Pacific States

Please note: The Prison Arts Coalition does not offer any programs. The following are independent prison arts programs we have identified in this region. To learn more about the programs below, please contact the programs directly.

Alaska

  1. Hiland Mountain Correctional Center Women’s String Orchestra
  2. Wildwood Correctional Center: Ice Sculpture Contest and Crochet Project
  3. Brush with Adventure at Spring Creek Correctional Center

Washington

  1. Gateways for Incarcerated Youth Education & culture, [email protected]
  2. Denney Juvenile Justice Center Poetry and Art Workshop Mindy Hardwick, [email protected]
  3. Keeping the Faith - The Prison Project
  4. Sustainable Prisons Project Science, nature, and horticulture
  5. Yoga Behind Bars Natalie Smith, [email protected]
  6. Art Studio Pete Brook, [email protected]
  7. University Beyond Bars [email protected]
  8. Pongo Teen Writing Project [email protected]
  9. Freehold Theatre (206) 323-7499, [email protected]
  10. Underground Writing Matt Malyon, [email protected]
  11. Prison Renaissance [email protected]

Oregon

  1. Inside-Out Oregon Academic and arts courses
  2. Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Creative Arts program, annual Shakespeare production
  3. Center for Intercultural Dialogue - Prisons and Peace Kelley Totten, [email protected]
  4. Write Around Portland 503.796.9224, [email protected]
  5. Project HOPE Peggy Kendellen, [email protected]
  6. The Beat Within David Inocencio, [email protected], (415) 503-4170
  7. Open Hearts Open Minds Dialogue, theater, reentry, [email protected]
  8. The Concertina Wire Radio Program University of Oregon, [email protected]
  9. Janus Youth Programs Kathleen Fullerton, (503) 982-4454, [email protected]
  10. Big House Kite (503) 841-8826, [email protected]

California

  1. The Art of Yoga Project
  2. InsideOUT Writers Mindy Velasco, Writing Program Director [email protected] or [email protected]
  3. Los Angeles Poverty Department 213-413-1077
  4. Poetic Justice Project Deborah Tobola, (805) 264-5463, [email protected]
  5. Rising Voices of Community Works 415-734-2360, [email protected]
  6. WritersCorps [email protected]
  7. Write and Rise Margo Perin, [email protected]
  8. Pelican Bay Speaks [email protected]
  9. The Actor’s Gang Prison Project Sabra Williams, [email protected]
  10. The Medea Project
  11. William James Association Prison Arts Project
  12. We Players Alcatraz 2011
  13. Prison University Project Creative performances
  14. Prison Yoga Project James Fox, [email protected]
  15. The Knotted Line Evan Bissell, [email protected]
  16. Five Keys Charter School SISTER, Garden Project
  17. GOGI Yoga [email protected]
  18. Santa Cruz County Inmate Programs M’Liss Keesling, [email protected]
  19. Brothers in Pen: Wednesday Night Creative Writing Class at San Quentin [email protected]
  20. The Roots and Wings Project [email protected]
  21. Each One Reach One (650) 225-9030, [email protected]
  22. The Beat Within David Inocencio, [email protected], (415) 503-4170
  23. Resolve to Stop the Violence (RSVP), [email protected]
  24. Prison Library Project Annual Exhibition, Rachel McDonnell, [email protected]
  25. Jail Guitar Doors [email protected]
  26. Prisoners Literature Project [email protected]
  27. Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project - Social Biographies [email protected]
  28. Beyond this Prison [email protected]
  29. Give a Beat [email protected]
  30. Inside the Reels at Vista Jail - Christina Fink, Founder, [email protected]
  31. Prison Arts Touching Hearts (P.A.T.H.) Leslie Lakes, [email protected]
  32. Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network (AIYN) (310) 962-6000, [email protected]
  33. Prison Renaissance [email protected]

Hawaii

  1. The Beat Within David Inocencio, [email protected], (415) 503-4170
  2. Learning Center at Halawa Correctional Facility Hawaiian chant and dance, Hawaiian language, music, yoga, meditation