Research/Resources--this link provides an overall summary and results of the various art
former students and interns that have worked on these projects.
AiC/IMAP--this link provides a summary and the mission of the newly developed Florida Arts in Corrections program (AiC), and related links. It also provides a review of the program that emerged out of the AiC, the Inmate Mural Arts Program (IMAP), including an overview and illustrations of the completed murals.
Links of Interest--here you will find links of other websites that provide additional information or for organizations that focus on prison art. This includes other Arts in Corrections and other Florida-based arts programs.
Thank you for visiting this site, and if you have any
questions, comments or know of any interesting work
being done in this field, feel free to contact me at the
email address provided beneath the bricks of links.
By using the bricks in the left column, you can navigate through the site to read about the specific benefits that art therapy offers this population, and you will see examples of the art that our inmate/clients have produced during individual/group/open art studio sessions. Each reproduction was chosen to represent the diverse styles and forms the inmates chose to express themselves. You will also have the opportunity to search various arts in corrections programs throughout the state and nation. The following is a brief overview of the specific foci of this site:
therapy in prison studies conducted through Florida State University. It also provides a reference list of selected research and theoretically-focused articles and book chapters that have emerged from this work,and provides an opportunity to download these articles in .pdf format. This section also provides a select reference list of other published sources, and concludes with a list of all of the
Recently, Dave Gussak, PhD, ATR-BC appeared on The Dr. Caroline "Kay" Picart Show to speak about the benefits of art therapy with the prison population. Click on the video to the left to listen to an edited version of this radio broadcast as well as view a slide show of works completed in prison and the first two murals completed by Gussak's Inmate Mural Arts Program.
