For the last two years, the Day of Peace committee has brought art to the San Quentin yard. On April 25 artists created acrylic paintings on canvas … [Read more...]

A college class consisting of prisoners going on a field trip inside the prison is almost impossible to imagine, but Patten University at San … [Read more...]

His Mother Encouraged Him to Make Art With Visits to Museums Ned Axthelm says he finds it rewarding to teach San Quentin and Solano prisoners the fine … [Read more...]

Art often imitates life, and when executed well, an audience is able to draw connections between the performance and reality through the power of the … [Read more...]

After an absence of more than 11 years, Arts-in-Corrections programs are returning to California prisons. On June 3, the California Arts Council … [Read more...]

David Basile walked outside the walls of San Quentin on June 3, a free man after more than 30 years of incarceration. Convicted of first-degree murder … [Read more...]

Artists behind the walls of San Quentin have blurred the boundaries of community. Artwork from the men who take part in the art classes sponsored by … [Read more...]

By Tommy Winfrey Don “Coach” DeNevi, 76, has been supervising the recreation department at San Quentin since December of 2001, and although he says he … [Read more...]