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Very nice. Anyone know of any 'artists-with PD' affairs going on in the northeastern US or Ontario/Quebec? Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:36 AM Subject: Awards - Creative and with Parkinson's? > Awards - Creative and with Parkinson's? > > The Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) is encouraging all people with > Parkinson's to pull out their paintbrushes, take photos or get poetic, as > the > annual Mervyn Peake awards enter their fifth year. > > With three categories to enter - art, poetry and photography - everything > is > welcome from sketches to watercolours, limericks to odes, and intriguing > holiday photos to professional portraits. > > This year, the awards will be extra special, as, for the first time, > unusual > or exceptional work will be showcased in a PDS calendar. In addition, a > gallery of selected entries will be on show at a gala reception on Friday > 7th > July 2006. > > The event is held in memory of the late artist and writer Mervyn Peake, > whose > works included Gormenghast and the Alice in Wonderland illustrations, and > who > developed Parkinson's in later life. Mervyn Peake's family launched the > awards in 2002 to celebrate the creative achievements of people living > with > Parkinson's. > > Participants will have until Monday 3rd April to submit their work. More > details are available from the Events Team. > Tel: 020 7963 9312 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn