Arts Mentoring for Ex-Offenders KOESTLER TRUST

1 (Cover image) Another Face in the Crowd? Mixed Media entry 2012 Sean HM Prison Oakwood, Wolverhampton 12K6219

2 3 CONTENTS

Introduction...... 5 Mentee - Why I applied to be mentored ...... 9 What I got out of mentor training...... 13 The application process: probation referral...... 17 Vasiliki Mentor Profile...... 18 When I found out I had been matched with a mentor...... 23 Mentor matching: The first meeting...... 27 Monument trust scholarship award for fine art 2010 ...... 32 The Stephen and Winifred Tumim memorial scholarship award...34 Evelyn Plesch scholarship award for painting...... 35 Monument trust scholarship award for fine art 2013...... 36 Chris Bramble scholarship award for ceramics...... 37 My reason for getting involved with Koestler...... 41 mentor: Looking back on the mentoring...... 48 Mentee: What I have gone on to do...... 50 Funder...... 52 With Thanks ...... 53 How you can help us ...... 55

4 INTRODUCTION

It gives me great pleasure and pride to introduce this offenders with a wider range of needs. So the programme celebration of the Koestler Trust’s ground-breaking arts now has two pathways: Scholarship mentoring (for mentoring programme. offenders who are building on a strong track record of creative achievement) or Gateway mentoring (shorter The Koestler Trust has been awarding, exhibiting and term or more flexible guidance for offenders with selling artworks by prisoners since 1962. We play a potential who would like to take a specific step to unique national role in motivating offenders to take develop their practice). part and achieve in the arts, and we know that this can transform their lives. We are very grateful to those individual donors and grant-making foundations who support specific The mentoring was a new initiative that we introduced mentoring relationships as Scholarship or Gateway in 2007 – aiming to support some of our most talented Awards. It is this generous commitment that will enable award-winners to sustain and develop their creative us to sustain the programme into the future. practice, especially after release into the community. Our mentors are artists, writers and musicians whom we The scheme’s social benefits are the subject of robust recruit, train and support as volunteers. The offender- evaluations by criminologists at the London School mentees refer themselves through the Koestler Awards of Economics and Birmingham City University. The entry process, and are accepted onto the scheme through focus of the present document is on artistic outcomes a combination of artistic judgement, probation officer – a selection of the artworks that the mentoring has risk assessment, and availability of an appropriate generated. mentor. Each mentee has up to 10 mentoring sessions for up to a year. Some mentees have gone on to complete I hope that this booklet will inspire more offenders to art degrees or publish books; others pursue their take up the mentoring opportunity, will encourage more creativity as a leisure activity; all of them see the arts as artists and writers to volunteer as mentors, will enthuse leading them to new lives free from crime. more donors to support the work, and, above all, will attest to the sheer quality of the art. The mentoring was initially funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The Cabinet Office’s Social Action Dame Anne Owers, Koestler Trust Chair of Trustees Rehabilitation Fund has since enabled us to open up to Former HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

5 Christmas List G4S Highly Commended Award 2008 Emmanuel HM Prison High Down, 08K5361

6 Out of Darkness, Growth Patrick Holmes Platinum Award for Drawing 2011 Enfield Probation, London 11K3813

7 8 MENTEE – WHY I APPLIED TO BE MENTORED...

My work in the last 5 years has received so much praise and positive feedback. I would therefore love to continue my work with Koestler for the coming years as it is “ such as positive way for prisoners to grow and make a difference in their lives.”

Mentee applicant, HM Prison Whatton, Nottinghamshire

Being part of this writing workshop has had more of a profound effect over me than anything or anyone ever has previously. I’ve developed a better understanding of “ other people. I’ve always hated criticism, but now I seek it out. Constructive criticism helps me to build up confidence and helps me realise that although I’ve made mistakes I can dream outside of the box and allow my pen to flow…Koestler has been a big help and so I would like to benefit even further by working with a mentor.”

Mentee applicant, HM Prison Long Lartin, Worcestershire

Having never picked up a paintbrush before, I first learnt to draw/paint in 2011 when I attended the art class at HMP Send and discovered I really enjoy it. I had no “ confidence that I would actually be any good but I was surprised to find I had a talent for it, particularly drawing portraits. This has boosted my confidence and shown me that it is never too late to try something new, therefore I am excited to apply to the mentoring scheme and see what else I might be good at!”

