Children's Prison Arts Project
An Inventory of their Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | Children's Prison Arts Project | |
| Title | Children's Prison Arts Project | |
| Inclusive Dates | 1994 - 2002 | |
| Identification | RG 1393 | |
| Extent | 1 document box (1 lin. ft.) | |
| Language | Materials are in English. | |
| Repository | Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library | |
Historical Note
Children’s Prison Arts Project (CPAP) was developed in 1994 by Birgit Walker, Melissa Thibodeaux, and Mario Jose Olvera as a non-profit project in Houston's West Dallas Juvenile Detention Center. The program was organized with the intention of providing a constructive way for at-risk youth housed in the facility to express themselves through the arts. The program later was expanded to serve juvenile offenders in several other facilities in the area including the Burnett-Bayland Home and the Tejas Home for Youth.
In an eleven year period, CPAP’s programs served more than 11,000 such youths and their families. Local sponsors for the program included the Brown Foundation, the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County and the Houston Endowment Fund.
As of 2004, the Children's Prison Arts Project is still in existence.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of documents extending from 1994 through 1998. There are also photographs and sound recordings of performances from 1999 through 2002. The Children's Prison Arts Project performance sound recordings make up the bulk of the collection.
Arrangement | ||
| The collection is divided into three parts. The first part addresses the program's development, history and information on its founders. The second portion of the collection is comprised of operations records and community response. The third component addresses the works of the program participants, referred to as students hereafter, themselves. | ||
| Series 1: Program Development | ||
| Series 2: Operations Records | ||
| Series 3: Student Works | ||
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
None.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Children at risk | ||
| Juvenile detention homes-Texas | ||
| Juvenile drama | ||
| Organizations | ||
| Children's Prison Arts Project- Houston (Tex.) | ||
| Burnett-Bayland Home | ||
| West Dallas Juvenile Detention Center | ||
| Tejas Home for Youth | ||
| Names | ||
| Olvera, Mario Jose | ||
| Thibodeaux, Melissa | ||
| Walker, Birgit | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Children's Prison Ars Project. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.
Acquisition Information
Donated by: Birgit Walker.
Processing Information
Processed by: Charles Stephenson, June 2006.
Detailed Description
Series 1: Program Development | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Project history | |||||||||||
| 2 | Birgit Walker's academic degree, Antioch University | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Program planning | ||||||||||||