Dr Sketchys 'Bring The Pain' Life Drawing class.

Before we get into the details etc, please take a couple minutes to read why we feel there is a need for such an event.

Another event has been loaded for the competition with more info if you wish to participate. You don't need to be a pain sufferer to participate! This life drawing event may very well help you with ideas if you chose to enter the Pain Awareness Month competition...read on to find a little more and if you are still interested, there is an event for it also! :-)

September is Pain Awareness Month.

A unique event comes to Auckland and participating regions for the first time.  Pain Awareness Month began in the United States fives years ago and will be promoted throughout September with an exciting live and online event organised by someone who lives in chronic pain.

In honour of those who deal with pain every day of their lives, Pain Awareness Month is holding an art competition created to raise awareness of the lives of those in pain, sharing knowledge about how best to deal with pain conditions, and raising awareness and money for the charities that support those in pain.

Successful entries will be exhibited on the 9th October at Tabac in Auckland CBD. The evening will include performances by amazing musicians, acrobats and actors and a silent auction of the winning pieces from the competition. At the conclusion of Pain Awareness Month a panel of judges will pick the successful entries for the exhibition with the proceeds going to the charity of the artist’s choice.

The competition is open to everyone; those with chronic pain and those without, professional artists and passionate amateurs. The theme is to show Art Inspired By Pain.  It’s broad so as to include more of the aspects of chronic pain – the good things it can bring as well as the bad.

Participants are invited to submit art from any medium, though entries need to be displayable online.  Submissions should include 3 photographs of the work and a completed entry form available from www.painmonth.co.nz. 

Once received, they will be posted on the website forum and on the Pain Awareness Month facebook page, for public comments and to be voted on for the peoples choice awards presented throughout the competition. At the end of the month, votes will be tallied and the entry with the most votes in total will be made part of the silent auction on the 9th October along with the entries chosen by our panel of judges.