Mentee applicant, HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Low Newton, Durham (women)

(opposite) Why I Want a Mentor... Submitted by mentee applicant

9 (opposite) The Derelict Detective Highly Commended Award for Digital Image 2012 HM Prison North Sea Camp, Lincolnshire 12K6407

Court Proceedings Drawing entry 2010 Darren HM Prison Risley, Cheshire 10K6126

10 11 Ablingting Oil or Acrylic entry 2010 John HM Prison Blantyre House, Kent 10K4436

12 WHAT I GOT OUT OF MENTOR TRAINING...

Having been accepted as a Koestler mentor, I went to the old governor’s house, at Wormwood Scrubs, for my first two days of training. The Koestler Centre is full of artwork, in the hallway, on the walls, on the stairs and landing. It’s a great setting for the next couple of days, where nine of us, each from different disciplines, including sculpture and performance art, will be guided through the mentoring framework. This framework will provide the boundaries, within which the mentor/mentee relationship will work.

We are all ages; some have travelled from Manchester and Wales, but although we are distinct from one another in many ways, including the reasons that brought us here, it becomes clear that we share similar hopes and fears about the role we are taking on. The exercises are designed to get us thinking about the potential issues, the responsibilities we have towards our mentees, ourselves, the Trust, to draw the answers out from us. The training is active and interactive. A role-play might seem a game, but is always brought back to something pertinent: the distrust we felt when someone listened carefully to us, respectfully, after previously being made to feel unheard, unbelieved.

These two days go by quickly. They’ve been comprehensive without overwhelming, and I feel excited to get started, daunted at the challenge, reassured that I have the resources, in me and in Koestler, to be a good mentor.

Angelina, Koestler mentor

13 14 (opposite) Thug Life Lord Ramsbotham Outstanding Award for Oil or Acrylic 2008 Paddy HM Prison Ashwell, Leicestershire 08K2332

Busted! G4S Highly Commended Award for Oil or Acrylic 2008 Paddy HM Prison Ashwell, Leicestershire 09K3105

15 Loud and Proud Oil or Acrylic entry 2013 50th Anniversary Scholarship Award Atherton Probation, Manchester 13K6119

16 THE APPLICATION PROCESS: PROBATION REFERRAL...

Towards the latter part of his sentence, my client started talking to me about his art and how he might like to do something with his interest “ and talent after he was released. He sent me some examples of his paintings and I was very impressed at the standard of his work so we discussed approaching Koestler to see if they could help him through the mentoring scheme.

He has worked well with staff in the prison and engaged in education whilst in custody. He acknowledges and is remorseful for the mistakes he has made in his past and is determined to move on to live a crime- free life in the future.

I therefore fully support his application and assess him to be suitable to work with a mentor on a one-to-one basis in the community. I am in no doubt that he will benefit greatly from the support of a mentor and am thankful to the Koestler Trust for giving him this opportunity.”

Jenny, Suffolk Probation

17 VASILIKI MENTOR PROFILE

Vasiliki is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, and has had an active career with solo and group exhibitions in , Greece and the USA. Her work has been included in the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award 2002 (Commended) and 2003, as well as the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2010. Her work appears in national and international collections and has been published in ten different catalogues.

She also works as an art tutor and workshop facilitator, developing tailor made art programs to support personal and group development.

Vasiliki completed her mentor training with the Koestler Trust in 2010 and has worked with two different mentees to develop their painting technique and build their portfolios of work. Beholder image courtesy of Vasiliki Vasiliki credits her involvement with the Koestler Trust and the work she has done with ex-offenders with very different personalities, in helping her to develop her own interpersonal skills. She has been deeply impressed with the high levels of artistic technique (opposite) and sensitivities the mentees she has supported have Bluer Shade of Green projected on their work. This has further inspired her Felix Kelly Silver Award for personal practice as well as he work with groups of Portraits 2013 Nigel (being mentored by Vasiliki) vulnerable people. Riverside House Probation, London 13K7468

18 19 Nature in Miniature Painting entry 2014 Lesley HM Prison Send, Surrey (women) David Wentworth Scholarship Award for Female Artist 14K6449

20 The Lake District Platinum Award for Photography 2014 Matthew Aylesbury Probation, Thames Valley Keith Bromley Trust Scholarship Award for Nature Photography 14K4146

21 QUEEN

‘Prison Patter’ by John - mixed media piece created by mentee applicant

22 WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD BEEN MATCHED WITH A MENTOR…

I wanted to write to say a heartfelt thank you for the wonderful news about the allocation of an ideal mentor. I am very keen and excited at the prospect of working “ with Paula and absorbing all the knowledge she can bestow upon me.

