Editorial

Authors

  • John R. Whitman Creative Prisons Project
  • Amanda J. Gardner Southwest Correctional Arts Network
  • David E. Gussak FSU Institute for the Arts and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33009/fsop_ijci140804

Keywords:

correctional arts, International Journal for Creativity Inside, arts in criminal justice

Abstract

This editorial was written by IJCI editors John R. Whitman, Amanda J. Gardner, and David E. Gussak.

Author Biographies

John R. Whitman, Creative Prisons Project

John R. Whitman, Ph.D. is Co-Editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Creativity Inside. 

Amanda J. Gardner, Southwest Correctional Arts Network

Amanda J. Gardner, PhD, is managing editor of the International Journal for Creativity Inside.

David E. Gussak, FSU Institute for the Arts and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned

David E. Gussak, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM is Professor and Director for the Florida State Institute for the Arts and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned and Co-Editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Creativity Inside. 

References

Bible. (2020). New American Standard Bible (Reference Edition). The Lockman Foundation.

Gardner, A. & Caulfield, L. (Eds.). (2024). Arts in criminal justice and corrections: International perspectives on methods, journeys, and challenges. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003401582

Gussak, D. E. (2022). The frenzied dance of art & violence. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190064495.001.0001

Whitman, J. R. (2025). Prisons of creativity: Artistic innovation during incarceration. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003566021

Cover image is a painting with the viewer’s perspective from inside a jail cell. Its concrete walls are broken, showing the world outside those walls with barb wire fences and a guard tower. But through the bars of the closed door one can see green grass, a leafy tree, and blue sky.

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Published

2026-05-20

How to Cite

Whitman, J. R., Gardner, A. J., & Gussak, D. E. (2026). Editorial. International Journal for Creativity Inside, 1(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.33009/fsop_ijci140804

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026)

Section

Editorial

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Copyright (c) 2026 John R. Whitman, Amanda J. Gardner, David E. Gussak

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