Lilly Oncology on Canvas 2006 Winners
On December 5, 2006 at an awards finale hosted by Regis (“Live with Regis and Kelly”) and Joy Philbin at New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion, “This is Not a Dress Rehearsal,” by Anne Wilson of Morganton, North Carolina, was named Best of the United States in the 2006 Lilly Oncology on Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey International Art Competition and Exhibition, presented by Eli Lilly and Company in partnership with NCCS. As the first place winner, Wilson accepted a $10,000 donation to the cancer charity of her choice – the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Second place in the U.S. competition was awarded to JoAnne Coleman of Baltimore, Maryland, for her photograph, "Tranquility," and the judging panel awarded third place to Isabel Quiñones-Martin of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for her acrylic painting, titled “Embrace Life.”
The winners were selected by an independent judging panel that reviewed 492 submissions from the US and Puerto Rico. The judges’ selections were based on artwork and narratives that best depict what gives the cancer journey meaning. In all, Lilly Oncology on Canvas awarded prizes to a total of 36 winners from more than 2,000 global entries from 43 countries. In addition to the three U.S. winners, there were three global winners and 30 category winners. Global winners were announced on November 3, 2006, at London’s Royal College of Art.
1st Place Winner: "This is Not a Dress Rehearsal" by Anne Wilson. The photograph features Wilson’s late daughter Katherine just seven months after Katherine, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer at the age of 23. It portrays a smiling Katherine and her dad playfully removing their hats to display their bald heads – Katherine’s from her cancer treatments and her dad’s a result of his sympathetic shaving.
2nd Place Winner: “Tranquility” by JoAnne Coleman. The photograph shows a serene fountain in Hawaii containing water lilies with a reflection of a Japanese Tea House and reminds the artist of how she treats patient when they go into surgery for the removal of cancerour tumors. Coleman, a nurse at the Johns Hopkins since 1974 and now a coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Pancreatic Cancer Clinic at The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, took the photograph while in Hawaii for a nursing conference.
3rd Place Winner: "Embrace Life" by Isabel Quiñones-Martin. The painting was inspired by a friend of Quiñones-Martin who despite a poor diagnosis decided to embrace life and stay positive.
‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’- Scarves and Ties NOW AVAILABLE
Eli Lilly and NCCS partnered to produce silk scarves and neck ties which beautifully reproduce a 2004 oil painting submission titled ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night.’ The artist is a family member of a cancer survivor and describes his/her painting below.
‘Fear, devastation, alone - all words describing the beginning of a woman’s cancer journey. I have chosen to portray the middle leg. Their world is still upside down. Night is the cancer that engulfs them. The woman is the moon. Hope is represented by the glimmering stars and greenery. The woman’s courage and desire to fight is shown because she has thrust the cloud of isolation aside and exposed herself to be able to accept help from others. The ‘others’ - family, friends, medical personnel, are the trees reaching through the darkness to comfort, cry, cheer and encourage the reluctant traveler.’
All proceeds from the sale of these scarves and ties will support NCCS’s pursuit for quality cancer care for all Americans. Order one today.