Once an individual becomes incarcerated, they lose any iota of self-esteem and confidence. Suddenly we are faced with a label that seems to determine who we are and don’t feel we will ever amount to any more than that. It can be completely debilitating and incapacitating, and often results in an inability to go beyond it. Another’s faith in you can seem light years away and to be honest, speaking for myself, I didn’t consider that I deserved it anyway.

The year I was convicted, I submitted my first artwork to the Koestler Awards – a painting in the style of pointillism that was later sold at your exhibition. I received an Award and that started my first tentative steps towards regaining a tiny bit of self-belief. I profoundly thank the Koestler Trust for that gift. Since that time I have submitted many other artworks and written works…some more successful than others, and yet continued to be encouraged by the Koestler Trust.

Learning I had been matched with a Koestler mentor however brought tidings far beyond any of my expectations and deeply touched me. I appreciate this opportunity exceptionally.”

Jayne, Koestler Mentee Upon learning that she had been matched with a mentor

23 ORPHEUS

Cast away Far from any friendly shore What to do? Sing, sing out I’m here, I’m here. I am Hear Allowed that someone might And hearing, recognise my right to exist and my desperation Attracting attention seeking Salvation in any rite passing Relationship

Orpheus from Decaucalion’s Flood Prisoners Abroad Gold Award for Poetry Collection 2009 David Prisoners Abroad 09K1933

24 Sleeping Brünnhilde Anne Peaker Platinum Award for Sculpture 2013 John Buxton, Derbyshire Probation 13K3770

25 Wasted! James Wood Q.C. Silver Award for Mixed Media 2012 Evelyn Plesch Scholarship Award 2012 HM Prison Channings Wood, Devon 12K7891

26 MENTOR MATCHING… THE FIRST MEETING…

You never know who’s sitting at the next table - those layers, hidden images and strange angles, all good stuff people in the queue – who are they? Is it HIM? Two for poets! “ poets lurk in a Bristol cafe, locate each other by text message and are soon in the back garden talking. Poems written in prison were read, I had previously only seen them on paper, where to be brutally honest Sometimes you never know who’s sat across the they seemed a bit lifeless. Out loud the sense of rhythm, table, we had the whole afternoon to find out. From music of language and languid delivery gave the words a mentoring point of view I wanted to strike up some a whole new depth. rapport and common ground as quickly as possible. I decided against turning up with a dusty copy of the We ended the session by sketching out some plans Collected Works of Horace and a furrowed brow, I for the future, open mic events we could go to, poets wanted to share words not teach or lecture. to see and libraries to visit, I left a list of resources which could be explored in the local library and would We started with a discussion about what poetry is, broaden knowledge of the live circuit and of how poetry the preparation I’d done was very useful, alongside is developing. Wordsworth, Shakespeare and Langston Hughes were Lennon & McCartney, Jarvis Cocker and hip-hop rapper Like any good poet I will finish with a worn out Slug. This set the tone for the rest of our meeting and cliché, ‘we saved the best for last’, strangers two hours I could sense us both relax. To build on this I made it previously, we parted company shaking hands on a busy clear that for me there is no right or wrong in poetry street, my poetic buddy’s comment repeating in my and that the sessions would be prejudiced by my own head as I walked back to the station, “I’ll tell you what obsessions, interests and eccentricities. Michael, I was worried y’know, but you’re, well you’re normal, just like me”. I could see straight away that we shared a genuine love of words and that there was great scope for us to have a Michael, Koestler Mentor very interesting twelve months. I had set a piece of pre- Writing after his first mentoring session meeting work which I was pleased to see had brought a response, the task was to describe what was interesting about a favourite work of art, we were soon talking about

27 Weathered the Storm Bronze Award for Oil or Acrylic 2010 50th Anniversary Scholarship Award Allen HM Prison Risley, Cheshire 10K6235

28 The Titanic Boat Train Sodexo Platinum Award for Watercolour 2009 HM Prison Wandsworth, London 09K4123

29 ON READING SWINEHERD

When all this is over, said number 732 I will be open like a poem, read forward Wide eyed, collecting smooth Pebbles to sit in clay bowls. I will whisper to my terrier, share her Delight at hidden snuffly paths. I mean to Choose fruit carefully, haggle with a Welsh Speaking butcher and bake my own bread. When names are called I will walk on When stones are thrown I can dance Knocking on walls with happy taps. As smiling troubadours strum sad tunes, and Clowns daub glee lines on lips pointing south I intend to stroll by, open like a poem.

