Call for submissions: writing by artists who facilitate workshops inside

On April 3, 2015April 3, 2015 By thejusticeartscoalitionIn Anthology, Art in Prison, book, Call for submissions, Prison Art, Social justice, teaching, Teaching artists, theater in prison, writingLeave a comment

Project: An anthology of writing by artists who lead/teach (or previously led/taught) arts workshops inside correctional facilities. I seek submissions to construct a book proposal for publication. Submission Guidelines + Instructions: Writing must be inspired by your prison work. It does not need to be directly connected to a specific event, experience, or person. Please indicate where names/identifying information …

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Call for submissions – Transforming Grief: Personal and Communal Loss in the Work of Remaking the World

On February 17, 2015 By thejusticeartscoalitionIn announcement, Anthology, Art in Prison, art programs for ex-offenders, Call for submissions, Creative Writing in Prison, immigrant detention, Prison Art, Social justice, Solitary Confinement, teaching, writing

DEADLINE: March 25, 2015 Transforming Grief is rooted in the belief that the most potent stories—the ones most capable of informing critical shifts—are those that emerge from our hearts and lives, our learning and intervulnerability. This anthology will bring together writers from a variety of perspectives striving to unearth the transformative value of grief as …

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Denney Juvenile Justice Center Poetry Workshop Launches New Blog, Downloadable Poetry Books

On April 3, 2011April 3, 2011 By thejusticeartscoalitionIn Anthology, book, Creative Writing in Prison, resource, Uncategorized, writingLeave a comment

Denney Juvenile Justice Center Poetry Workshop founder and facilitator Mindy Hardwick writes, In 2005, I volunteered to facilitate a poetry workshop with youth at Denney Juvenile Justice Center, located in Everett, Washington. Each week, I meet with a group of young men and a group of young ladies and we write poems which are based …

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NATION’S LARGEST EXHIBTION OF PRISON ART CELEBRATES 16 YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

On March 15, 2011November 17, 2020 By thejusticeartscoalitionIn Anthology, Art in Prison, Prison ArtLeave a comment

Image: Count Time by Alan Compo Norberg The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) presents the presents the Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners. Running from March 22 – April 6, 2011, the show will be held at the Duderstadt Center Gallery on the University of Michigan North Campus at 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard. Over …

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Book Announcement: Reading Is My Window

On November 30, 2010December 1, 2010 By thejusticeartscoalitionIn Anthology, book, library in prison, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Meg Sweeney, Associate Professor of English and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, has authored a new book! Reading Is My Window is about incarcerated women's reading practices. The book is available from the University of North Carolina Press. Author Meg Sweeney writes to the Prison Arts Coalition about her book: Drawing on extensive individual interviews …

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