Combating Cancer with Color and Canvas: Lilly Oncology on Canvas(TM) International Art Competition Call for Entries
February 03 2006 - 8:15AM
PR Newswire (US)
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- It is not unusual
for a cancer survivor to refer to his or her road to recovery as a
journey. Some go as far as to put these journeys on canvas. In
honor of World Cancer Day* (February 4), and the journeys traveled
by the millions of people with cancer worldwide, Eli Lilly and
Company and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
announced a call for entries for the 2006 Lilly Oncology on Canvas:
Expressions of a Cancer Journey International Art Competition and
Exhibition. The competition invites people diagnosed with any type
of cancer, their families and friends, cancer advocates, healthcare
providers, as well as artists and art students to express, through
art and in narrative, their own cancer journeys. This is the second
competition and exhibition presented by Lilly Oncology and NCCS. In
2004, the first Lilly Oncology on Canvas Art Competition and
Exhibition received more than 400 pieces of art from 23 countries
around the world. This rich and enduring collection of artwork has
been traveling the world and continues to touch the hearts and
minds of people everywhere. "Lilly Oncology on Canvas brings us all
closer to the heart of the cancer journey, enabling those who view
the exhibit to experience the range of emotions that cancer
survivors or those who care for them experience, and find hope in
their inspirational artworks," said NCCS President and CEO Ellen
Stovall. Stovall, a two-time, 34-year cancer survivor, will serve
on this year's judging panel. Lilly created the contest and
exhibition as a way to honor the patient and assist in the everyday
struggles and successes patients, physicians and caregivers face.
"Lilly is committed to treating the whole person as well as the
disease by developing treatments that offer real hope, as well as
programs that go beyond traditional drug development," said Richard
Gaynor, M.D., Lilly vice president, cancer research and global
oncology platform leader. "People affected by cancer experience a
range of complex emotions which are often difficult to express.
Lilly Oncology on Canvas helps to give these emotions a voice, one
that has resonance and meaning," Gaynor said. 2006 Contest Details
Contest entries will be accepted now through July 31, 2006. Art in
the following media will be accepted: oil; watercolor; acrylic;
pastel; photography; and other (one-dimensional art). All entries
must be submitted by July 31, 2006. Winners will be selected from
each media category, from the US, and from all international
entries ("Best of Exhibition" winner, and 2nd- and 3rd- place
winners). They will be chosen by an independent panel of judges,
comprised of cancer survivors, oncologists, journalists, cancer
advocates and artists. Winners will be notified in fall 2006 and
awarded monetary prizes for the cancer charities of their choice.
For additional contest details, and to obtain a 2006 Lilly Oncology
on Canvas registration form, call 800-734-4131 or contact Anita
Chernewski, art director, at . To view the 2004 Lilly Oncology on
Canvas entries, log on to http://www.lilly.com/ and click on the
Lilly Oncology on Canvas icon. *World Cancer Day In solidarity with
people living with cancer, cancer survivors and the global
cancer-control community, the International Union Against Cancer
(UICC) commemorates World Cancer Day every February 4th. The
Charter of Paris, adopted during the 2000 World Summit Against
Cancer for the New Millennium (and including the UICC and the World
Health Organisation), called for an invincible alliance between
researchers, healthcare professionals, patients, government,
industry and media -- to fight cancer and its greatest allies --
fear, ignorance, and complacency.(1) National Coalition for Cancer
Survivorship (NCCS) NCCS is the oldest survivor-led cancer advocacy
organization in the country and a highly respected authentic voice
at the federal level, advocating for quality cancer care for all
Americans and empowering cancer survivors. For more information
about NCCS and its advocacy for quality cancer care, please visit
http://www.canceradvocacy.org/ or call 1.877.NCCS.YES. Eli Lilly
and Company Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is
developing a growing portfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class
pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its
own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent
scientific organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana,
USA, Lilly provides answers -- through medicines and information --
for some of the world's most urgent medical needs. O-LLY. (1)
International Union Against Cancer, "World Cancer Day 2006,"
http://uicc.org/index.php?id=1165 (January 12, 2006) (Logo:
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Eli Lilly and Company; National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
CONTACT: Christine Van Marter of Eli Lilly and Company,
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Worldwide USA, +1-212-453-2067, cell: +1-516-784-9089,
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