Project Gallery
"While We Were Away" Podcast
June 1st 2019
Prison Creative Arts Project
"While We Were Away" was a reentry podcast creatively centering the voices of formerly incarcerated community members by telling their story. It involved interviewing, photographing, editing and guiding these community members, as well as various other events. On their website they also created resource lists for people coming home to help them find employment and policy information. The storytellers were free to use their materials for personal or professional gain, and audiences included students and un-affected community members who stood to increase their empathy by involvement with the podcast.
Self Portrait Projects at Spectrum Juvenile Justice Services
May 1st 2019
Prison Creative Arts Project
This project provided art supplies, of quality, for incarcerated youth (males age 11-21) to create artwork that gave them an outlet to express themselves, and for University of Michigan students to teach, participate, and learn alongside the young men about their lives and what it means to grow from their experiences. The project focused on students and incarcerated members creating self-portraits in an effort to redefine their purpose, reflect on their life experiences, and set a positive outlook on their lives moving forward. Funds from Arts at Michigan went towards the costs of art supplies.
PCAP Artist Residency: Andrew Martinez
March 15th 2019
Prison Creative Arts Project
The executive student committee of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) hosted guest artist and scholar Dr. Andrew MartÃnez as a faculty resident from March 15- April 2 to provide a series of classes and workshops on art activism at the University of Michigan as well as to initiate dance curriculum with PCAP. Dr. MartÃnez offered a unique perspective to the University of Michigan community on the importance of the arts in activism and social change. He also shared his knowledge of prison systems in other countries, the role the arts may play in nation-building, and how the arts can be used as forms of political commentary, defiance and action. Funds from Arts at Michigan were used to cover the costs of an honorarium.