write an Annotated Bibliography__UMUC What Goes into Annotations? Important site for links to various social organizations, including arts and social practice. culturalpolitics.net |
Skill TwoSocially Engaged Artists and collectives:
some are linked. some you should google Mel Chin-- interview Sherin Neshat Emily Jacir Krzysztof Wodiczko-- Art 21 video Bunker Hill Projection--victims of crime Tijuana Projection-- victims of crime Rick Lowe--Project Row Houses The Patriot Library Ashley Hunt--Corrections Documentary Project Ashley Hunt-- Notes on Emptying a City Kimsooja Torolab Thomas Hirschhorn-- Gramsci Monument--Bronx Thomas Hirschhorn-- Art 21 Artists for Positive Social Change_hip hop MORE Socially Engaged Artists working with Prisons: Gregory Sales Ashley Hunt--Degrees of Visibility Andrea Fraser-- Down the River Cameron Rowland--91020000 Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick Sable Eylse Smith Pepon Osario--Badge of Honor |
Skill ThreeMORE Socially Engaged Artists working with Prisons:
Gregory Sales Ashley Hunt--Degrees of Visibility Andrea Fraser-- Down the River Cameron Rowland--91020000 Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick Sable Eylse Smith Pepon Osario--Badge of Honor Spatial Design Lab-- Million Dollar Blocks The United States currently has more than 2 million people locked up in jails and prisons. A disproportionate number of them come from a very few neighborhoods in the country’s biggest cities. In many places the concentration is so dense that states are spending in excess of a million dollars a year to incarcerate the residents of single city blocks. click on blue text above for access to website. Million Dollar Blocks is the first of a series of projects to be undertaken by Spatial Information Design Lab (at Colombia University), as part of a two year research and development project on Graphical Innovation in Justice Mapping. |
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In this Column I have listed some links you might visit for additional information about Art in Prison. These are links to project sites, documentaries, and articles about various projects with different populations. Return to the list above for additional artists.
Prison Arts Resource Project-- Research on studies evaluating prison art programs in the US. Youth Arts Toolkit-- site discusses projects and how they are developed. ARTS-- at risk youth programs (reason to survive) watch video on 'what we do' Two documentary films on Frontline about prisons. Art Therapy in Prison Mural Arts Program--Philadelphia Concrete Steel and Paint-- documentary about the Prisoners and victims creating a mural together about healing and forgiveness. Women in Prison-- ACLU Corrections Documentary Videos-- Ashley Hunt Critical Resistance South trailer-- community responses Art and Self-Esteem Art Therapy in Prison--video Art and Rehabilitation-- Video (this is a good one) Prison Policy Initiative-- articles on mental health in prison ACLU-- go to this site to view links to videos related to women and prison What Women Have to Go Through--article about women in prison Bard Prison Initative-- A video on the program at Bard College Project Youth Outreach-- National Endowment in the Arts program for at risk youth Shakespeare Behind Bars page with links and resources for Prison Art Programs-- a good resource Art Therapy and Social Action--Google Book The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in Reducing Depression in Prison Populations Art Therapy with Serious Juvenile Offenders Art Therapy and female Juvenile Offenders-- self-esteem Art Therapy with women who have experienced the death of a loved one. Teaching Design to Prisoners |
Several Articles on Art with those in Solitary
Scroll down. Prison Writers is a website originated by two writers for those in prison to tell their stories from behind bars. Kids Become Criminals In Juvenile Detention Shawna found this one. Take a look those of you who are thinking about designing something where prisoners create to make money. Huffington Post article-- The Wiz at Bedford Hills Seven Things to Know About Repeat Offenders 80 Youth Prisons in the U.S. Theater of the Oppressed--Agusto Boal Prison Photography--The art of collaboration Solitary Confinement issues: Photos from Prison-- Art in Solitary Confinement Solitary Watch-- writing from Prison PHotography-- Prison and Social Death Prisoner's Pen Drawings from Solitary How many Solitary Confinement Cells fit into a One Bedroom Apartment? |
