Prison art gallery

Gallery of ArtCreated by incarcerated

men and women across the United States

The Inmate Mural Program was created by

The Florida State Arts in Corrections

Project. David Gussak and Leslie

Neil organized this group.

Inmates created sketches and the grad students

working with the project made a composite for the

mural. The results were painted

on the dorms.

The inmate /artist team brainstormed ideas…

The Art Therapists composed a composite and…

The image was transferred to the building…

and the work began.

The inmates transformed their art into the mural…

“Transformation Through Unity ,” was completed.

James Witt an inmate

struggling with addiction,

participated in the

University of Michigan Inmate Art

Show

“My Little Amy’s Babies”

“He Gave Us The Key”

“Sending Out Your Light”

“Purple Mountain Majesty”

“Making The Choice”

“Yet Free”

Tattoos…

another form of self-expression in prison.

Ed Meade a former prisoner created a website,

Prisonart.org,where inmates can sell there

artwork and make money to buy more

art supplies

“Unlock Heart,” by Anthony Ramon

“Loneliness”By, Charles Hardin

“Keyfisher”By, C. Byron

“Lake Mountain”By, Charles Powell

“Butterfly Key”By, Chris Courtney

“Chief Big Bow”By, Cliff Murphy

“Eagle over Lake”By, Darren Marks

“Skimming”By, Elizabeth Lozano

“Lion”By, Daniel Paz Rivas

“Horse Girl”By, Harley Whittier

Not all inmates are lucky enough toexperience an art program in their

Facility. An aspiring artist by the name of

David Jones also used art as therapy, but on his own.

He loved to sketch pictures of his loved ones and his self esteem

was greatly elevated when hisfamily told him how they loved to

receive the pictures he drew.

A drawing by David for his sister Lisa

“Andrew and Angel”

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/pcap/pages/gallery/gallery_visual_art.htm

http://www.prisonart.org/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

Art and music references

http://arttherapyinprison.com/AiC-IMAP.html

“All This Time,” by One Republic