Prison Arts Initiative
University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI)
The University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative promotes access to high-quality therapeutic arts programs to incarcerated people in Colorado with the goal of empowering individuals to improve the quality of their lives and prepare to make positive changes in their communities upon release. DU PAI sees this work as part of DU's commitment to be "a great private university dedicated to the public good."
DU PAI Mission
DU PAI generates creative and collaborative learning experiences that enrich the lives of incarcerated people and shift the conversation about prison.
DU PAI Values
DU PAI:
- Provides therapeutic, educational creative arts programming to incarcerated people and their families in Colorado state prisons;
- Facilitates dialogue and storytelling between incarcerated people and their communities via exhibits, performances, media, and commissioned works;
- Creates caring communities for students characterized by learning, creative expression, and authentic human connection;
- Delivers shared arts-based learning experiences to incarcerated people, correctional staff, and DU students
- Engages leadership of incarcerated people in the development and delivery of programming.
- Offers training and consulting on the use of the arts to liberate people and transform spaces in correctional settings;
- Conducts rigorous research to examine the impact of the arts on personal and social narratives of crime, incarceration, harm, and healing.
- DU PAI is central to DU's commitment to be "a great private university dedicated to the public good."
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Arts-Based Workshop Programs |
Group Leadership Program |
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Family Events Program |
Inside/Out College Course Program |
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With(in) Podcast — Shifting the conversation on who is in prison
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Productions