A national network and resource for those creating art in and around the criminal legal system.
Dear friends of The Prison Arts Coalition: Building upon a new level of cultural awareness regarding the benefits of arts in corrections programs, we would like to know if an expanded national organization would be a valuable asset to you and the work you do. In these early stages, we feel the association could offer …
Continue reading Seeking input on building a national prison arts association
By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives -- a two-person memoir written by Judith Tannenbaum and Spoon Jackson -- will be out in April 2010. You can read more about the book here (and sign up to be notified when the book is available).
Stefan Säfsten, a Swedish composer, has written two choral suites whose text is the poems of Spoon Jackson (who is serving life without possibility of parole in California). The church choir, Järva Röster, has performed the songs in Europe and the United States. Cds of the work -- Freedom for the Prisoners and the recent …
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 …
Continue reading Brothers in Pen: Tragedy, Struggle, and Hope (2008)