Inspiring creativity and encouraging personal and social change through the arts

The Prison Arts Foundation is as important as it is unique. Thanks to our pioneering work with people with convictions lives are being transformed and patterns of behaviour changed for good.

Our team of experienced professional artists working across the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland are offering people with convictions a life-line, helping to improve their creative and communications skills, which is key to personal and social development, building self-confidence and unlocking people’s potential.

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Exhibitions
& Events

Exhibitions
& Events

Through engagement in artistic activities our students create artworks of value, for display and public exhibition. Each year PAF stage an exhibition of artwork in locations such as arts venues and galleries, community spaces, public buildings and prison environments. We do this to showcase the talent and potential of both serving prisoners and those who are involved with the criminal justice system – in the hope that audiences view each artist as an individual, allowing them to see their emotions through sculpture, paint, music and spoken word, often causing them to reconsider their negative stereotypes. We also print publications of new creative writing and visual artworks in conjunction with projects and exhibitions, available to purchase in our online shop.