First Church joins Lexington Arts & Cultural Council's
"Gallery Hop" with Photography Exhibition of Alzheimer's Study

Join us Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at 5 p.m. as First
Church kicks off its latest arts exhibition, featuring
Lexington photographer Lee Thomas. An official
participant in the Lexington Arts & Cultural Council's
"Gallery Hop," the exhibit will feature photographs
of nuns participating in an Alzheimer's study as well as
works by local Alzheimer's patients.

In October 1996, Thomas traveled to Missouri to
capture images of a few of the 678 members of the
School Sisters of the Notre Dame religious
congregation who were participating in what's now
known as "The Nun Study."  The nuns ranged in age from 75 to 107 and were the subjects of an aging and Alzheimer's disease study headed by Dr. David Snowden, professor in the University of Kentucky's Department of Neurology and The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

Eleven of those photographs will be on display in the First Presbyterian Church gallery from November 19 - December 19.

In addition to the photographs, several works of art created by participants in the Alzheimer's Association's Best Friends Adult Day Center at Second Presbyterian Church will be on display.