Koestler Arts

Description

Koestler Arts is the UK's best-known prison arts charity. It encourages people in the criminal justice system to change their lives by participating in the arts, and shares their artworks with the public so audiences can witness a diverse range of voices, stories and talent. The charity aims to help prisoners, secure patients and detainees lead more positive lives by motivating them to participate and achieve in the arts; to increase public awareness and understanding of the arts by people in the criminal justice system; and to be a dynamic, responsive organisation achieving excellent quality and value for money. It inspires participation across the criminal justice system through awards and feedback, mentoring, sales, exhibitions and events, and raises public awareness through exhibitions, events, publications and contributing to research. It works across the UK's criminal justice and secure systems (prisons, young offender institutions, medium and high secure hospitals, secure children's homes, immigration centres, and people in the community on probation, with youth offending teams and on community sentences) through the annual Koestler Awards, which began in 1962.

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Founding year

1962

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Partner Infrastructures

National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA)

The National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance is a network whose vision is to ensure the arts are used within the criminal justice system as a springboard for positive change. The Alliance promotes, dev… read more about National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA)

Partner Universities

Manchester Metropolitan University

Additional Partnerships

Victim Support; Southbank Centre; Old Fire Station (Oxford); Social Justice Solutions