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Critical Resistance:
Nourishing Abolition
a celebration to benefit the work of
Critical Resistance – Oakland
dinner
art show
Angela Y. Davis
Sparlha Swa
Destiny Arts
and more…
6:30 pm
First Unitarian Church of Oakland
685 14th St
Oakland CA 94612
for more info:
www.criticalresistance.org
(510) 444 0484 ext 1
croakland@criticalresistance.org
CURRENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
PAST EVENTS
Through These Walls | Oakland International Film Festival | Oakland, CA
A rough cut of “Through These Walls” will be airing at the Oakland International Film Festival on Monday October 12th and Tuesday October 13th. The focus of the documentary is the power of music to transform lives, particular to the prison environment.
10/12 9:30 pm. Jack London Theater, 100 Washington St, Oakland, CA
10/13 9:30 pm. Merritt College, Oakland, CA
For more information: http://www.oiff.org/eastfilmschedule.pdf
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A Panel Discussion about Domestic Violence Survivors & the Criminal
Justice System and screening of:
“Strength of a Woman”, a documentary about the experiences of formerly
incarcerated survivors
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Time: 10:00 am until 12 Noon
Location: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell
Blvd. (btwn 124 & 125 Sts), Suite 200.
Take the 2/3/A/C/B/D to 125th Street.
Metro cards available upon request for formerly incarcerated persons who need assistance covering transportation costs.
For more info, please contact Stacey Thompson, Women in Prison Project Coalition Associate, Correctional Association 212-254 5700 x333 or sthompson@correctionalassociation.org
You’re invited to the first Children’s Prison Arts (CPAP) Fundraising Mixer!
October 29, 2009 AvantGarden (411 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77006 / 832-519-1429)
Avantgardenhouston.com
6-9 pm
Children’s Prison Arts Project (CPAP) is a nonprofit arts education organization founded by Gypsy Walker in 1993 to introduce juvenile offenders in correctional facilities and shelters to an innovative educational theater and visual arts forum where they can express their thoughts and visions in constructive ways in Houston, Texas.
CPAP is funded in part by grants from The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, The Brown Foundation and The Houston Endowment.
Please come and enjoy yourself after a long work day and support this important project.
For more information on CPAP visit
http://www.childrensprisonart.org/gallery.htm
THE POETIC JUSTICE PROJECT: AUDITIONS
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.
For more information, please call (805) 264-5463 or email: staff@poeticjusticeproject.org
For more on the Poetic Justice Project see this earlier post.
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NEW YORK PUBLISHER SPONSORS WRITING CONTEST WITH CASH PRIZES FOR INCARCERATED AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED
Resilience Multimedia, publisher of the widely praised book, Think Outside the Cell: An Entrepreneur’s Guide for the Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated, is sponsoring its second writing contest for people who are or were in prison, and their loved ones. The best submissions will be included in books in Resilience’s Think Outside the Cell Series, which is intended to help the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated tackle hard challenges and have successful lives. In the process, the series will present a fairer, more balanced image of those who’ve spent time behind prison walls.
The books are being produced with funding from the prestigious Ford Foundation, which for more than 70 years has been working to improve lives and create opportunity for people around the world.
Contestants may write personal stories about one or more of these topics: 1. Reentering society after incarceration; 2. Waiting for loved ones to return home from prison; and 3. Prison marriages and relationships.
Three winners will be chosen for each of the topics, receiving $300 for first place, $150 for second place, and $75 for third place.
Stories that do not win cash prizes will still be eligible for inclusion in the series.
These are the contest rules:
* Stories must be original and about events or situations that actually happened.
* Contestants may submit stories on more than one topic.
* Stories may be up to 3,000 words.
* Stories should be typewritten and double-spaced.
* Handwritten stories will be accepted as long as they are legible.
* Each page must include page number, author’s name, contact information and story title.
* Resilience Multimedia reserves the right to edit stories for clarity, punctuation, spelling and grammar, and retains the rights to stories in order to ensure the widest possible publicity and distribution, both in the United States and abroad.
