The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...
Jermaine Archer did time in Sing Sing and has been tapped to lead the prison-arts group that inspired the Oscar-nominated ...
Making art served many purposes. Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee and author of Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost ...
The thought of prison takes one’s mind to cold, sterile cells, barbed wires, and the weight of past mistakes. It’s easy to ...
In 1977, Murray was offered a full-time role as the prison’s fine arts instructor, which he held till he retired in 2003 and, ...
Prisoners at HMP Manchester have taken part in what is described as a ground-breaking course to create works of art ...