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Healing art

August 01 2025
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Get to know about the prison art project Steeldoorstudios. Written by team members of Steeldoorstudios

Steeldoorstudios began as one man’s desire to communicate his thoughts and feelings beyond the cold stone walls which contained him. Having spent the vast majority of his life incarcerated in one institution or another, devoid of the ability to articulate his emotions, he became an insular and bitter individual. Throughout those decades, art and silence became his only bedfellows. Through fear and lack of trust he chose not to share what he produced in relation to his inner angst and turmoil as it evoked a sense of vulnerability he just wasn’t ready for.

In 2020, after entering England’s only fully therapeutic prison, his artwork came to the attention of a forward-thinking governor who went on to grant permission for Steeldoorstudios to be born as a website. Alongside his artist wife, who devised, created and maintains the site, they launched what is now a platform for other incarcerated people to express themselves within the therapeutic value of art. It is their hope this forum will not only assist in enabling those currently in carceral settings and post-release to find their voice, but to also search for a more constructive and positive direction in life.

Going forward, the founders of Steeldoorstudios would like to combine their skills, offering art workshops to marginalised communities. Steeldoorstudios believes that the value of therapeutic art can change a person’s life and offer them an avenue to express their inner thoughts, feelings and emotions. Within this medium there are no wrong answers, just the opportunity to feel the freedom of self-expression.

For more information and to look at artwork created by the founders, please visit steeldoorstudios.com

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