Voices and Visions
Standing on the Bridge between Health and Disease
The 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition at The Art Center Highland Park
in Celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 5th – November 10th, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, October 5th from 6:30-9:00pm
VOICES: A Call for Statements
The “Voices and Visions” annual exhibit at The Art Center Highland Park includes a wall of statements written by people from across the country who have been affected by issues in women’s health, such as breast or ovarian cancer. This year, we ask entrants to answer the question: How has cancer, or the threat of cancer, affected your life?
CALL FOR STATEMENTS – CLICK HERE FOR FORM
Caren Helene Rudman, "Reflecting"
VISIONS: A Call for Art
The third annual exhibition of artwork will again seek to express the impact of dealing with breast and ovarian cancers. Invitation to all artists whose works expresses the fears and concerns surrounding breast or ovarian cancers. This includes works by survivors, previvors, caregivers, sons and daughters, and any one who has in anyway been touched by women’s health.
CALL FOR ARTWORK – CLICK HERE FOR PROSPECTUS
New This Year, as a part of “Voices and Visions:
Radiant Courage – Masks of Healing
Thermoplastic face masks are used during radiation treatment for head and neck cancer to ensure correct daily positioning during radiation treatment. Radiant Courage is a collaborative project between NorthShore University HealthSystem and TAC. Masks donated from patients who have finished treatment will be transformed by local artists into art as an expression of the cancer experience and a celebration of survivoriship.The masks will be displayed as part of the Voices and Visions 2012 exhibition at The Art Center Highland Park opening Friday, October 5.
The masks are a tangible representation of the hardship of cancer and the courage required on the part of each patient as they undergo treatment. Radiant Courage seeks to externalize these experiences through the tangible masks, and thereby help everyone understand the powerful experience of cancer
Head and neck cancer and radiation therapy are thankfully experienced by few people. However, this leads to limited awareness in the general public. Radiant Courage, through the use of the masks which are known to few people, also seeks to increase general public awareness of head and neck cancer and radiation therapy.
Radiant Courage has been inspired by Courage Unmasked, and we thank founding artist and Head and Neck Cancer survivor Cookie Kerxton.
Again this year, in conjunction with “Voices and Visions”:
Embrace the Race 5k for Women’s Health
The Embrace the Race 5k will be held on Sunday, October 21st at 7:30am, beginning and ending at The Art Center – Highland Park. Post Race Festivities include refreshments and a Health Expo.
Embrace the Race brings awareness to both Breast and Ovarian Cancers. The 5k race donated all the proceeds to the NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center, exclusively to the Breast and Ovarian Divisions.
