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Connecting people with art inside and outside prisons.

Ohio Prison Arts Connection is

A coalition of people committed to working together to build arts access for people in prison and re-entry, and to creating spaces for storytelling, resource-sharing, and dialogue both inside and outside of prisons.
An essential vehicle to make arts experiences possible within the Ohio carceral system and beyond.

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Find out what we are working on in response to COVID-19.
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Learn more about OPAC’s mission and values
Search through the database of existing pre-COVID art programs in Ohio’s prisons

Upcoming Events

Q/A on facilitating arts programs in carceral settings

March 10, 2021

Learn from teaching artists around the country.

Claiming Space: Stories We Carry

March 31, 2021

From Healing Broken Circles - A dynamic storytelling showcase featuring stories of complexity, freedom, loss, ambition, & staying alive in the era of mass incarceration.

We Amplify Voices - BRIDGES OF LOVE Release Event

May 9, 2021

Recorded on the stages of the Palace and Southern theaters in Columbus, experience an album of songs written by mothers incarcerated at Ohio Reformatory for Women