On Reading Swineherd Platinum Award for Poem 2011 Mark HM Prison Usk, Wales 11K0495

30 Hyper-critical Suicide Sodexo Silver Award for Drawing 2009 Mark Banbury Probation, Oxfordshire 09K4128

31 MONUMENT TRUST SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR FINE ART 2010 - MICHAEL

Deconstruction Michael Fragments Kvetch Universe #2 Sodexo Commended Highly Commended Award Ariane Bankes Outstanding Oil or Acrylic entry 2009 Award for Portraits 2007 for Watercolour 2008 Award for Oil or Acrylic 2008 HM Prison Grendon, HM Prison Grendon, HM Prison Grendon, HM Prison Grendon, Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire 09K4730 07K4364 08K2389 08K2390

Blob One, Blow Two, Blob Three Man the Barricade - Presenting Poetry to Foxes Maggi Hambling Gold Award for Mixed Media 2012 Highly Commended Award for Oil or Acrylic HM Prison Shepton Mallet, Somerset 2013 12K4558 HM Prison North Sea Camp, Lincolnshire 13K5710

32 The Visit Paul Hamlyn Foundation Bronze Award for Oil or Acrylic 2011 HM Prison Shepton Mallet, Somerset 11K7029

33 THE STEPHEN AND WINIFRED TUMIM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD - TERENCE

Wing View From A Cell Come Get Ya Meals Outstanding Award for Pastels 2007 Oil or Acrylic entry 2008 Sodexo Outstanding Award for HM Prison Highpoint, Suffolk HM Prison Highpoint, Oil or Acrylic 2008 07K3572 Suffolk HM Prison Highpoint, Suffolk 08K2990 08K2988

The Institution The Foundation Field of Dreams Highly Commended Award for Oil or Gold Award for Pastels 2010 Oil or Acrylic entry 2011 Acrylic 2009 HM Prison Highpoint, Suffolk HM Prison Sudbury, Derbyshire HM Prison Highpoint, Suffolk 10K4407 11K6214 09K4044

34 EVELYN PLESCH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR PAINTING

Too Many Tears Just Another Day White Noise and Shadow Bronze Award for Mixed Shearman Bowen Gold Award G4S Silver Award for Oil or Acrylic 2010 Media 2012 for Pastels 2012 HM Prison Lindholme, South Yorkshire HM Prison Lindholme, South HM Prison Lindholme, South 10K6366 Yorkshire Yorkshire 12K6353 12K6352

35 MONUMENT TRUST SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR FINE ART 2013 - MIKE

1. 1 2 3 2 The Induction Wing Platinum Award for a New Entrant, Pastels 2011 HM Prison Altcourse, Liverpool 11K4821

2. Judge Sentences Billy Drawing entry 2011 HM Prison Altcourse, Liverpool 11K4847

3. View of the Park in Morning Highly Commended Award for Drawing 2011 HM Prison Altcourse, Liverpool 11K4850

Portal to Freedom My Mate Aly Colin (Ming the Merciless) Evelyn Plesch Platinum Award Evelyn Plesch Platinum contemplates world ... 2013 Award 2012 Portraits entry 2013 HM Prison and Young Offenders HM Prison and Young HM Prison and Young Institution Stoke Heath, Offenders Institution Stoke Offenders Institution Stoke Staffordshire Heath, Staffordshire Heath, Staffordshire 13K5590 12K5478 13K6372

36 CHRIS BRAMBLE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR CERAMICS

1. 1 2 Mad Adder’s Tea Party Sodexo Gold Award for Ceramics 2010 Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside 10K5378

2. You can take a horse to water … Hazel Alexander Platinum Award for Ceramics 2009 Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside 09K4781

3. 3 4 Bowl Silver Award for Pottery 2011 Chadwick Lodge Secure Hospital, Buckinghamshire 11K5018

4. Three Bowls ceramics entry 2013 Chadwick Lodge Secure Hospital, Buckinghamshire 13K5580

37 Moments Missed Portraits entry 2009 HM Prison Blantyre House, Kent 09K4260

38 To Score Platinum Award for Poem 2013 Jason Wolverhampton Probation, West Midlands 13K1681

39 Graduation Silver Award for Portraits and Willis Scholarship Award 2012 12K3806

40 MY REASON FOR GETTING INVOLVED WITH KOESTLER

When I was in prison I won a Koestler Platinum Award for nail art and several other prizes for drawings. I applied to the mentoring scheme “ with the idea of getting some support to carry on with my art once I was released, but never in a million years thought anything would come of it and so when I got the letter from Koestler to say that had found me a mentor, I was thrilled.