* Story entries will not be returned.
* ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY OCT. 1, 2009. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 1, 2009.
To enter, contestants may email their stories, indicating which topic it is intended for, to: resiliencemultimedia@verizon.net.
Or they may mail their stories to: Resilience Multimedia, 511 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 525, New York, NY 10011.
Contest details are also available at www.thinkoutsidethecell.com <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102681237693&s=11873&e=001MEWY_cEfOzVTmuyhel-fLsbVBEp2KidsEUlFmvUKPH7WgScWDHJ42rkTOjq15KNfCR6AtQgyexOFy0vBZSdhq83tqOaD0TW0w9h-6_yXniA2URyoXL9fFy7vKhf-Pny8> or by calling 877-267-2303.
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Creative Writing and the Prison Experience | Joseph Bathanti | Ann Arbor, MI
Joseph Bathanti is Professor of Creative Writing at Appalachian State University and has facilitated workshops in prisons for 33 years.
Sunday, October 18th
10:30 am “The Community of Mercy”
Joe Bathanti will be the guest speaker at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 3257 Lohr Rd, Ann Arbor, MI.
2:30 pm Creative Writing Workshop: Writing About Prison
* Writing about “the experience” of prison
* Creative Writing exercises and handouts
* How to tackle prison writing across genres
This 2 hour workshop facilitated by Joseph Bathanti will be held at: Ann Arbor Friends Center, 1420 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI.
5:00 pm Reading From Coventry and Other Prison Work
Opportunity for Q&A with Joseph Bathanti. Refreshments included. Held at the Ann Arbor Friends Center
1420 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI.
For More Information Contact: Michelle Heitmann (360) 961-4734 or michelleh.mpri@gmail.com
| Community Works Presents:Man.Alive. Production |
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Stories from the edge of incarceration
to the flight of imagination Thursday, October 1, 6:30pm |
| Featuring: Reggie Daniels, Antonio Johnson, Ivan Corado and Freddie Gutierrez Co-directed by Amie Dowling, Paul S. Flores and Natalie GreeneTickets are $10 Buy online at: brownpapertickets.com/event/79891
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| Directions to STUDIO THEATER on LONE MOUNTAIN: Once you have gone up the stairs or driven up the Lone Mountain Campus, you will see the Main Entrance in front of you. To your RIGHT you will see a semi-circle of FLAGS, in front of glass doors. This is the entrance to the STUDIO THEATER. In the blocks between Fulton St and Golden Gate Ave., there is 2 hour parking before 6pm Monday – Saturday. After 6pm you can easily park there for a show. People having special needs that make them unable to climb the steps or aren’t coming with a driver to drop them off, please contact the box office at 415-422-2311 or boxoffice@usfca.edu so they can assist you. DRIVING DIRECTIONS Traveling South From the Golden Gate Bridge/North Bay: After crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, stay in the right lane and take the 19th Avenue exit. Turn right on Anza Street, immediately left onto 14th Street, proceed forward to Balboa Street and turn left. Continue on Balboa Street all the way up the hill (Balboa becomes Turk at Arguello) and then turn left onto the ramp between Parker Avenue and Temescal Street just at the USF Lone Mountain Campus sign on your left. Traveling West From the Bay Bridge/East Bay: After crossing the Bay Bridge, take the 9th Street/Civic Center exit. Head westbound on Harrison Street for 1 block then turn right onto 9th Street. Once on 9th, stay in the two left lanes and veer left onto Hayes Street. Continue on Hayes for 3 blocks to Franklin Street. Turn right onto Franklin (staying in the left lanes) and proceed 5 blocks to Turk Street. Turn left onto Turk and continue approximately 1 mile to the Lone Mountain Campus which will appear as a large park-like hill on your right after Masonic. Turn right into upward ramp between Parker Avenue and Temescal Street after you have crested the low hill on Turk. |
| This event is produced by Community Works, in collaboration with the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and USF’s Department of Performing Arts and Social Justice.Community Works engages youth and adults in arts and education programs that interrupt and heal the far-reaching impact of incarceration and violence by empowering individuals, families and communities. For more information about this production or Community Works’ other Restorative Arts programming, please call 510-486-2340. |
SF Office of the Public Defender
Tuesday September 22
5:30pm-7:00pm
Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room
SF Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin Street (Enter at 30 Grove Street, and proceed down the stairs.)
