Cancer Culture and Community

Program Background

The Oncological Sciences Center in Discovery Park in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University created the Cancer Culture and Community (CCC) Program in 2007 to explore the human response to cancer as expressed through the arts and literature. This is a truly unique program blending the sciences and the arts.

The genesis of the CCC program was inspired by the powerful exhibition hosted by the Lafayette Art Museum of paintings by Hollis Sigler, which chronicled her battle and ultimate death from breast cancer. Lectures surrounding this exhibit demonstrated the powerful influence art and literature can have on how one deals with cancer.

The Cancer Culture and Community program features an annual Colloquium held in November focused on the human response to cancer as expressed through literature. The Colloquium features nationally renowned writers and provides a venue for interactions with Purdue students and faculty as well as members of the Greater Lafayette Community.

Maps and Other Information

• Purdue campus map
• Lafayette city map
• Directions to Purdue Memorial Union
• Parking Information
• Cancer Culture and Community brochure
• Event Agenda
• Community Flyer
• Campus Flyer
• Brochure

Guest Artists

2009

Donald Hall
Creating Hope Community Project

2008

Margaret Edson
W;T
Flyer

Program Sponsors: OSC, Office of the Provost, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue Libraries, Purdue Cancer Center, Department of English, Division of Theatre, Horizon Oncology Center, Pets and Vets as Partners

Event Press
Purdue News
Exponent Release


2007

Terry Tempest Willliams
Refuge, An Unnatural Hstory of Time and Place

Sue Ellen Thompson
The Golden Hour

Program Sponsors: OSC, Office of the Provost, College of Liberal Arts PLACE, Purdue Libraries, Center for Environment, Department of English, West Lafayette Public Library

Event Press
Purdue News