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Art 200 Art in Prison

This class gives students the opportunity to learn about prisons and how art can serve both as education and therapy for those incarcerated as well as humanizing incarcerated individuals to those on the outside. It is important for students to realize the United States is now one of the most incarcerating nations in the world with the prison industry growing at a rapid rate, at the same time educational and recreational activities are being cut. Readings, films and discussion provide background and training for understanding art in a prison setting. Students work individually, doing research, writing analysis and reflection papers and ultimately designing their own Social Art Project for a prison population

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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--
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Skill One

This 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
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Skill Two

Socially 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
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Skill Three

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


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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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Learn More
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
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Art Therapy with women who have experienced the death of a loved one.

Teaching Design to Prisoners

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Several Articles on Art with those in Solitary
Scroll down.


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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

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Shawna found this one. Take a look those of you who are thinking about designing something where prisoners create to make money.


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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
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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?
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