Over the year of my mentoring, my mentor planned meetings at different venues so we could look at other artist’s work and talk about it together. We both had an interest in photography and our sessions gave me the skills to edit my work and the confidence to show my work to others. My mentor always came up with new ideas and encouraged me to try different techniques like collage which was fun.

I enjoyed my mentoring immensely and will treasure the memories of all the galleries and exhibitions I went to with my mentor. Although my mentoring has come to an end, it will never be forgotten and will always be part of my future.”

Fiona, Koestler mentee writing at the end of her mentoring

41 Umfreville Road, North London Monument Trust Platinum Award for Oil or Acrylic 2010 HM Prison Coldingley, Surrey 10K4801

42 43 IRONY

THE RIOTER: So, we’re the only black boys in this place? I would have stayed down South: there was no space. A Londoner? Same here! When you get in? A month ago? You missed the rioting! It’s just as well: you’d be here all the same, Just with a longer sentence to your name. The feds are on the hunt for everyone And judges are just slamming man2 for fun. Girls too: all named in papers, to disgrace. You check the news? You might have seen my case!

THE NON-RIOTER: I saw the news of riots on Sunday. I called the fam3 to check they were OK. Later that day I saw the same again, With the other ends4 in London jumping in. Man hooded up as far as I could see, Helping themselves like everything was free! I don’t know why the cops were holding back. I think that they were just too scared to act. North, South, East, West all got it, I would say – But not Central: man seemed to stay away.

Then West Midlands got onto the unrest: Licked5 bare shops, even licked shots at the feds. When those man got killed out in Birmingham, I started hearing ’bout a next attack: An Asian plan to start a massacre; Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs against the blacks. In London I saw so-called ‘EDL’. Bare racial tension out there, I could tell. It seemed to me like blacks against the rest; Armed Turks and North and Sikhs with swords in West.

44 Some cities took a while to start their thing, Like Mancs, but once they started, they went in. And some did minor things that made no gwop6. They didn’t even seem to target cops. They acted up to make themselves look ‘hard’, To say ‘We did it, just like all the rest’, So when we look back on England in flames They can stand up and say they played their part. ’Cause if when England burns you won’t join in, How can you say your ends is on this ting7?

You did what I’d have done if I were free: Take everything, chase feds and run on the streets. ’Cause even though the cities burned like hell, With mob rule: vandalism, arson, theft, It all looked so surreal and made me feel Like it was the worst time to be in jail. I could have been there, eating for myself Instead of watching news, but that was cool: Identifying vicariously, The people out there rioting were me. 1 Feds: police THE RIOTER: 2 Man: colloquial plural of man It’s better you were locked up than were free: 3 Fam: family (and close friends) You saw more of the rioting than me! 4 Ends: local area, parts of a town or city 5 Lick: raid, steal. Lick shots: to shoot a gun And now I’ll be locked up ’til God knows when. 6 Gwop: money Regrettable? I’d do it all again! 7 On this ting: seriously engaged in criminality The one lesson I’m wise enough to take: I lack wisdom to learn from my mistakes. Irony from A Collection of Early Works But you should learn to never glory in Platinum Award for Poetry Collection 2012 A waste of lives, of cities, houses, shops. HM Young Offender Institution It’s funny, you said ‘Everything was free!’ Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire May Turnbull Scholarship Award for Creative Writing I’m not free: I’m locked up! The irony! Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire 12K0977

45 Envy’s Delight Highly Commended Award for Oil or Acrylic 2009 Sheree HM Prison Styal, Cheshire (women) 09K4137

46 APPEASEMENT

In the first frozen minutes of a new year, back when I was seven years old, I remember warming my hands over a heap of holly and mistletoe, fresh from the parlour, hissing and crackling in the yard, and watching the man who would one day become my father-in-law hold a wriggling rabbit in one hand, while the other slit its throat, letting blood drip on moonlit ploughshares. To make sure it’s a good’un was all he’d day. And his wheezy laugh billowed out like smoke to catch the stars.

