The Linkage Community, a network of formerly incarcerated artists and creatives, will begin operating as an independent entity on Aug. 1. Until now, it has operated under PCAP, which focuses primarily ...

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

In today's Ukraine, just as under the Soviet period, art also flourishes in prison, made by men and women alike, and deserves ...

Waymond Harrison began painting during his time as an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup. It was a ...

With cameras barred from federal courts, sketch artists like Jane Rosenberg and Christine Cornell give the public the only ...

Piranesi’s sublime fantasies did not emerge from nothing – he followed a tradition of dramatic backdrop designers who rendered beautifully observed perspective drawings as the settings for operas and ...

Today, known as Lukiškės Prison 2.0, it is an epicenter of culture and creativity, where immersive events, art installations, and music festivals take place within its once formidable walls.

Program Manager Jeffrey Greene, who has taught art in prison for more than 20 years, offered perspective on the featured artists. “Right now, we’re here,” said Greene.

Even behind bars, much of her art soars above the everyday banality and brutality behind prison walls. “In The Realm of Mortal Existence” by Jamie Diaz, 2014.

Portland-based Laika will explore a labyrinthian alternate reality in “ Piranesi,” one of its upcoming stop-motion animated features, adapted from Susanna Clarke’s best-selling fantasy novel.

She’s one of my all-time favorite authors, and with Piranesi, Susanna has created a beautiful, devastating and ultimately life-affirming work of art.