MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 5, 2021) — Living Proof Exhibit, which provides the therapeutic benefits of the arts to people impacted by cancer, is seeking entries for its annual exhibition to be held from August 16 to September 30, 2021 in the Charles and Elizabeth Bisignano Art Gallery at the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa.
All cancer patients and survivors living within a 200-mile radius of the Quad Cities are eligible to submit up to five works for consideration. Entries must be received by June 1, 2021. Complete submission details, including the call for entry and application form, are available at www.livingproofexhibit.org.
“We are thrilled to bring our Visualization of Hope exhibition back to Dubuque,” said Pamela Crouch, executive director of Living Proof Exhibit. “The area has a vibrant arts community, and the medical community is extremely supportive of the arts-health connection.”
“This is a wonderful collaboration,” said Alan Garfield, director of the Bisignano Art Gallery. “The students in our physician assistant program as well as our nursing program will learn so much from this exhibition.”
For more information about Living Proof Exhibit’s free programming for people touched by cancer, please visit www.livingproofexhibit.org or e-mail livingproofexhibit@gmail.com.
About Living Proof Exhibit:
Living Proof Exhibit provides the therapeutic benefits of the arts to those impacted by cancer. This includes patients, survivors, families, and caregivers. We provide free monthly Creative Sessions, exhibitions of art created by cancer survivors as an annual major exhibition and permanent rotating exhibitions at the cancer centers, and art-to-go projects for patients and their families as well as utilizing Beam Pro technology to share the exhibitions at the Figge Art Museum with patients receiving treatment at the cancer centers.
About the Bisignano Art Gallery:
The Bisignano Art Gallery is located inside the Heritage Center at the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa. The gallery hours are noon to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during the academic year. Summer hours vary and may be by appointment only. The Gallery is also open during all major events held in the Heritage Center’s John and Alice Butler Hall. For more information about the Gallery or the exhibit schedule, please contact the gallery director at 563.326.7804 or visit www.dbq.edu/HeritageCenter/BisignanoArtGallery.
