My name is Kathleen Marie Donovan and I currently exchange letters and creative writing with prisoners serving long sentences in my home state of Florida. It was, initially, my prime service to my community, but as I go along, I find that the impact of this exchange is farther reaching: my writers and I are [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 21, 2009
Judy Dworin Performance Project’s Moving Matters! Residency Program at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, CT
The Judy Dworin Performance Project is moving into its 4th year of residency work at York Correctional Institution for women in Niantic, CT. There has been tremendous growth in the women we have worked with at York in self-confidence and self esteem; in their ability to work as a group; in their ability to express [...]
February 18, 2009
CASES Insight Project Begins a New Cycle
CASES–THE CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, INC.
The Insight Project is a comprehensive theatre-making class offered by the Court Employment Project (CEP), an alternative-to-incarceration program addressing the needs of court-involved youth at CASES. Following the success of the company’s first and second cycle productions of the original plays Bird’s Eye View and [...]
February 18, 2009
NATION’S LARGEST PRISONER ART EXHIBITION ADDRESSES GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) presents the Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners. The artwork featured in PCAP’s Annual Exhibition over the years has addressed a wide variety of social issues, this year focusing on climate change. Incarcerated people being cut off from the natural landscape [...]
February 13, 2009
Brothers in Pen: Tragedy, Struggle, and Hope (2008)
Stories from San Quentin
with a Foreword by Tobias Wolff
A new anthology of fiction and creative non-fiction written in an ongoing writing workshop at San Quentin State Prison by twelve men, mostly Lifers, all serious writers, is now available. A strong theme emerging from this collection is the nature of violence and its effects on [...]
February 10, 2009
Call for Writers to Teach at Federal Prison Phoenix
Creative Writing Residency at the Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix
William James Association’s Prison Arts Project, in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, seek writer qualified to conduct a year-long residency teaching Creative Writing to inmates at the Federal Prison in Phoenix, AZ.
The residency will focus on hands-on classes [...]