San Francisco
Please join us for a reception of film, photos, and conversation about the personal experiences of people returning from jails and prisons. Featured art includes a multimedia presentations by Robert Gumpert (http://www.robertgumpert.com) and by Joseph Rodriguez (http://www.josephrodriguezphotography.com), and a clip from the documentary film THE TRUST by Tamara Perkins (http://www.trustcommunity.org). Confirmed speakers include Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.
Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome. No RSVP required.
For more information, please contact Jessica Flintoft at (415) 553-1593 or jessica.flintoft@sfreentry.com. Please note: This is not a Library Sponsored Program. Please use public contact information above for more information about this event.
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August 8th, 2009, 9:30 pm
The Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd Street (btw 5th & 6th Ave.) NYC
*Tickets are $20 & a two drink minimum – tickets can be purchased online at
**www.voicesunbroken.org/2009WordSeries.html*<http://www.voicesunbroken.org/2009WordSeries.html>
*Reservations are strongly encouraged*
*If you are unable to attend, but would like to make a donation (thank
you!), please visit *www.voicesunbroken.org/GetConnected
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We are extremely pleased to announce the *Philadelphia Premiere* of our new documentary *CONCRETE STEEL & PAINT* — a film about crime, restoration and healing through artistic collaboration. More than 5 years in the making, we are thrilled to share this exciting news and express our gratitude to all of you whose interest and support has contributed to our efforts. We hope you will join us for this celebratory event! Feel free to forward the announcement onto others.
Thursday, July 23rd, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 19104, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30).
a film about crime, restoration and healing
by Cindy Burstein and Tony Heriza
Special Issue: Criminal Justice and Music
Deadline: October 1, 2009
An increasing interest in community music in prison settings is apparent today. The scope of this special issue of the International Journal of Community Music includes both academic research and practitioner fieldwork that falls under the topic of criminal justice and music.
Contribution categories:
(1) Articles (c. 4000-6000 words: scholarly research reports)
(2) The development of professional practice (c. l000-3000 words: select contributions from recognized practitioners in the field, who may include freelance musicians, composers, arts and leisure workers, youth and social workers, policymakers etc.)
(3) Short compilations of book and music project reviews relating to recently published or produced work.
Those interested in submitting an article for possible publication should send Dr Mary Cohen (mary-cohen@uiowa.edu) your working title and brief abstract (50-150 words) by June 15.
Contact Dr. Cohen if you have any questions about this issue.
More information including notes to contributors available on the International Journal of Community Music website: http://www.intljcm.com/index.html
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Youth from
LearningWorks’
Alternatives to Detention & Youth Building Alternatives
in collaboration with
Maine Inside Out
invite you to an original performance based on their own experiences and opinions about poverty.
Thursday, May 7th at 5pm
at LearningWorks
181 Brackett St
Portland,Maine 04102
For more information: Margot 207 775 0105 x 161
Maine Inside Out is a performing and creative arts organization collaborating with incarcerated and formally incarcerated people to increase opportunities for active participation in meaningful creative work, the sharing of original work with our community, and the facilitation of dialogue to initiate social change. www.maineinsideout.org
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Rehabilitation Arts Foundation
Development Manager…With a Big Heart…and Big Ideas
We seek an executive to spearhead many Foundation activities, a dedicated person who is able to organize motivate, and have the flexibility to engage in multitasking on a daily basis. Our Foundation is dedicated to the arts and the role of the arts in rehabilitation of the many talented people who are physically disabled., mentally challenged, the aged, and those in prisons who are still capable of creating excellent visual art, literature, plays, music and other artistic endeavors; to use the arts to overcome obstacles to their success and self-reliance. The Rehabilitation Arts Foundation role is to provide commercial outlets for these many talented individuals and to provide requisite financial compensation. We partner with the Kennedy Center for performing arts presentations.
