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The Art Dako is on at the Orange Function Centre, Eyles St Orange, designed to increase community awareness of issues around male-only cancers. The theme of the exhibition is men’s underdaks or male anatomy.  The aim is community involvement, fun and education while net proceeds will go to Western Care Lodge, Orange.

Tickets for the official opening Friday 14 September, 6.30pm - 9pm, are $15 each and can be obtained from Inkability in William Street, opposite Officeworks. Dr Tim Nicholson, an Orange urologist, will be opening the exhibition at 7.30pm and there will be food provided by Pro Vista woodfire pizzas and wine from Jarretts Wines. The art works can be viewed and purchased on the night.

The public exhibition of Art Dako is on Saturday 15 September from 9am – 4pm. Art works can be purchased on the day and picked up at 4pm. Entries will be very varied from groups such as the Orange Spinners and Handcraft group, Wahi-Win Migay (Orange weaving group), Anson Street School, OCTEC Youth Connections, the CAG O’Brien Centre, Colour City Creatives, and Orange Art Society, to individual items such as carving, drawing, quilting, patchwork, knitting and painting. Entries are both local and from as far a field as Dubbo, Sydney and Queensland.

There  will be an educational talk at 2.30pm on Saturday at the Function Centre by Rodney Hammond, Chief Radiation Therapist, Central West Cancer Service. The talk will be an overview of the patient journey through the Radiation Oncology department. Rodney will detail the 5 basic stages Consult, Simulation, Planning, Treatment and Follow up and will also cover some statistics over the last 18 months so that people can see what has been achieved. There will be update on the progress of the second Linear Accelerator to help keep the community informed.