12.15.2023 - By Laura Flanders, Curious Communications
The following full uncut conversation is from our recent episode "Imagination in the Face of Incarceration." It is available here as a podcast thanks to generous contributions from listeners like you. Thank you. Support the podcast => LauraFlanders.org/donate
The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) is an independent program of the University of Michigan that supports formerly incarcerated artists, facilitates creative arts workshops and even hosts an annual exhibition to showcase incarcerated artists’ work. “Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance” is a new book based on the project.
Guests:
• Janie Paul: Author, Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance; Emerita Professor of Art, University of Michigan; Curator, Prison Creative Arts Project
• Q (Yusef Qualls): Former Juvenile Lifer & Incarcerated Artist
• Danny Valentine: Formerly Incarcerated Artist