Building Community
Inside Harmony’s Prison Arts Programs, incarcerated men and women find voice, purpose, and creativity. Outside, volunteers from the community enter these same spaces – listening, collaborating, sharing stories, and showing up week after week.
This is how real change happens: people meeting people where they are, breaking down barriers in real time, and building networks of support.
Harmony’s Prison Arts Program was never just about arts programming. It’s a bridge to community, a pathway to opportunity, and a space where humanity is never left behind.
Breaking Barriers
At the 2nd Annual Sunflower Music & Arts Festival, the walls didn’t separate us – they brought us together. Invited guests and volunteers stepped inside the Ohio Reformatory for Women to experience powerful performances from incarcerated creators from three institutions: Pickaway Correctional Institution, Madison Correctional Institution, and the Ohio Reformatory for Women. Music, storytelling, and art made one truth impossible to ignore: talent doesn’t disappear behind bars – community shouldn’t either.
Participants across three institutions
Weekly programs
connecting incarcerated individuals with community volunteers
2nd annual
Sunflower Music & Arts Festival – a one-of-a-kind program uniting incarcerated men and women to perform for each other, invited guests, and an entire women’s prison population