Student Work

The artist’s memories

Kaitlin Edquist

Semester: Spring 2019

Course: MSCH-J460

Categories: Writing

Jim Gray sits in a chair at Jill's House. — Jim Gray, center, sits in a chair at Jill’s House. On the wall in front of him are three of his paintings called the “Joy of Life Parade.” (Noble Guyon | Indiana Daily Student)

Kaitlin Edquist profiled Jim Gray, an aging artist who paints his memories before he loses them to dementia.

The story earned third place in the Personality/Profile Writing category of the 2018-19 Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Intercollegiate Writing Competition.

Read the story in the Indiana Daily Student.

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