[Confronting Cancer Through Art]

Welcome from the Cancer Center Director

Welcome from the Arther Ross Gallery Director

Welcome from the Curator

About the Exhibition

"Confronting Cancer Through Art" is a unique exhibition that gives vision and voice to the experiences of all those who have confronted cancer. This juried exhibition includes nearly 200 works by 112 artists.

Many of the artists are cancer survivors who used their art as a means of coping with or expressing their feelings about their illness. Others created their works in response to the illness of a family member or friend.

When the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center and the Arthur Ross Gallery put out a call for submissions, we didn't know what to expect. Because the response was so great, we expanded the exhibition to a second gallery. Still, it was not enough to accommodate all of the works that deserved to be seen. Thus, the idea for this Virtual Gallery was born.

Many of the works presented here are also on display at the Arthur Ross and Meyerson Hall galleries on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. The exhibition runs through August 25. It is free and open to the public.

It is our hope that this Virtual Gallery will bring the entire exhibition to cancer survivors and their loved ones around the world. We hope you find "Confronting Cancer Through Art" to be a powerful and inspirational experience.

Image credit: Becky Young, Illumination: Underworld, Guide, Illuminated Self, 1988-9.

Honorary Chair

Evelyn H. Lauder
Founder
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Curator/Juror

Gerald Silk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Tyler School of Art
Temple University

Jury

Judith Tannenbaum
Associate Director,
Institute of Contemporary Art,
University of Pennsylvania

Dilys Winegrad, Ph.D.
Director/Curator,
Arthur Ross Gallery
University of Pennsylvania

Becky Young
Artist, Lecturer in Photography,
Graduate School of Fine Arts
University of Pennsylvania