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The Epitome of Escapism

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:04:58 GMT

A student reflection on Steel Door Studios’ artist residency at Warwick, exploring prison, trauma, and art as a form of escapism and rehabilitation.

"...the arts enable prisoners to be seen in a different light" by Hannah Micuta

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:38:00 GMT

Warwick postgraduate student Hannah Micuta shares her thoughts and reflections on our recent Prisoner Arts in Context International Symposium.

Please Assess My Essay by Charlie Weinberg

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The following poem was composed by Charlie Weinberg as a creative response to the Captive Arts Prisoner Arts in Context International Symposium, which took place at University of Warwick, November 21st, 2024. It was created by stitching together the words of others over the course of a day, and performed as a conclusion to the event.

Event Report // Prison Arts in Context: Global Perspectives

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:00:00 GMT

We are delighted to share the Captive Arts event report for Prison Arts in Context: Global Perspectives, by Sally Foreman.

We Roar by Faye Claridge

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Artist and PhD researcher Faye Claridge talks about her recent project We Roar, an extraordinary exhibition of artwork and poetry created by 40 men and women incarcerated in 21 UK & US prisons. Throughout 2024 it toured to nine prisons in the UK, with works also dsiplayed at the Ann Arbor Arts Fair in Michigan, USA & at Warwick Arts Centre, UK.

The Sing Sing Players: A Psychoanalytic Reflection by Sally Foreman

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT

This summer I attended a film festival screening of Sing Sing (2024), an atypical prison drama starring Oscar-nominated Colman Domingo and former inmate Clarence Maclin. The film is based on the true story of a drama program – run by nonprofit organisation Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) – at Sing Sing prison, and has created a buzz thanks to rave media reviews and the fact that the majority of the cast were formerly incarcerated.

Artful Punishment: The Curious Symbiosis Between Art and Imprisonment

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:00:00 GMT

Anastasia Chamberlen presents some of her ongoing research considering the theoretical and methodological tensions and emancipatory potential of the ‘curious symbiosis’ between imprisonment and art, at the final lecture of the All Souls Seminar of Hilary term 2021.