WJA Prison Arts Project Employee Directory
Retail Art SuppliesCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
The William James Association's Prison Arts Project contracts with professional artists across visual, literary, and performing disciplines to offer long-term arts experiences for incarcerated men and women in California and federal prisons. It also administers the Community Youth Arts Project, bringing artists to work with disenfranchised and at-risk youth in alternative schools and detention facilities in and around Santa Cruz. A related initiative, the Poetic Justice Project, develops original theatre that explores themes of crime, punishment, and redemption through collaboration with formerly incarcerated writers, artists, musicians, and actors. In addition, the William James Fiscal Sponsorship Program supports emerging nonprofit groups by providing grant-related administrative support, facilitating tax-exempt status, and offering fiscal sponsorship. Based in Santa Cruz, California, the organization operates with a small to mid-sized staff across these programs and maintains information through its site.