Prison Creative Arts Project

  1. March 18, 2025

    Exhibition celebrates creativity, connection across prison walls

    The 29th annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, curated by the U-M Prison Creative Arts Project, will showcase 772 artworks by 538 artists incarcerated in 26 state prisons.

  2. March 14, 2024

    Artist perspectives break free in Michigan prison art exhibition

    The Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, put on by U-M’s Prison Creative Arts Project, runs March 19-April 2 and will feature 750 works of art by 490 artists.

  3. March 20, 2023

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  4. March 14, 2023

    U-M features creative works of prisoners across Michigan

    The U-M Prison Creative Arts Project will unveil its 27th annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, one of the world’s largest shows of its kind, March 21-April 4 at the Duderstadt Gallery.

  5. June 21, 2022

    Prison arts project artists to debut exhibit at summer fair

    A group of artists from the U-M Prison Creative Arts Project and incarcerated artists from the United Kingdom will present artworks in the exhibit “We Bear” at the Ann Arbor Art Fair on July 21-23.

  6. March 15, 2022

    Prison artwork in person again after pandemic limits

    U-M’s Prison Creative Arts Project presents the 26th annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the Duderstadt Gallery on North Campus from March 22-April 5.

  7. March 17, 2021

    U-M celebrates 25 years of prison art exhibitions with virtual gallery

    As the world marks a full year of the pandemic, U-M’s Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners celebrates its silver jubilee with a digital gallery by U-M’s Prison Creative Arts Project.

  8. February 27, 2020

    U-M volunteers crisscross state to gather prisoners’ art

    About 40 U-M volunteers drove 3,800 miles to 26 prisons in Michigan in search of the best works of art created by prisoners for U-M’s Prison Creative Arts Project in an exhibition that opens March 18.

  9. October 7, 2019

    Obituary: William (Buzz) Alexander

    William (Buzz) Alexander, who founded the Prison Creative Arts Project and trained thousands of students, teachers, activists and prisoners to illuminate and work to end mass incarceration, died at his home in Ann Arbor on Sept. 19 at the age of 80 from frontal temporal degeneration. Alexander was a professor emeritus of English language and…
  10. March 18, 2019

    Prison Creative Arts Project hosts annual exhibition with 670 pieces

    The U-M Prison Creative Arts Project presents the 24th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, one of the largest prison exhibitions in the world, beginning Wednesday.