Patient Art Exhibit

As part of the SID’s commitment to support the Coalition of Skin Diseases, we continue to host the Patient Art Exhibit at the SID Annual Meeting. The first exhibit, titled “Emotions of the Disease,” was on display at the International Investigative Dermatology meeting in Miami, Florida in 2003. The successful inaugural exhibit served as a forum for patient advocate groups to express their personal feelings about skin disease to researchers in both academia and industry. Artwork was in a variety of media, including oil and acrylic paintings, paper collages, crayon drawings and poems.
 
The exhibit continues to be a moving illustration of the burden of skin disease and an integral part of the Annual Meeting. There are plans to continue the show in 2007 and beyond. The SID is seeking industry and/or private sponsorship of the exhibit so that it may continue to grow.
 

To find out how you can submit artwork for the exhibit, please contact Becky Minnillo, DM/MPA, Chief Program and Development Officer, at 216-579-9300 or via email.

George Elgart, MD The Unhappy Nucleus. 2004 Color photograph, 6 x 9”	Chris S. Pointed Out. 2004 Tissue and marker on canvas, 16 x 20”	Liz Newton Misunderstood. 2002 Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24”
Pamela Crimmins Mercy II. Unknown Color photograph, 16 x 21”	Lisa Young Just Me. Unknown Watercolor and pastel on Japanese paper, 12 x 10½”	Leisha S. Medina Intra Derma “Within the Skin.” 2004 Acrylic, 16 x 20”
Chris S. Inside vs. Outside. 2005 Mixed media, 16 x 20”	Maria-Eleni Dimas Finding My Way. 2005 Colored pencil and crayon, 8½ x 11”	Alexandra Austin “Eczema-stential” Lady. 2005 Watercolor, 9 x 13”
Karen Mallin, Psy.D. Cooling Down the Flare. Unknown Tencel, 35 x 8”	Jessica Dimas Butterfly Girl in the Forest. 2005 Colored pencil, 11 x 13”	Leslie Butler Bald Boogie. 2002 Unknown, 24 x 30”
Families of BCCNS Life Support Network The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Pieces. 2005 Mixed media, 37 x 37”	Chelé Williams Sleepless Nights. 2002 Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24”	Chris Reed The Skin I’m In. 2004 Digital, 8½ x 11”
Liz Newton Rude and Nosey. 2002 Marker on board, 16 x 8”