Ted Kooser, poet and Pulitzer prize winner, also a survivor of head and neck cancer uses writing as part of his healing process.
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Kooser also spoke at the Art and Medicine exhibition at University of Nebraska, Omaha. Read full transcript here
Read a related article from another cancer survivor who attended the exhibition here
Professor Hutchison presents the Saving Faces Art Project at the Art and Medicine Exhibition on the 13th January 2006, organised by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine and the University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery.
The exhibit encompassed two components including the Art Exhibition and a Speaker Series addressing topics raised by the paintings.
Professor Iain Hutchison warned that full face transplant rejections could be a serious issue.
The Saving Faces Art Project was showcased at the John Sade Ely House, Yale.
Article on SF Art Exhibition at Yale
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Emerson’s Huret and Spector Gallery hosted the Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert.
Emerson hosts U.S. Premiere of Saving Faces
Reproduced from The Times, 8th of October 2002.
“De Lotbinière refused to be cast down by his condition and his portrait by Mark Gilbert proved inspirational.” Henry de Lotbinière, who passed away on October 1st 2002, was a great friend of Saving Faces.
The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert was hosted at the the Leeds City Art Gallery and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. Read a review below.
Review of SF Art Project in Leeds
“Gilberts powerful portraits allow us to experience something of what the patients themselves may feel. They capture more than just the form of the patients faces—the intensity of the face damaged by trauma, or unveiled during the surgical process, and the changing emotions and character of the patients. Many of the “post-op” images demonstrate the importance of surgery and the positive impact it can have.”
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The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in the Health Service Journal.
Health Service Journal 14.02.2002 - SF Art Project