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Robyn Hughes to receive Big ‘A’ Prison Arts Leadership Award 2010
21 July 2010 Auckland artist Robyn Hughes has been awarded the Big ‘A’ Prison Arts Leadership Award 2010, to be presented tonight at an awards ceremony in Parliament at Arts Access Aotearoa’s Big ‘A’ Awards 2010. View Robyn Hughes to receive Big ‘A’ Prison Arts Leadership Award 2010...
Biblical theme of art competition for prisoners
21 July 2010 A national art competition for prisoners has been organised by the Prison Chaplaincy Service Aotearoa New Zealand, working in partnership with Arts Access Aotearoa and the New Zealand Bible Society. View Biblical theme of art competition for prisoners...
Artworks inspired by Matariki
20 July 2010 Mt Eden and Auckland Central Remand Prisons, in the centre of Auckland, hold around one-third of the New Zealand’s remand prisoner population. Just over 500 men are held there at any one time, waiting for their cases to go before the courts for trial, sentencing, bail or transfer to another prison. View Artworks inspired by Matariki...
Pasifika focus on culture to reduce re-offending
19 July 2010 Sixteen prisoners recently graduated from the prison-based Malaga Polynesia Programme, run at Spring Hill Corrections Facility in Waikato. View Pasifika focus on culture to reduce re-offending...
Storybook Dads teaches literacy and parenting skills
11 June 2010 A programme that’s been running at Otago Corrections Facility since 2007 in partnership with The Methodist Mission – Approach Community Learning has provided literacy and parenting skills to more than 140 prisoners. View Storybook Dads teaches literacy and parenting skills...
Prisoner carvings for school blessed
28 May 2010 A six-metre high poupou and a large carved panel, created by prisoners at Auckland Prison, was blessed at Albany Junior High School on the North Shore this month. View Prisoner carvings for school blessed...
Whakairo installed in Canterbury Prisons
12 May 2010 Eleven whakairo (carved artworks), created by prisoners and focussing on characters from Māori lore, were installed in Te Ahuhu Whare Wananga in Christchurch Men’s Prison last month. View Whakairo installed in Canterbury Prisons...
Celebrity Signature Quilt auction
8 March 2010 Fine Cell Work, an organisation in Britain training men and women in prison to do professional needlework, is auctioning a Celebrity Signature Quilt embroidered with the signatures of 72 contemporary artists and designers. View Celebrity Signature Quilt auction...
Arts as a gateway for prisoners
25 February 2010 Paintings, carvings, kete and puoro (traditional Māori musical instruments) were among the artworks created by prisoners and presented by the Otago Corrections Facility at the Lawrence Summer Arts Festival in Central Otago in late January. View Arts as a gateway for prisoners...
Nominations to Big ‘A’ Prison Arts Leadership Awards 2010
11 February 2010 Arts Access Aotearoa is seeking nominations for the Big ‘A’ Awards 2010, which includes the Big ‘A’ Prison Arts Leadership Award. The deadline for nominations is Friday 26 March 2010. View Nominations to Big ‘A’ Prison Arts Leadership Awards 2010...
Art in prison a tool for change
27 January 2010 Visiting prisons to film an episode about art as a rehabilitative tool for television’s The Gravy arts programme was a life-changing experience for director Rob Appierdo. View Art in prison a tool for change...
Call for entries to Christmas Card Competition
13 October 2009 The Department of Corrections is calling for entries from prisoners to its Christmas Art Competition 2009. Entries close on Monday 2 November and the winning entry or entries will be used as the Department’s official Christmas cards. View Call for entries to Christmas Card Competition...
International success for New Zealand prison art
17 September 2009 Prison art is a lot more than a recreational experience for two New Zealand prison artists, Graham of Wellington and Desmond of Canterbury, whose works have been recognised in an international competition and exhibition in Vienna, Austria. View International success for New Zealand prison art...
Prisoners respond to community choir
29 June 2009 The gymnasium at Arohata Women’s Prison was cold at first but it soon warmed up when 30 members of the Wellington Community Choir started singing to prisoners and Corrections staff. View Prisoners respond to community choir...
Making positive changes through art
27 March 2009 A stakeholder open day at the Northland Regional Corrections Facility, which showcased the artwork of staff and prisoners taking part in its art and cultural programmes, has already had some tangible benefits. View Making positive changes through art...
Prisoners’ talents on display
9 March 2009 A stakeholder open day at the Northland Regional Corrections Facility, to be held on Friday 13 March, will showcase the artwork of staff, prisoners and providers taking part in the Portfolios art programme. View Prisoners’ talents on display...
Strategy work forges ahead
2 March 2009 Work developing a National Prison Arts Strategy and individual arts plans for prisons is forging ahead. Christchurch-based Moana Tipa, Auckland-based Suzanne Vesty of Spark Studio and Wellington-based Marianne Taylor are working with Colin Ryder, Senior Contract Business Analyst, Department of Corrections, on this significant initiative. View Strategy work forges ahead...
Prison volunteers celebrated
4 December 2008 The Department of Corrections has been celebrating the contribution of prison volunteers, including those who offer constructive arts and cultural activities in New Zealand prisons. View Prison volunteers celebrated...