The Linkage Community is a branch of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP).
While PCAP connects currently incarcerated artists with the U of M community, the Linkage Community is co-directed by artists who have come home and are interested in continuing to pursue the creative arts.
Members have access to professional development and artistic workshops, a creative peer support network, opportunities to exhibit and perform, and other connections to the arts and allied organizations.
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- 2024 Opening Night
It was a warm sunny Tuesday evening. The birds were chirping. I smelled the scent of spring, new sprouting grass, a new life beginning to bloom all around me. Not just the actual physical world around me, but an inner blooming was taking place within me. Everything… Continue reading 2024 Opening Night - A PERSPECTIVE SHIFT – PART ONE
STAFF FROM THE Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) along with professors, students, volunteers, and curators from around the state, have been going on art selection trips into Michigan’s Department Of Corrections (MDOC) prisons for 28 years. Why? These trips are carried out primarily to select artwork from… Continue reading A PERSPECTIVE SHIFT – PART ONE - 2023 PCAP Art Auction
On December 2, 2023, The University of Michigan Prisoner Creative Arts Project (PCAP) put on a beautiful event in the Michigan Union titled the 2023 Art Auction which raises funds to support the 28th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. For anyone not familiar with what… Continue reading 2023 PCAP Art Auction - PHOTOS: Changemaker Lecture
On October 18, 2023, several Linkage artists showcased work and performed at the School of Social Work’s annual Changemaker Lecture.