Such a special event, it was very emotional meeting participants & proudly seeing them speak about the experience. Thanks to everyone involved.

Stop 7 on the #WeRoar tour is a very special place: HMP Askham Grange, the very first prison I worked in, as artist in residence at the relatively nearby Ripon Prison and Police Museum Ripon Museums. #prison #prisonart #artinprison #ripon #yorkshire Novus HMPPS

Van driving today & tomorrow as #WeRoar tour continues from HMP Askham Grange to HMPHumber. #WeRoar prison art tour is supported by Prison Creative Arts Project Novus University of Warwick Arts Council England 🚘

Proud to be opening the next We Roar exhibition this D-Day anniversary, including this painting by a veteran at HMPBuckleyHall. . . #WeRoar prison art tour is supported by Prison Creative Arts Project Novus University of Warwick Arts Council England

Biscuits, sunshine, laughter, tears... Everything I dream of in a project filled with passion. ❤️❤️

Would share this enthusiastically but the interpretation of union pay rates is poor. Mid-career is not 3-5 yrs & 20 days is not a longterm job. Weekly public engagement pushes the bar higher too. A real shame Fair Museum Jobs Artists'UnionEngland @susanjonesarts everybodyarts.org.uk/shibden-hall

Heads up: from today you can request Arts Council England Access Support for DYCP Round 21 (25 July – 22 August 2024). Best of luck to all. #DYCP #developingyourcreativepractice #diversity #accesssupport

Melting on tour. Complaining for a friend, I love it obvs ☀️🚛🧊

We Roar arrived HMP Hewell this week - another prison, another great audience and more fantastic conversations! Dawn Payne Faye Claridge Novus

Delighted #WeRoar launched at HMP Hewell with an event with #NewWings performances, celebrating creativity as a catalyst for self development & visibility 🦁 ❤️ #WeRoar is by people in UK & US prisons supported by Prison Creative Arts Project Novus Arts Council England Ann Arbor Art Fair

"The UK ain't all tea and crumpits. I came from the streets and a broken home so that's why your art spoke to me." 🩷 comment for a US exhibitor from the UK #WeRoar tour. Feedback is typed up & all 40 imprisoned exhibitors receive regular post/email updates on audience reaction.

Vote today! If you're eligible to vote in the UK use your right for all of those who can't but are directly impacted by government decisions. [Image from current Hidden Stories with care leavers inspired by archives at Warwickshire County Record Office & Nuneaton Library]

That's the final prison stop done on the #WeRoar tour! An incredible 7 months meeting incarcerated exhibitors & seeing them inspire others. Now the USA exhibit before 2 public UK stops in autumn. #WeRoar is supported by Prison Creative Arts Project Novus University of Warwick Arts Council England

#WeRoar is in Michigan @annarborartfair until 20 July. It's the USA's largest, across 30 city blocks so an incredible first international opportunity for all incarcerated exhibiting artists & poets thanks to Arts Council England Prison Creative Arts Project The Guild Novus❤️ #prisonart

While #WeRoar is at the Ann Arbor Art Fair I've been reminded of my project visit there last year and the amazing giant squirrel residents that followed me around campus umichArts & Culture Prison Creative Arts Project #annarborartfair #michigansquirrels

So exciting to see #WeRoar art & poetry by incarcerated men & women reaching a huge audience in the US.

Following the UK tour of Faye Claridge ‘We Roar’, the project travelled to the USA. Sarahhartley had the fantastic opportunity to follow the exhibition to the USA and shared her unique experience. Click on the link below, to learn more: novus.ac.uk/news/the-2024-…

Off to Sao Paulo airport after backpacking age 19 (with bags of gifted home grown bananas). A lifetime later, I return to SP tonight. Thank you Arts Council England for #dycp seed funding. Fingers are v crossed for British Council Arts impending decision on collaborations to follow. #prisonart