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Art Exhibition
The 4th Annual CAYAS (Childhood, Adolescent, Young Adult Cancers & Survivorship) Conference takes place on 5th October in Croke Park Stadium.
We would like to invite children and young people affected by childhood cancer and their parentsto take part in an art project for display at the conference.
Your work will be displayed at the conference, which was attended by over 230 people last year.
Theme: Who am I now?
Format: Drawing, painting, colouring, photography, 3D printing, clay or pottery, even poetry or other short forms of creative writing…all formats are welcome!
Ideally, we will accept submissions in electronic formats but physical pieces will also be accepted.
Please include a description of what you have created and why – what it means to you.
Who can enter: Anyone affected by childhood cancer of any age. The exhibition is open to all – children and young people directly affected by childhood cancer, siblings, parents and anyone working with families impacted by childhood cancer.
Theme: Who am I now?
Format: Drawing, painting, colouring, photography, 3D printing, clay or pottery, even poetry or other short forms of creative writing…all formats are welcome!
Ideally, we will accept submissions in electronic formats but physical pieces will also be accepted.
Please include a description of what you have created and why – what it means to you.
Who can enter: Anyone affected by childhood cancer of any age. The exhibition is open to all – children and young people directly affected by childhood cancer, siblings, parents and anyone working with families impacted by childhood cancer.
More on the theme
By Aoife Moggan, childhood cancer survivor and advocate
Who Am I Now – I believe this is a question that follows us throughout our lifetime because who we are is not set in stone. We have an amazing ability to evolve, grow and change.
When thrown a cancer curve ball at a young age, the landscape of the life you once knew is forever changed and a ‘new normal’ now exists for the child / young person, but also for parents and siblings.
For many, it gives rise to many changes and one big question that encompasses so much: ‘WHO AM I NOW?’
For this art project we are asking people to capture the person you feel you are now, having let go (some may say been forcibly removed!) of the person they once were.
For example, it may be something factual – a picture of the sports team you’re missing, your favourite teddy who keeps you company in hospital, a new college or something more abstract like broken glass to depict feeling delicate, not yet put back together, the sharp edges portraying a rawness, an attempt to capture a deep feeling.
Ultimately there is no wrong answer to this question because however YOU choose to capture who YOU are and feel now cannot be wrong. Have fun with it and I hope it gives everyone some time to sit with these big, often challenging but always rewarding questions in a creative space, or for younger children to just have fun with a blank page!
Deadline and how to submit:
Submission deadline is Monday 3rd September 2024.
Email:
Submissions should be emailed, if possible, to info@cayasireland.ie
Post:
Physical submissions should be posted / dropped to:
CanTeen Ireland,
4 North Brunswick Street, North,
Dublin 7
D07 RHA8
More information: info@cayasireland.ie