Community Partners in Action Prison Arts Program Annual Show 2024

The CPA Prison Arts Show is a showcase of artwork created by incarcerated individuals. This event provides a platform for the artists to express themselves and share their artwork with the community, while fostering connections and instilling hope for a positive future.

This year's exhibit runs September 26 - November 14, 2024. Details can be found below.

About the Prison Arts Program:

The Prison Arts Program works to positively and constructively change the lives of people incarcerated as well as improve the overall prison environment. Prevailing stereotypes, both in prison and in the outside community, often lead to incarcerated individuals feeling hopeless and reverting to inaction. The program works to combat those stereotypes - to affirm and demonstrate that those capable of the worst are also capable of the best.

First initiated in 1978, Prison Arts works inside CT prisons by encouraging: