The document discusses several arts programs that are used in correctional facilities to enhance literacy skills and provide therapeutic benefits for inmates. It provides examples of writing, visual art, theater, and music programs that give inmates opportunities for creative expression to process emotions and develop important life skills. Resources are also listed that support arts initiatives in prisons and advocate for the role of arts in corrections.

12. Blanket the World With Peace “ Peace through the resolution of conflict”

13. Hats Off to Peace

16. Cultural Identity Hats Off to Peace Reflections I chose to do those symbols because those symbols represent a good connection that I have with my family members and that no matter what that no matter what happens to us, we are always going to be there for one another, and that’s what the cross stands for. I thought the hat was important because this represents my family.

17. Cultural Identity Hats Off to Peace Reflections My hat represents me because it explains who I am and what I like to do. I enjoyed this project because it was different and I never did it before. My hat to people shows that it doesn’t matter who you are and you don’t have to impress anyone to be the same as them.

18. Cultural Identity Hats Off to Peace Reflections My hat symbolizes freedom and love for my brother because Insane Clown Posse sings about the world being free having no boss or authority figures telling you what to do. They sing about everyone learning to survive on their own and it symbolizes love for my brother because he’ll know I made it for him because I care.

23. Create Now! http://www.createnow.org/

25. "I let the guys choose their roles," he says, "and you'd be surprised how many choose to act out the very kinds of things they're in here for." The inmates have told him those roles allow them to grapple with emotions they wouldn't otherwise be able to confront safely. "I tell them, 'You choose your role, but your role also chooses you' – and I believe that happens for a reason." Curt Tofteland, director of Shakespeare Behind Bars

26. Heads on Fire http://www. headsonfire .org/ hof /index.html

27. Arts Advocacy Organizations

29. Ways to Be More Creative Mental Blocks Creative Thinking Problems VISION: Because of the emergence of multimedia technology, the 3Rs are becoming the 4Rs: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, and aRt. Thanks to the struggle to use multimedia effectively, the language of art is taking center stage. ~Dr. Jason Ohler