Arts Capacity empowers people facing challenges through art, music, and communication to find hope and positive change.

What We Do

Our programs foster a sense of community and hope, offering participants a unique opportunity to engage with the arts in meaningful ways. Learn more about the facilities we operate and our most recent programs.

Support Our Mission

By donating, you are directly funding our on-site programs, providing crucial resources that help us continue our mission.

Join Us

Become a partner with Arts Capacity and play a pivotal role in providing incarcerated individuals with creative outlets that inspire personal growth and transformation

Meet The Team

Together, we create a supportive community where participants can explore their creativity, build self-confidence, and find hope.

Stories of Impact

These voices speak to the deep, lasting change that our programming inspires—fostering hope, sparking creativity, and building bridges of understanding within and beyond prison walls.

Measuring Our Impact

Data-driven change: transforming lives one facility at a time, nationwide.

Positive Change: Our interactive event programs have been implemented in five correctional facilities across four states, providing incarcerated individuals with opportunities to develop pro-social behaviors, enhance emotional intelligence, and strengthen family connections.

Data-Driven Refinement: Through ongoing data collection and analysis, we are continuously refining our programs to ensure that they are effectively meeting the needs of incarcerated individuals and contributing positively to the overall facility environment.

Expanding our Impact: our data allows us to extend the positive impact of our programming to more facilities nationwide by sharing our data-driven insights and advocating for the integration of arts-based interventions into correctional systems.

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“As a composer, what struck me most the first time I participated in an Arts Capacity program was the equally profound experience that was had by both the prisoners and the performers. While it should come as no surprise that humanity is shared equally between all individuals, the opportunity to communicate on equal terms is not something I always expect when confronting my audience, and I certainly didn’t expect it when visiting a prison. Music itself certainly allows for communication with fewer barriers, but Arts Capacity is creating space for musicians and inmates to bring their diverse experiences together and create something new that is greater than any of them could have achieved alone. Sometimes new ideas and perspectives are the results of Arts Capacity’s sessions; sometimes, entirely new pieces of music are formed. What I can tell you, as a composer, is that my creative process is different now because of interacting with the inmates, and that is why I’m so excited to serve on the board of Arts Capacity.
– Tim Hinck, Vice President, Chattanooga, TN, Board Member from September 2020 to Present

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