People's Pottery Project

People’s Pottery Project will build on our recent experience with New Village Girls Academy to develop an after-school program in our non-profit ceramics art studio designed specifically for systems-impacted youth. The program will focus on exposing systems-impacted youth to paid internships in the arts, providing mentorship from systems-survivor adults, and modeling healthy interpersonal skills and coping strategies – while preparing for future employment, whether in the creative arts or other industries.

People's Pottery Project empowers formerly incarcerated women and trans people through our non-profit ceramics arts studio. Guided by formerly incarcerated leaders, our collectively built arts center is a place for healing, education, and community. With support from LA2050, we will more than double our studio space (adding a 3,000 sq ft studio), double the number of formerly incarcerated people we employ (from 7 to up to 20), and provide healing ceramics classes to up to 1,000 members of the community.

People’s Pottery Project’s mission is to empower formerly incarcerated women, trans and non-binary individuals through the power of art-making, grassroots advocacy, and meaningful employment through our non-profit ceramics studio. PPP provides paid ceramics classes for individuals navigating the extremely difficult transition out of incarceration, thereby providing meaningful art therapy and urgent resources to prevent individuals from returning to prison.