Oncology On Canvas(SM) Launches 2010 Art Competition for Individuals Touched...( INDIANAPOLIS Nov. 4 /- Feel. Create...),Health

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- "Feel. Create. Share the hope." With these words, Lilly USA, LLC, and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) kick off the 2010 Oncology On Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey Art Competition and Exhibition. The biennial competition invites residents of the United States and Puerto Rico who have been touched by cancer - patients, family members, friends, caregivers and healthcare providers - to express, through art and narrative, the life-affirming changes that give their cancer journey meaning. Entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2010. Prizes consist of donations to the winners' cancer charities of choice.

The 2010 competition is launching its call for entries with four free, public exhibitions of art from the 2008 competition in the following cities during the month of November:

• November 1-30, New Orleans, La.: Ochsner Medical Center
• November 2-13, Louisville, Ky.: University of Louisville in conjunction with the James Graham Brown Cancer Center
• November 2-13, Augusta, Maine: Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care
• November 2-13, Oklahoma City, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  

This is the fourth Oncology On Canvas competition. Since Lilly created the program in 2004, more than 3,000 individuals have submitted entries. Art from the 2008 competition continues to tour hundreds of venues throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, including cancer centers, hospitals, and patient advocacy group events.

You don't have to be a professional artist or writer to participate. According to Richard Gaynor, M.D., vice president of cancer research and global oncology platform leader for Lilly, "Oncology On Canvas is not about competing; it is about the expression of the cancer journey - sharing your feelings in the hopes of inspiring ot
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