We are seeking a self-starting manager with skills in public and donor relations, and is committed to progressive nonprofit social causes. Our offices and art gallery are centrally located in downtown Washington, DC. Our salary and benefits will be scaled to the experience and work history of the applicant. Please send a resume and contact information to Director@RehabilitationArtsFoundation.org
 invites you to a special evening that includes dinner and a pr
ogram benefiting:
 Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:30-9:30 pm At the home of Hans Schoepflin Mill Valley About the Project: What Cannot Be Taken Away is an intergenerational creative dialogue and documentation of the impacts of incarceration on Bay Area families. Using visual art, writing and digital audio, 12 participants from Community Works programs will work with artist Evan Bissell to create six life-size mixed media portraits, each featuring two participants. The portraits will be created during four months of workshops that will take place separately at San Francisco County Jail #5 with Community Works’ RSVP program participants and with Project WHAT! and ROOTS youth. Six youth participants will partner with six adults to share art and ongoing written communication across the jail walls about their experiences with incarceration and how it has impacted their families.
Take the San Rafael Bridge to Sir Francis Drake/101 South exit Go through Larkspur Landing and onto 101 South
Get off at the East Blithedale/Tiburon exit
Right onto East Blithedale
Take East Blithedale to the 2nd light at Camino Alto
Turn Left on Camino Alto. Proceed to first light (Sycamore)
Turn Left on Sycamore. From Santa Rosa (North): Take 101 South and exit at East Blithedale
Right onto East Blithedale
Take East Blithedale to the 2nd light at Camino Alto
Turn Left on Camino Alto. Proceed to first light (Sycamore)
Turn Left on Sycamore. From San Francisco: Take 101 North and exit at the East Blithedale exit
Left onto East Blithedale
Take East Blithedale to the 2nd light at Camino Alto
Turn Left on Camino Alto. Proceed to first light (Sycamore)
Turn Left on Sycamore. The Middle School is on the left. The parking lot is at the rear. If necessary, there is additional parking across the street at the Mill Valley Sewer Department
Dinner 6:30-7:30 |
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POETIC JUSTICE PROJECT
When: September, 2009
What: “Take the Blue Train,” free public screenings of a documentary on the making of the original play in the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo in 2003. After the film, four ex-offenders who helped produce Blue Train in prison will participate in a public forum.
Video Clip: Blue Train
Art, music and poetry from offenders and ex-offenders on the Poetic Justice Project website
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Prison Tattoo Art Contest | Call for Submissions deadline: May 31, 2009
Who is eligible: Any tattoo artist who is or has been in prison or jail
Prizes: First Place $250, Second Place $150, Third Place $75
Winners and other selected drawings may be published in an anthology of prison tattoo art.
All entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2009.
Learn More at: http://shotcallerpress.com/contest.htm
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Prison University Project
When: Saturday March 28, 2009
6pm Casual Buffet Dinner, 7 pmReading and Performance, 8 pm dessert reception
Where: 221 Hillside Avenue, Mill Valley CA
Cost: $100 per person. Alumni of the College Program at San Quentin attend for free
To purchase tickets call 415 455-8088, ext. 1
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New York benefit for the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP)
When: Thursday, February 26, 8pm
Where: Gallery Bar, 120 Orchard Street (cross street: Delancey) F/J train to Delancey-Essex, 6 train to Bleeker, D train to Grand
Cost: $10
Dance the Night Away for PCAP! Enjoy music (live DJ), spoken word performances, opportunity to buy art by formerly incarcerated artists, raffle and more/
Goal: To raise $2000 for PCAP
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Beyond Cages and Walls | Call for Submissions deadline: February 15, 2009
Description and Purpose: In the US, some 2.4 million people are imprisoned while 1.6 million migrants have been deported since 1996. On a world scale, while most people’s movement is constrained by a system of global apartheid, policing strategies are shared across national borders that are commonly used to crack down on political organizing and dissent. What are the connections between the prison industrial complex and migration policies that are symbolized by deadly cages and walls? How do these different state policies both divide and connect different groups of people across nationality, citizenship, race, class, gender, and sexuality? What work do these sturdy tools of division, isolation, and control do at this moment of economic crisis? What are the ideologies that make walls and cages seem so durable, and what cracks in these edifices can movements for social justice and liberation open up?
