Art Exhibition | Face to Face: The Craniofacial Program Portrait Project
Building: Academic Building
Room Number: Art Gallery | Room 2305
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Time: 09:00 am End Time: 05:00 pm
Event Category: Community and Arts
Division Host: Communications, Arts, and Humanities
On View September 9 – October 9, 2015
Art Gallery | Academic Building | Room 2305
Monday
Reception, Presentation & Project Documentary Screening
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Reception | 4 – 6 p.m.
Academic Building | Art Gallery
Refreshments will be served
Presentation and Project Documentary Screening | 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Academic Building | Large Auditorium
All Events are FREE and open to the public
Face to Face is a partnership among Studio Incamminati of Philadelphia, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and the Edwin and Fannie Gray Hall Center for Human Appearance. It features artists from Studio Incamminati, School for Contemporary Realist Art, using the intimate process of portrait painting to help youths with craniofacial conditions see themselves in a more positive light. More importantly, it serves as a catalyst for discussion on the way we see each other - and ourselves.
The Vision: A world-renowned artist and a highly-esteemed plastic surgeon share a passion for art and medicine. Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, and Dr. Linton Whitaker, plastic surgeon and founder of the Craniofacial Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, believe in the power of art and medicine to heal the body and nourish the soul. Their vision gave rise to this remarkable project, the first of its kind in the United States. In partnership with The Craniofacial Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The Edwin and Fannie Gray Hall Center for Human Appearance at the University of Pennsylvania, Studio Incamminati artists painted portraits of young patients with craniofacial conditions to help them see themselves in a different light.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Communications, Arts and Humanities Division