1st Edition
Changemakers' Guide to Prison Arts Programming Bridging the Gap
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.
'[Prison Arts Collective] is based on the belief that art is a human right that empowers the incarcerated to find their creative voice, cultivate community, and share their knowledge. The book uses narrative, theory, and guidance to explore themes of hope and transformation, grief and loss, and interconnection and mutuality, Buckley said.'
Suzan Filipek, Village Resident Launches Book on Bringing Art to Prisons'Changemakers’ Guide to Prison Arts Programming is an essential tool for university faculty and others seeking to start similar programs.'
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