Making links between prison policies and migration policies is important for being able to understand and challenge white supremacy, US imperialism, capitalism, and militarization. We want to understand the ways in which the prison abolition and immigrant justice movements are opposing state violence and the creative ways in which they are working to build a world without walls and cages. How might organizing around the “right to stay” be a way of bridging communities who face economic dislocation – whether through free trade policies or gentrification – and repressive state policies alike?
This collection will bring materials from people who are directly affected by these systems together with work from organizers, activists, advocates, artists, poets, and researchers. We invite a range of submissions, including poems, testimonies, visual arts, analyses, criticism, strategies and campaigns for change. We will be publishing this book with a popular independent press.
About the editors: Jenna Loyd is a scholar-activist who is a member of the Syracuse-based Detainment Task Force, which organizes against migrant detention and raids. Matt Mitchelson is a geographer researching imprisonment and working with former prisoners. Andrew Burridge is a geography graduate student and activist working towards freedom of movement within the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and beyond.
Learn More at: http://beyondcagesandwalls.blogspot.com,
Contact: Jenna Loyd at jloyd@gc.cuny.edu, 310-490-9166, Center for Place Culture and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth St, New York, NY 10016.
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This Place Called Poetry | November 7, 2008-January 24, 2009 | San Francisco, CA
WritersCorps’ 15th Anniversary Exhibition
What happens when poetry comes into your life? Can poems make a difference? Meet 11 San Francisco youth who’ve embarked on a lifelong journey with words. This exhibition of art and film tells the stories of young people finding and claiming their place.
When: November 7, 2008 to January 24, 2009
Opening Night Reception: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Where: San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
401 Van Ness Ave (at McAllister), San Francisco, CA 94102
415-554-6080
Gallery Hours: Open Wednesday to Saturday, 12 to 5 pm
Cost: Free. Class field trips are welcome. Free lesson plans will also be available to teachers who wish to take students to the exhibition.
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OUTSIDER Art from INSIDE | February 12 – March 27, 2009 | Philadelphia, PA
Please join the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program for the opening reception of work created by participants in the Mural Arts Restorative Justice Program.
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 12, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Thursday, March 26, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: The Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center at the Thomas Eakins House, 1727-29 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Gallery Hours: Weekdays from 9:00 am -5:00 pm and by appointment
For information, please contact Robyn Buseman, Restorative Justice Program Manager, at 215-685-0756 or robyn.buseman@muralarts.org.
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Nation’s Largest Prisoner Art Exhibition Addresses Global Climate Crisis | March 24 – April 8, 2009 | Ann Arbor, MI
"Halloween: Fall Fun-Time" by Gary English
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.
When: March 24 – April 8, 2009
Where: Duderstadt Center Gallery on the University of Michigan North Campus at 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opening Reception: March 24, 5:30 – 8 p.m. in the gallery
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Sunday – Monday, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
For more information call 734-647-7673 or email prisonart@umich.edu.
www.prisonarts.org
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Free Battered Women presents Our Voices Within: Internally Free | March 28, 2009 | San Francisco, CA
Celebrating the freedom of formerly incarcerated survivors of domestic violence & honoring those who remain imprisoned.
When: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 3:30 – 6:00 pm
Where: The Women’s Building at 3543 18th St. (between Mission & Guerrero), San Francisco, CA 94110
Cost: $10-25 donation at the door – no one turned away for lack of funds.
Details: Silent auction featuring artwork by women inside begins at 3:30 pm. Program begins at 4:00 pm. The Women’s Building is wheelchair accessible. Limited parking available in lots near by or on the street. Closest BART stop is 16th Street.
