My City May 2023

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The Artistry Within

BY PETER HINTERMAN

beautiful community of talented artists that exists in Michigan’s correctional facilities.” If you missed the exhibition in early spring, don’t worry. PCAP’s traveling exhibit entitled “Shared Humanity” will be coming to Flint in August. “We will open the exhibition on August 11 during the Flint Art Walk at the Greater Flint Arts Council, and I’m so excited!” Unrath exclaims. The PCAP traces its roots back to 1990 and University of Michigan English Language and Literature Professor, William “Buzz” Alexander. “Buzz first visited the Florence Crane

E arlier this spring, the Prison bition of Artists in Michigan Prisons at the James and Anne Duderstadt Center Gallery in Ann Arbor. The PCAP brings the art and talent of those impacted by the justice system to local communities for collaboration, mutual learning and growth. “We see art as a common lan guage for people to connect with others across distances and differences,” says PCAP Director Nora Krinitsky. “PCAP connects justice-impacted persons to others through multiple programs such as the art exhibition, creative art workshops in prisons, our yearly literary THE PCAP “SHARED HUMANITY” EXHIBIT WILL BE OPEN AT THE GREATER FLINT ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN FLINT FROM AUGUST 11 - SEPTEMBER 1. PHOTO BY NATE KENNEDY Creative Arts Project (PCAP) concluded its 27th Annual Exhi

PORTRAITS AWAIT PLACEMENT FOR THE EXHIBITION. PHOTO BY IEVA SURANTAS

journal and more.” “We’ve represented over 360 artists from all correctional facilities in Michigan,” says PCAP Community Engagement Specialist and Curator, Sarah Unrath. “There is a

Women’s Facility in Coldwater (MI) to conduct a theatre workshop with the inmates there,” Unrath explains. “He brought university students with him. It was such a wonderful experience that

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