Artist Edmund Clark spoke to prisoner Michael about what art means to him. To me it is the ability to express what my mind can imagine; if it may be a dragon storming a castle, a boat voyage across a dreamscape or a dilapidated old garden shed nestled in an overgrown cornucopia of vegetation; either...
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HMP Grendon inmate Tom talks about his passion for poetry. His poem Guiltfoot Ron (below) received the Tim Robertson Platinum Award at the Koestler Awards 2016. I have always loved words and they've fascinated me all my life. I love the way you can open a book and within a few sentences you are...
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Art at HMP Grendon, the second exhibition of the prisoners’ artwork, was organised by the men themselves under the supervision of Edmund Clark. Over 50 invited artists, curators, writers and other interested guests headed to the conference centre of the prison to meet the inmates and discuss their...
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25 of the many artworks submitted by prisoners from HMP Grendon for the Koestler Trust annual arts award have received awards or commendations, more than doubling the success in the 2015 awards. This includes 15 commendations, 4 Bronze Awards (£20 cash prize), 3 Silver Awards (£40 cash prize), two Gold...
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Edmund Clark in conversation with Jonathan Watkins. Jonathan Watkins: It’s now more than one year since the Grendon residency started. How is it going? Edmund Clark: It’s going well. Looking back, it took quite a long time for me to get a sense of the place and how it worked. There are six...
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