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1. Interview of Deborah Tobola

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Theater
Art
Music
Literature
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr. 20 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer, poet, educator, and founding Artistic Director of the Poetic Justice Project.

2. Interview of Herbert Wells

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Literature
Art
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.

3. Interview of Laurie Brooks

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Literature
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the William James Association. Advocate for legislative support to reinstate arts programming in correctional institutions.

4. Interview of Ellen Davidson

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Music
Art
Literature
Theater
Length:
1 hr. 14 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Project manager of the Prison Arts Project and director of William James Association.

5. Interview of Judith Tannenbaum

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
Theater
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and teacher for the Arts-in-Corrections program, developer of Manual For Artists Working in Prison, and editor of Memo Arts.

6. Interview of Guillermo Bermudez

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Theater
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Painter and actor, member of the Advisory Board of the Poetic Justice Project and part of the Arts-in-Corrections program during incarceration.

10. Interview of Shishir Kurup

Topic:
Theater
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Community-Engaged Theater in Los Angeles series seeks to document the work of a grouping of theater companies in Los Angeles whose mission combines an artistic focus with explicit attention to social justice and community building. The companies included use a working method that seeks creati...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Cornerstone Theater Company ensemble. Actor, director, and playwright.