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Sunday, November 4, 2018

The Walking Gallery Year 8: June 15, 2018-July 22, 2019

This is the eighth year of the Walking Gallery of Healthcare.  We now number 464 members walking around the world with patient story paintings on our backs.  We are attending medical conferences where often there isn’t a patient speaker on the dais or in the audience. We are providing a patient voice, and by doing so, are changing the conversation.


An artist or artists interviews medical professionals and lay individuals to form a patient centric narrative. The artist then creates representational imagery and paint that picture story upon the business jacket of the provider of the narrative account. The provider of the patient story aka “Walker” wears the jacket to medical conferences and events in order to disseminate the patient story to a large group of policy minded attendees and to represent the individual patient voice in venues where they are underrepresented. Further, both artist and walker will support the spread of the story and image via social media.

464 unique Walkers have joined the Gallery wearing 511 jackets.  The Gallery has representatives on six continents, but the majority of Walkers reside in the US. One artist creates the majority of the art, but new artists are frequently joining the movement.  The Gallery is promoted heavily on twitter, facebook and personal blogs.   Its widening appeal within the health conference community is creating a new space for patients at such events. If you are interested in joining the Walking Gallery here is the info:http://reginaholliday.blogspot.com/2016/03/how-do-you-join-walking-gallery.html


If you would like to help fund the movement: https://www.gofundme.com/h2dsdwe4 

Here is a short film about the movement: http://vimeo.com/80009527

The names of the Artists of The Walking Gallery followed by the quantity of jackets they have painted:  
1. Regina Holliday, 436 jackets
2. Isaac Holliday, 2 jacket
3. Becca Price, 1 jacket
4. Miriam Cutelis, 1 jacket
5. Ess Lipczenko, 1 jacket
6. Ben Merrion, 1 jacket
7. Courtney Mazza, 8 jackets
8. Michele Banks, 1 jacket
9. Megan Mitchell,1 jacket
10. Robert J. Filley, 3 jackets
11. Anita Samarth, 1 jacket
12. Mary Welch Higgins, 2 jackets
13. Richard Sachs, 2 jackets
14. Jonah Daniel,  1 jacket
15. Fred Trotter, 1 jacket
16. Leela, 1 jacket
17. Gayle Schrier Smith, 1 jacket
18. Moira Simms, 1 jacket
19. Joan Holliday, 1 jacket
20. Adalyn, 1 jacket
21. Chris Chan, 1 jacket
22. Amy O'Hanlon, 1 jacket
23. Vera Rulon, 3 jackets
24. Jessica Nicula, 2 jackets
25. Nikai, 1 jacket
26. Deonm, 1 jacket
27. Daquane, 1 jacket
28. Olivia Dias, 1 jacket
29. Donnell Bonaparte, 1 jacket
30. Hazel F., 1 jacket
31. Rachel Fields, 1 jacket
32. Zoe Carr, 1 jacket
33. Thomas Richardson, 1 jacket
34. Tamela Mack, 1 jacket
35. Julia Anderson, 1 jacket
36. DJ Hamilton, 1 jacket
37. Jenn Toby, 1 jacket
38. Camala Walling, 1 jacket
39. Jordan Lanham, 1 jacket
40. Josh Miller, 1 jacket
41.  Te'j Matthews, 1 jacket
42.  Tony Zieger, 1 jacket
43.   Shannon Shine, 2 jackets
44.   Melody Smith. 4 jackets
45.  Kay Seurat, 1 jacket
46.  Danny McGinnest Jr., 5 jackets

47. Janice Lynn Schuster, 1 Jacket
48. Kathleen R. Drake, 1 jacket
49. Ileana Balcu, 1 jacket
50. Virginia Lorenzi, 1 jacket

For more information about joining the movement or to see all 500 plus jackets, please scroll to the bottom of this post.

The Walking Gallery members who had jackets painted in Year Eight: 
511. "The Meaning of the Binder" a jacket for Stephen Scott


510. Virginia Lorenzi Jacket painted by Virginia Lorenzi



509. "Realistic Medicine" fa jacket for Jon Dowell


508."Eating the Pain" a jacket for James Goertzen



507. "On hold in the Valley of the Shadow." a jacket for Rob Anderson


506. "Helping Each Other." a jacket for Danna Merritt



505. "Bounce Back" a jacket for Genevieve Morris


504. "The Saving Tree" painted and worn by Casha Mills


503. "Woodbridge Health" worn and painted by Ileana Balcu

502. "Escape Artist" worn and painted by Kathleen R. Drake 


501. "Open Doors" Bracha Berlin


Read: http://reginaholliday.blogspot.com/2011/04/walking-gallery.html to understand the origin of the Walking Gallery. 

http://reginaholliday.blogspot.com/2011/06/walkers-oath.html to understand the sacred nature of this path



To view jackets of year three 252-328


To view jackets of year four 329-393


To view jackets of year five 394-430