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I was a fine art major at Wayne State. I have participated in art exhibitions before but this was a new experience. Many of the pieces I chose to show at Silver Maples were completed while I was in prison. One of my goals while incarcerated was to host an art exhibition of “Prison Drawings”. 

July 18th, 2024: Linkage musicians and poets performed at the Ann Arbor Art Fair’s Stage on Main.

I noticed it was a cool June 8th-type of Saturday morning as I skateboarded through downtown Ann Arbor, ascending to East Quadrangle for a screen printing workshop. Not the pretentious cool type of June day, but more of a mellow-fellow of a morning. It was unbelievably surreal to be in the dead streets of Ann…

In 1901 the Detroit Tigers played their first official game. But what were they called before that? Well to my surprise there was two names volleyed from “The Detroiters” and even at one point “Wolverines” before they arrived finally to our beloved Detroit Tigers. I find a new appreciation for the legacy and heritage of…

As I sit in the Duderstadt Gallery on the campus of University of Michigan reflecting on the day I am surrounded by people that are connected to the artists inside Michigan Prisons. I see the joy on their faces and listen to the stories they tell of their loved ones. Their pride is both visible…

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 was new to me, new sights, new sounds,…

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 artists for exhibition and sale at the UM…

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 PCAP is and what the art auction is…

On October 18, 2023, several Linkage artists showcased work and performed at the School of Social Work’s annual Changemaker Lecture.