Schools Offering College Courses to Inmates - Michigan
Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP)
Program Website: www.prisonarts.org
Contacts:
The Prison Creative Arts Project
University of Michigan
3187 Angell Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
pcapinfo@umich.edu
Buzz Alexander, Founder
4210 Eastgate Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
tel: 734-426-4819
Program Description: Founded in 1990, The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) is committed to original work in the arts in Michigan correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, urban high schools, and communities across the state. PCAP’s process is guided by respect and a spirit of collaboration in which vulnerability, risk and improvisation lead to discovery. PCAP make possible the spaces in which the voices and visions of the incarcerated can be expressed. The program is housed in the Department of English language and Literature, and supported by English and the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. The following is taken from the program’s isison statement, “we believe that everyone has the capacity to create art. Art is necessary for individual and societal growth, connection and survival. It should be accessible to everyone. The values that guide on process are respect, collaboration in which vulnerability, risk, and improvisation lead to discovery and resilence, persistence, patience, love, and laughter.”
Degrees Offered: No degree offered
Programs Offered: The Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners showcases the work of prison artists. The Exhibition of Art by Incarcerated Youth showcases the work of artists in Michigan’s juvenile facilities. The Portfolio Project works one on one with incarcerated youth and adults to help them prepare portfolios of their art and creative writing for presentation when they return home. The Linkage Project links incarcerated youth and adult artists, writers, musicians, actors, and dancers with a community arts mentor upon their release from prison or a juvenile facility, supporting them as they make the transition back into the community.
Unique Features: N/A
Headquarters: MI
Correctional Facilities Served: Michigan prisons, juvenile facilities, and urban high schools
Population Served: Urban high school students, individuals incarcerated in Michigan, and the formerly incarcerated
Number of Students: N/A
Graduates to Date: N/A
Year Founded: 1990
Founders: Buzz Alexander
College/University/Organization Partnerships: University of Michigan