1st Edition

Changemakers' Guide to Prison Arts Programming Bridging the Gap

By Annie Buckley Copyright 2026
198 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Changemakers’ Guide to Prison Arts Programming explores practical tips and stories from the field about developing arts programs for incarcerated individuals. This book is based on more than ten years of experience, during which Annie Buckley developed two in-depth programs with prisons in California, with a focus on one, Prison Arts Collective, which has brought arts programming to over... Read more

PART I: Humanity 1. A Beginning; 2. Grounded in Care: The Alchemy of Creative Community; 3. Creative Connections; 4. Finding Voice through Imagery; 5. From the Inside Out; PART II: Interconnections 6. Community-based Curriculum; 7. Connection Circles; 8. Synchrony; 9. Homecoming; 10. Dancing the Line; PART III: Imagination 11. A Girl Named Justice; 12. Oasis; 13. Chillin' with God; 14. Painted Windows; 15. "Art Pushed the Darkness Away"; PART IV: Power 16. Dividing Line; 17. La Jefa; 18. Halls of Power; 19. Weaving the Circle; 20. Ripple

Biography

Annie Buckley is a community-engaged artist, writer, editor, professor and the founder and director of Prison Arts Collective, which has brought arts and arts leadership training to over 10,000 people in 15 state prisons in California since 2013 with a collaborative team of students, faculty, community artists, and incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists. Buckley is a professor at San Diego State University, where she is the founding director of the Institute for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Justice. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and has an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design.