South Atlantic

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.

Delaware

  1. Avodah Dance Ensemble [email protected]
  2. Prison Arts Program Delaware Dept of Corrections

Maryland

  1. Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown (MCI-H) Annual Art Exhibition
  2. Knitting Behind Bars Lynn Zwerling, [email protected]
  3. ReWired for Change [email protected], 410-528-9058
  4. Project Youth ArtReach (PYA) Claire Schwadron, 301-608-9103, [email protected]
  5. Carpe Diem Arts, Busy Graham, [email protected]

Washington, D.C.

  1. Free Minds Book Club (202) 758-0829, [email protected]
  2. Prison Fellowship International International art competitions and exhibitions
  3. Safe Streets Arts Foundation Dennis Sobin, [email protected]
  4. Prisons Foundation Dennis Sobin, [email protected]
  5. Blackout Arts Collective [email protected]
  6. The Beat Within David Inocencio, [email protected], (415) 503-4170
  7. Writing Exchange Program with Georgetown University Students Wendy Jason, [email protected]

Virginia

  1. Art program at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail
  2. Prison Theatre Workshop course Betsy Rudelich Tucker, [email protected]
  3. The Messages Project [email protected]
  4. Visual Art at Wallens Ridge State Prison

West Virginia

  1. Giving Back with Heart Prisoner Art Auction

North Carolina

  1. North Carolina Division of Prisons Annual Creative Writing Contest, Annual Inmate Art Show
  2. Creative Writing: Joseph Bathanti, Poet Laureate of NC, teaches writing in prisons, 828-262-2337, [email protected]
  3. Internationalist Prison Books Collective [email protected]
  4. Art class at Nash Correctional Institution
  5. Hidden Voices Lynden Harris, [email protected].
  6. Working Narratives [email protected]

South Carolina

1. Spartanburg County Detention Center Therapeutic arts programming, Deputy Robert Duclos, Programs Coordinator, 864-596-2607, ext. 115 and [email protected]

Georgia

  1. Reforming Arts Wende Ballew, [email protected]
  2. Blackout Arts Collective [email protected]

Florida

  1. ArtSpring Leslie Neal, [email protected]
  2. Art Behind Bars Lynne Vantriglia, (401)323-1314, [email protected]
  3. Art Program at Everglades Correctional Institute, Alejandra Chirinos, [email protected]