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Comment on Events, Jobs & More by PEN American Center

PEN American Center — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:06 +0000

PEN American Center’s Prison Writing Program is hosting a fundraiser this coming Monday, Nov. 9 at 7pm at The Greene Space in New York City. The program will be broadcast on WNYC and available on their website at http://www.wnyc.org. The work of prison writers will be read on-air by John Turturro, Mary Gaitskill, Patricia Smith, Eric Bogosian and others. If you would like to attend the event (and thus help with the fundraising drive) please visit https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/7631135 to purchase. For more information, please email prisonwriting[at]pen.org

Thank you.

Jonathan Dozier-Ezell
Coordinator, PEN Prison Writing Program

Comment on Posting on the Coalition Blog by Triya

Triya — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:17:09 +0000

Thank you so much Prison Arts Coalition. My heart stirs, I shed tears as I learn more and more about the humanity transforming itself through people who care; healing through arts and theater, creative writing, performances, community services, and life coaching. I am doing a power point presentation for my college class ‘Auto-Biography and the Psychology of Memoir’ and decided to focus on ‘women in prison.’ I have been reading different stories and projects… I am so deeply moved. I feel human again. Thank you Prison Arts Coalition for having such a professional and well-organized site. YOU ROCK!!
Sincerely,
Triya Smith

Comment on That Bird Has My Wings by That Bird Has My Wings ï¿½ Prison Arts Coalition « Soulport

That Bird Has My Wings ï¿½ Prison Arts Coalition « Soulport — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:09:03 +0000

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Comment on Programs by Nancy Meis

Nancy Meis — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:07:48 +0000

Please add Arts in Prison, Inc. to the list.

1333 S. 27th St.
Kansas City, KS 66106
913.403.0229

We provide educational and personal growth opportunities through the arts for the incarcerated, the recently released and at-risk youth.

We do programs in detention facilities in Kansas and Missouri.

Comment on By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives by Joseph Lea

Joseph Lea — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:01:22 +0000

By Heart: Poetry, Prison & Two Lives is a remarkable memoir of two powerful personalities brought together through poetry and prison. Neither person thought they would end up at San Quentin and yet when they did their joint contribution to the work in prison and beyond was phenomenal. It is an amazing read, turning from chapter to chapter you learn about their lives as children, young adults, and independent and confined individuals as well as their thoughts, beliefs and hopes. If you have worked in prison, you will find it heartwarming to learn what your presence means to those who reside there. And if you ever questioned (as we all do) does my work really matter, you will no longer wonder. Through Judith’s genuineness a poet awoke and found a way to live a fuller life in spite of confinement and through Spoon’s honesty and talent many people will be compelled to contribute to society even if society has abandoned them.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a manuscript copy of this work and am already planning on having Judith visit for a book talk at York Correctional Institution for Women in Niantic, Connecticut. Actually, we are planning to have her do book talks at each of the prison book clubs in our prisons. I encourage everyone to find a way to have Judith share her story and Spoon’s story with your students, colleagues and friends.

Thanks Judith and Spoon!!

Comment on The Poetic Justice Project by theprisonartscoalition

theprisonartscoalition — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:11:48 +0000

Thank you for contributing. We also posted your audition announcement under “Events, Jobs & More.”

Best,
The Prison Arts Coalition

Comment on The Poetic Justice Project by poeticjusticeproject

poeticjusticeproject — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:41:21 +0000

EX-CONS ONLY NEED AUDITION

The Poetic Justice Project will begin auditions for their upcoming play Blue Train beginning Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. The play, created and performed at the California Men’s Colony in 2003, will feature men who have been previously incarcerated in jail or prison. No professional acting experience is required.

Auditions will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Poetic Justice Project, 1241 Garden Street in San Luis Obispo. Blue Train auditions are part of the Poetic Justice Project’s Open House, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 19, and will be observed by members of the public. Rehearsals for the play begin Nov. 9. Blue Train will be performed at the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre on Dec. 26 and 27, following a VIP preview performance on Dec. 22.

The Poetic Justice Project creates original theatre that examines crime, punishment and redemption, producing groundbreaking work that challenges and transforms our culture. It is a program of the William James Association, which has provided prison arts programs in California and other parts of the U.S. since 1977.

The Poetic Justice Project’s Artistic Director, Deborah Tobola, managed the Arts in Corrections program at the California Men’s Colony from 2000 to 2008. Under Tobola’s direction, the program produced an original play annually. Five men who participated in the prison production of the play in 2003 are working with her to bring Blue Train to the public stage in December.

For more information, please call (805) 264-5463 or email: staff@poeticjusticeproject.org

Comment on The Poetic Justice Project by Raymond Walker

Raymond Walker — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:21:19 +0000

I love what you are doing, and I pray that others will feel the same. We need things tike this, to give hope to those that lost it.

Comment on A Question of Freedom by A Question of Freedom Â« Prison Arts Coalition « Soulport

A Question of Freedom Â« Prison Arts Coalition « Soulport — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:25:16 +0000

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Comment on NATION’S LARGEST PRISONER ART EXHIBITION ADDRESSES GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS by theprisonartscoalition

theprisonartscoalition — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:06:28 +0000

Please email pcapinfo@umich.edu

PCAP currently has a book donation project through which they send books to prison. Good luck and thanks for your inquiry.