WILLIMANTIC — A major showcase of prison art is currently on display at Eastern Connecticut State University. The exhibition will run through Feb. 26 in the Art Gallery of the Fine Arts Instructional ...

Sep. 22—Toilet paper, tissue and cigarette wrappers. Prison inmates use the items most of us toss to create art. Open at the Museum of International Folk Art, "Between the Lines" aims to humanize the ...

The artist Kenneth Webb, a free man granted early parole after 16 years in prison, smiles as he talks about an experience that he thought he might never have—the chance to see a major solo show of his ...

Isaac Scott has an unconventional resume. As a young man (born and raised) in Harlem, NY, searching for a father figure, he turned to drug dealing and street life. He cycled through home, streets and ...

Growing up, I never thought of myself as particularly artistic. I spent most of my childhood cycling through juvenile detention centers as punishment for drug possession, assault and burglaries. I ...

Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into an arts venue, a town spokesman said on Thursday, after the street artist ...

Danny Killion, now of Troy, NY, was suicidal when he first entered Cheshire Correctional Institution to serve time for a string of bank robberies. But eventually he found an outlet for his pain in art ...

The University of Wyoming, in collaboration with Paño Connections Traveling Prison Art Exhibition and Programming, will feature a series of events both on campus and off Thursday-Friday, Sept. 25-26, ...

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Not too long ago, I received an email from a long-time friend and colleague who was then a warden for a men’s prison. Known for her forward-thinking and support for programming and education, she has ...

Paño Connections is a nationally recognized traveling prison art collection showcasing the raw talent and ingenuity of confinement. This exhibit will showcase a diverse range of media from the ...