Prison Arts Collective

Prison Arts Collective (PAC) is headquartered at San Diego State University, with partnerships with California State Universities; CSU San Bernardino, CSU Fullerton, & Humboldt State University. PAC provides multidisciplinary arts programming, facilitator training for incarcerated peer leaders, and guest artist workshops to people inside California state prisons. PAC utilizes collaborative teaching teams that include university faculty and students, staff teaching artists, guest artists, and currently and formerly incarcerated peer leaders. The PAC model emphasizes co-creating a safe space for creating art and community. Each class includes art history, creative practice, and reflection. PAC offers a vibrant and effective approach to rehabilitation that integrates principles of restorative justice through a rich and diverse lens on art making and art history. PAC is supported by Arts in Corrections, a partnership between the California Arts Council and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation