The Restorative Power of Art in Prison Education Diederik De Beir Lieven Nollet Chris Wouters BE Lieven Nollet BE NolletArt art photographer Chris Wouters BE Welfare ID: 619520
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PAPER WINS OVER STONE
The
Restorative
Power of Art in Prison
Education
Diederik De
Beir
– Lieven
Nollet
– Chris Wouters (BE)Slide2
Lieven
Nollet
(BE) (
Nollet.Art
)
art
photographer
Chris Wouters (BE) (Welfare
and
Society
Division
,
Flemish
Community)
policy
coordinatorSlide3
Diederik De
Beir
(BE) (Het Perspectief)
teacher Prison of
Ghent
initiator project PAROL! (2013 -2015)Slide4
May 2013 - April
2015
writers, visual and performing artists
worked
with prisoners
from 13 prisons in
5 countries co-financed by the EU Culture Programme
(2007-2013)Slide5
●
to
boost
multingual
literacy
& expressionto
strengthen
bonds
between
inmates
&
family
to
initiate
inmates
to
cross-overs
between
word & imageSlide6
t
o
promote
…
artistic/cultural
work &
intercultural
awarenes
collaboration
/
cohesion
&
inclusion
/
citizenship
exchange
between
the
arts
among
inmates
at European level
to
empower
inmates
RE- INTEGRATIONSlide7Slide8Slide9
PSC Hoogstraten
(BE)
Zaklad
Karny
Wronki (PL)Slide10
PSC Hoogstraten (BE)
PSC =
Penitentiary
School Centre
open community prison regime
c
apacity
170
sentenced
male
inmates
w
ork
– training –
recreation
f
arm – bakery –
printer’sSlide11
WORKSHOP PHOTOGRAPHIC POEM
Lieven
Nollet
- PSC
Hoogstraten (
BE)
26 September – 31
October 2013
6 sessions
x 2 hours
a
rtist’s
work
= 18
hours
14
participants
2
groups
of
inmates
camera
for
each
c
ell
+
premises
’ walk
Workshop
fotografieSlide12
PHOTOGRAPHIC POEM
WORKSHOP AIMS
to
look at ‘
reality
’ in a
fresh manner
t
o re-
define
deeper layers
of
meaning
to
liaise
inmates
(European outlaws of society)
with
artists
intimately
t
o
enhance
self-esteem
with
inmates
t
o
create
artwork
referring
to
past, present &
futureSlide13
WORKSHOP SESSION 1
CELL PHOTOGRAPHY
i
nfo
session
e
xplain
visual
diary
camera
for
each
t
echnical
FQAsSlide14
WORKSHOP SESSION 2
PHOTO SELECTION
s
election
of
photos
in computer room
d
igital editing
c
ell
photographySlide15
WORKSHOP SESSION 3
PHOTO WALK 1 + DIGITAL EDITING
p
hoto
walk
around
prison
premises
visual
diary
workSlide16
WORKSHOP SESSION 4
PHOTO WALK 2 + DIGITAL EDITING
p
hoto
selection
in computer room
d
igital editingSlide17
WORKSHOP SESSION 5
PHOTO WALK 3
photography
walk
in
two
locations
coachingSlide18
WORKSHOP SESSION 6
PHOTO WALK 3
s
election
of
photos
in computer room
v
isual
diary
work
e
nd
evaluationSlide19
EXTRA MUROS ACTIVITY
EXHIBITION ‘ART OF THE BOX’ Slide20
EXTRA MUROS ACTIVITY
EXHIBITION ‘ART OF THE BOX’ Slide21Slide22
PHOTOGRAPHIC POEM & LEARNING
CHRIS WOUTERS - PSC Hoogstraten (BE)Slide23
PHOTO AS A STEP TO FORMAL LEARNING
Observation
1
n
eed
for
continuity
taste of
formal
learning
p
articipants
continued
to
certify
for
computer
subjects (Word, Excel, …)
one
in open
learning
centreSlide24
WORKSHOPS AS A STEP TO WRITING/LITERACY
Observation
2
d
iary
work
with
selected
photos
&
creative
writing
t
exts
from
quotes
from
papers, magazines,
library
f
amily album
photos
a
necdotes
, prison life,
castle
, family,
victims
group
writing
&
photo
selection
for
art
book
(
calligraphy
)
for
Polish
inmatesSlide25
PHOTO & DIARY AS A STEP TO WRITING/ART EXPERIENCE/CONTACTS OUTSIDE
Observation
3
visitors
to
exhibition
‘Art of
the Box’
write
their
experience
together
with
inmates
i
mpressions
of
photos
from
Poland
v
isitors
read
inmates
’
diariesSlide26
PHOTO & POSTER
AS A STEP TO EMPLOYMENT
Observation
4
participants
learnt
the
trade of
printing
artistic
posters
guided
by
a
technician
in
the
printer’sSlide27
THE RESTORATIVE POWER OF ART
Photography
is a stepping
stone
for
learning
low threshold
many
candidates
l
ife long
learning
l
earning
by
experienceSlide28Slide29
Zaklad
Karny
Wronki
(PL)
Wronki Prison in Poland
b
uilt in 1889
largest
Polish
prison: 1474
capacity
recidivists
&
mentally
ill
offenders
i
nfirmary
–
chapel
–
library
–
sports
centre
–
secondary
schoolSlide30
PHOTOGRAPHIC POEM
Lieven
Nollet
–
Zaklad
Karny Wronki (PL)Slide31Slide32
PHOTOGRAPHIC POEM
Lieven
Nollet
(
photographic
) art & writing (cross-over)Integrative approach : creative & IT & literacy & social
skills(information) technology (Photoshop + camera use
) + printing & artSlide33
PHOTOGRAPHIC POEM
Lieven
Nollet
(prison) community arts (
participatory
)beyond walls, beyond borders (art box)
intra muros & extra muros activities
restoration & re-integrationSlide34
The
Restorative
Power of Art
in Prison
Education
the non-utilitarian as a stepping stone
let the arts play a bridging role
for learning
do not separate: culture/ education/welfare
from intra muros to extra
muros
Art of
the
Box:
beyond
walls
,
beyond
bordersSlide35
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iederik.debeir@hetperspectief.net