Beginning in March 2011, 30 masks will be exhibited in venues throughout Columbus, Ohio, to bring awareness to\u00a0head and neck cancers (HNC<\/a>) and the dedicated team at\u00a0The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center\u2014Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute\u00a0(OSUCCC-James<\/a>)**.<\/p>\n The masks will be auctioned at a gala event at the Franklin Park Conservatory<\/a> on October 21, 2011.<\/p>\n Get the exhibition schedule, donate, purchase gala tickets and more atwww.<\/a>joansfoundation.org<\/a>\u2014plus,\u00a0see photos<\/a> of these amazing masks.<\/p>\n And don’t forget to visit the Grandview Library July 14-25 to see these works of art in person!<\/p>\n This special Library exhibition is coordinated with <\/em>Grandview Heights\/Marble Cliff Arts Council<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Courage Unmasked for Joan\u2019s Fund benefits Joan\u2019s Fund and OSUCCC-James and is sponsored by The Columbus Dispatch, WBNS-10TV, and Capital Style.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n * The Joan Levy Bisesi Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology Research (<\/em>Joan\u2019s Foundation<\/em><\/a>) is the fundraising arm of Joan\u2019s Fund, and is dedicated solely to head and neck oncology. Courage Unmasked<\/strong> It was during one such treatment session that this idea first came to Cookie Kerxton, a patient, an artist, and the founder of Courage Unmasked. Cookie wanted to find a way to ease the financial burden for other HNC patients who could not afford this expensive and grueling, but necessary, radiation. Cookie\u2019s colleagues and doctors quickly endorsed the idea of auctioning the artworks at a gala event to raise funds. Giving their time and talent, the artists created magnificent masterpieces unlike any other visual art ever seen. Courage Unmasked, an artistic celebration for the fight against HNC, was launched.<\/p>\n Courage Unmasked for Joan\u2019s Fund<\/strong> The Campaign<\/strong> June 1, 2011 From July 14-24, The Grandview Library Atrium will feature a special exhibition of radiation masks\u2014formerly worn by\u00a0head and neck cancer\u00a0patients\u2014that have been transformed into works of art by 26 professional visual artists (primarily from Central Ohio) as part of\u00a0Courage Unmasked for Joan\u2019s Fund*. Beginning in March 2011, 30 masks will be exhibited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghpl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ghpl.org\/_files\/erin_johnson.jpg\")
From July 14-24, The Grandview Library Atrium will feature a special exhibition of radiation masks\u2014formerly worn by\u00a0head and neck cancer\u00a0patients\u2014that have been transformed into works of art by 26 professional visual artists (primarily from Central Ohio) as part of\u00a0Courage Unmasked for Joan\u2019s Fund<\/a>*.<\/p>\n
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\n** <\/em>OSUCCC-James (<\/i>“<\/em>The James Cancer Hospital”<\/em>, <\/em>“The James”) is the\u00a0Midwest’s first and Ohio’s only fully dedicated cancer hospital and research institute, one of the nation’s premier cancer centers for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer.\u00a0<\/em>
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\nFor more information about this exhibition & campaign, please contact:
\n<\/em>Melinda Fenholt Cogley
\nExecutive Director, Joan\u2019s Foundation
\nCourage Unmasked for Joan\u2019s Fund Campaign Chair
\n<\/em>MelindaCogley@JoansFoundation.org<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>614.806.0536 (cell)<\/em><\/em>
\nBelow is a history of this exhibition, including personal stories and HNC facts:<\/p>\n
\nIn September 2009, the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center in Washington, DC, hosted a unique fundraiser called Courage Unmasked. More than 100 artists from all over the United States transformed radiation masks\u2014formerly worn by HNC patients to position and immobilize their heads during treatment\u2014into works of fine art.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>When members of the Joan\u2019s Foundation Board first heard of Courage Unmasked, they contacted its founder, Cookie Kerxton, to learn more about her campaign. The idea was presented at the December 2009 meeting, and the board enthusiastically agreed to duplicate her campaign. With Cookie\u2019s permission, Joan\u2019s Foundation launched Courage Unmasked for Joan\u2019s Fund, the second Courage Unmasked campaign.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2010, the Courage Unmasked for Joan\u2019s Fund Campaign Committee selected 26 professional visual artists, primarily from central Ohio and from a variety of mediums, to turn radiation masks into works of fine art. Artists worked in close collaboration with survivors whose stories were their inspiration, resulting in a unique and incredible exhibit of 30 transformed masks.
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\n<\/strong>Joan\u2019s Story
\n<\/strong>Joan Levy Bisesi, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, was always positive and courageous, even throughout a painful battle against cancer.<\/p>\n\n