Appeasement Georg Galberg Platinum Award for Poem 2014 May Turnbull Scholarship Award HM Prison Brixton, London 14K1998

47 MENTOR: LOOKING BACK ON THE MENTORING...

The achievements of the Koestler Trust and the stimulated his artistic thinking and broadened his outstanding work at the Awards show came to my outlook. Throughout the year his confidence and “ attention through Sir Stephen and Lady Tumin. They commitment grew, until by the last session my support both encouraged me to become a mentor. I felt my was superfluous. He is highly motivated, his work experiences as an artist and a teacher could be useful in much in demand: an inspiring example to other young inspiring and supporting a young artist. I also hoped the offenders who may feel ambivalent about their futures. relationship would be reciprocal, that I would not only be teaching, but learning too. I was humbled and honoured to have the opportunity to get to know John. He told me many things about his Although at the beginning my mentee John seemed life, not least how important the support of his mother hesitant, as we spent more time together he became had been during the darkest hours of his incarceration. increasingly open to new experiences and suggestions. Without the inspiration and talent of artist ex-prisoners I was lucky: he was an extremely receptive mentee. like John, young offenders will be deprived of the vital Together we sat and drew the Assyrian friezes in the example they need to make a new life after prison seem British Museum, and I introduced him to the work of possible. After graduating John hopes to make work that Italo Calvino and Philip Pullman. We visited current highlights the predicament of young people with similar exhibitions: John’s end of year show at Chelsea, his experiences to his own.” interim show at St. Martin’s, Miro at the Tate, British modern sculpture at the Camden Arts Centre, Louise Johanna, Koestler mentor Bourgois at Hauser and Worth, Ernesto Neto and Tracy Writing after her final mentoring session Emin at the Hayward Gallery and finally the R.C.A painting and sculpture show in Battersea. Over cakes and coffee in cafes all over London we had animated discussions about the art we’d seen, its cultural context and its relevance to John’s own work.

Such experiences complimented those on his art degree course, developed his already eloquent articulacy,

48 Freedom is a State of Mind Sodexo Commended Award for Oil or Acrylic 2008 Sanna HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Downview, Surrey (women) 08K4571

49 MENTEE: WHAT I HAVE GONE ON TO DO...

Shaun received 10 mentoring sessions with his creative writing mentor. Over the course of their meetings Shaun worked towards getting his first book published. He has now written and published a trilogy of books about his time in prison.

I credit winning a Koestler Award and being on the Koestler Mentoring Scheme for helping turn my life around when I was fresh out of prison, unemployed and depressed. Thanks to Koestler I became an author, which gave me credibility to talk to schools, which is now my main occupation. My life is going in a whole new positive direction - far removed from committing crime.”

Published 2010 Published 2013 Published 2014

50 Fun To Do HM Prison Blantyre House, Kent Htein Lin & Vicky Bowman Highly Commended Award for Oil or Acrylic 2012 12K4480

51 FUNDER

As an arts funder, as well as a social development funder working in the field “ of justice, we have long seen the arts as vital instruments in prisoners’ personal journey of change and their successful resettlement – especially when raising arts to the highest possible quality also raises people’s highest aspirations and expectations of themselves. The Koestler Trust, with its exhibitions, mentoring and engagement, brings such an extraordinary response from people in custody. This is why for a number of years we have helped the charity on its essential back-office costs and also ensured that that every year it can offer a Fine Art Scholarship.”

Mark Woodruff, The Monument Trust

Dancers Gold Award for Pottery and Monument Trust Scholarship Award 2012 HM PrisonThe Mount, Hertfordshire 12K3834

52 WITH THANKS

Mentoring programme main funders

Mentoring Award Supporters

The Koestler Trust is very grateful to the foundations and individuals who have funded named awards for individual mentoring relationships:

Barrow Cadbury Scholarship for Female Artist Carol and John Wates Gateway Mentoring Award Celia Goodman Gateway Mentoring Award Chris Bramble Scholarship for Ceramics David Wentworth Scholarship for Female Artist Edwina Grosvenor Scholarship Award Evelyn Plesch Scholarship for Fine Arts Keith Bromley Scholarship for Nature Photography Koestler Trust 50th Anniversary Scholarship Awards May Turnbull Scholarship for Writing Monument Trust Fine Art Scholarship Award Rachel and Rose Gateway Award Stephen and Winifred Tumim Memorial Scholarship Award Willis Scholarship Award William Arthur Rudd Scholarship for Painting

53 My Front Door Gold Award for Painting 2014 Rachel and Rose Gateway Award Simon HM Prison , East 14K4242

54 HOW YOU CAN HELP US

With your help we can secure the artistic future of many more of our entrants through the mentoring scheme.

For more information about the mentoring scheme, becoming a supporter and to find out more about our exhibitions, please visit: www.koestlertrust.org.uk

The Koestler Trust 168a Du Cane Road London W12 0TX

0208 740 0333

Charity No. 1105759

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