For more information contact Emily at 415-255-7036 x 304 or emily@freebatteredwomen.org.
www.freebatteredwomen.org
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Dreamings | April 2, 3, 4, 2009 | Hartford, CT
Dreamings is a multi-arts collaborative performance piece that connects those behind bars with those who are free by exploring incarceration through the lens of dreams.
When: April 2, 3, 4, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT, 06106
Cost: $20 general admission, $10 seniors and Let’s Go! members, $5 students
Women who have completed their sentence, along with family members of those currently incarcerated, have contributed writings to the piece and will perform alongside the professional company members.
For more information contact Judy Dworin Performance Project JDPPinc@gmail.com, judydworwin.org
Art Behind Bars | November 18, 2008 | Austin, TX
Art Behind Bars
Featuring Sara Hickman and The Ephraim Owens Trio
CPI’s annual fundraiser features a live and silent art auction with donated pieces from prison inmates and E.A.S.T. Austin studio tour artists, free food and cheap drinks, live music, and the 2008 Community Spotlight Awards.
When: November 18, 2008, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Where: Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Road
Cost: $25/person
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Calls From Home | December 9, 2008 | Whitesburg, KY
Calls From Home
A grassroots run national radio broadcast for prisoner families during Dec. 2008, carried on over 200 radio stations across the United States and beyond.
When: December 9, 2008, from 4pm-11pm EST
What: Thousand Kites will open the phone lines for family and friends who wish to send holiday greetings to incarcerated loved ones. These messages will be broadcast on radio stations around the country.
How: Call 888-396-1208 to read a short poem, sing a song, or send a blessing. Speak from your hear to those incarcerated.
Calls from Home will be broadcast on WMMT in Whitesburg, KY on December 22 (listen in live) and on over 200 community radio stations nationwide during the holiday season. Contact Thousand Kites (thousandkitesproject@gmail.com) to find out when Calls From Home will air in your community, or to suggest a station. Call 606-633-0108 or email us for more information.
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Scholars have yet to determine the origin of paño art but some believe that it emerged in the 1940s among Chicano prisoners in the Southwestern United States who drew on the handkerchiefs or torn bed sheets. They do this because finding materials for artistic expression is difficult.
The portable and economical aspects of the Paño (handkerchief) allow prisoners to share their work with family and friends, use in bartering, and to mentally escape prison life. Today paño art is associated with Chicano inmates around the country, both male and female, who neatly fold paños into envelopes and mail them to loved ones.
Paños typically depict prison life, loved ones, dreams, memories, or personal experiences. Paño artists take much of their imagery and inspiration from the larger visual arts vocabulary of Chicano art conspicuous in murals, posters, low rider cars, graffiti, and tattoos.
Most prisons offer handkerchiefs for sale in the commissary and tacitly sanction the art. Panos are collected in great numbers by convict patrons. The Smithsonian Museum has a pano collection, recognizing the uniqueness of this art form.
The Safe Streets Arts Foundation, incorporating both the Prisons Foundation and the Victims Foundation, is the sponsor of the annual From-Prison-to-The-Stage Show at the Kennedy Center and the Prison Art Gallery in Washington, DC. It is supported through the generosity Lloyd S. Rubin, ex-prisoner and international arts consultant.
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February 19, 2009 at 10:52 am
Dreamings is a multi-arts collaborative performance piece that connects those behind bars with those who are free by exploring incarceration through the lens of dreams.
When: April 2, 3, 4, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT, 06106
Cost: $20 general admission, $10 seniors and Let’s Go! members, $5 students
Women who have completed their sentence, along with family members of those currently incarcerated, have contributed writings to the piece and will perform alongside the professional company members.
July 9, 2009 at 2:30 am
interesting site with a lot of activities where we can llearn a lot of here in Holland.How can I become a copy of the film about muralartsproject(s?)
July 10, 2009 at 12:10 am
Hi. Thanks for your comment. We are not sure of the exact answer to your question, but you might consider sending your inquiry to the email address provided for “Concrete Steel & Paint”: cspfilm@gmail.com
Good luck.
-The Prison Arts Coalition
November 5, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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