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A Community-Led Arts and Advocacy Program located at 
The Center for Justice at Columbia University and The Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School
The Confined Arts (TCA) is a program that cultivates and showcases the talents and creative voices of artists directly impacted by mass incarceration and intersecting social justice issues. TCA enables artists to express their voices through the visual and performing arts, poetry, and music as a means to abolish inhumane narratives and socially degrading stigmas that are used to describe the past experiences and limit the futures of individuals impacted by incarceration. Through artistry, collaborative activism, research, education and training, TCA equips artists to influence policy change, and use their artistry and knowledge to advocate for a world anchored on empathy and saturated with healing and prevention-based policies.​
Learn more about our mission here. ​

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RECENT AND CURRENT PROJECTS


OUR PHILOSOPHY: ART AS ADVOCACY

​Art should not only be seen as a means for satisfying decorative desires, nor should the implementation of art programing be viewed as a supplemental means for entertaining crowds. The role of art in activism must be elevated to the level of its capacity to change the hearts and minds of people. Art is at the forefront of change.
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The Confined Arts brings every voice together on one canvas

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The Confined Arts brings together the different perspectives of survivors with the experiences of directly impacted stakeholders, and community organizers. 
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We are currently located at:
CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND THE CENTER FOR INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Main Campus

​New York, NY 10027

Contact theconfinedarts@gmail.com
to schedule an appointment, to learn more, and get involved.

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The Confined Arts Program located at Columbia University is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non‐profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of THE CONFINED ARTS must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” and are tax‐deductible to the extent permitted by law
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PROJECTS

Open Call for Clemency
Viral Monologues
From the Inside Out
​132 Chicago Calls

​Claiming the Visual Narrative

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  • Who We Are
    • OUR MISSION
    • OUR TEAM
    • OUR PARTNERS
    • Contact US
  • HOW WE WORK
    • ART AS ADVOCACY
    • COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
    • Capacity Building
    • Coalition Building
  • WHAT WE DO
    • EVENTS >
      • LANGUAGE CONFERENCE
      • Post Traumatic Prison Disorder Town Hall
    • Exhibitions >
      • Open Call for Clemency
      • Reclaiming the Narrative
      • Women in Prison
    • RESEARCH >
      • Social Dynamics of Prison
      • Language of Dehumanization Project
    • Storytelling Projects >
      • The Viral Monologues
      • 132 Calls
    • Arts education
    • Public Arts
  • News & Events
    • EVENTS CALENDAR
    • Criminal Justice News
    • TCA Opinions
    • Resources
  • DONATE AND SUPPORT
  • Get Involved
  • Punitive Attitudes