WJA Gallery
We are dedicated to fostering transformative experiences in unconventional settings, collaborating with individuals impacted by incarceration, high-risk youth, and returning residents. Through the power of the arts, we strive to create positive change and empower individuals to thrive in their communities. Enter our virtual gallery and get ready to be inspired and moved by their remarkable stories of resilience and artistic brilliance.
Featured Project
ART STRONG – Arts in Corrections at Valley State Prison
A thriving, sustaining art group has rooted itself in the Valley! This brief documentary features inmate artists and their teaching artists: Augustin Lira, Patricia Solarzano Wells, Marsha Jones, Marqus Jones, Michael McCarty, in collaboration with Fresno Arts Council, Alliance for Cultural and Traditional Arts and William James Association’s Prison Arts Project.
Arts in Corrections is a partnership of the California Arts Council and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Special thanks to the above, as well as to all these men who show up, open up, and create art, music and stories that are meaningful, powerful and beautiful inside the stark environment of prison. Bloom where you’re planted!.
Gallery
Browse through a rich tapestry of images that capture the essence of our program’s events. Witness the power of artistic expression as it radiates from the faces of those who have embraced this life-changing opportunity. These pictures tell a story of redemption, hope, and the unbreakable human spirit.
