The impact of the painting course on the prison of prisoners: Bakirkoy womens' closed prison

Based on the value of people's inner world, the growth of art can be observed beginning from the productions people made in the early ages. The art has not only been used as a tool with symbols and images but also has become a manner of expression of people and communities throughout the centuries. Today, it can be said that the art has an important place in the psychology with the characteristics of dynamic, changeable and therapeutic. Merging with the art, psychology as a scientific area has developed various treatment methods. Visual arts, one of the widespread fields of art, have been used as a treatment method in the applied psychology. This method has been applied under the titled as 'Therapy with the Art' in Turkey. Recently, it has been benefited from this type of therapy in order to focus on self-respect, fears, exhaustion, loveliness and insensibility of people. The function of art does not refer to only people obeying social norms. Art has no longer offered a new area of expression to people living under private conditions. Painting class has been free expression areas for people living in panoptical architects such as prisons, hospitals. The panoptical system which means observing the entire environment generates motivation activities. This thesis goals to show people alienated from society will be able to get their own skill over again through the art. In this study, between October 2015 and June 2016, based on participation to class, the paintings of ordinary and political prisoners staying at Women's Closed Penitentiary Institution in Bakırköy has been analyzed. With the study, how prisoners use symbol and color on their own works through the transfer of their suppressed feelings. With regard to the result of the study, it is proved that there are available some findings about the treatment functions of the art.