Name: Mignon Dupepe Title/credentials: LCPC, ATR, Twistshop Facilitator, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Art Therapist Location: Chicago, IL area Education: BS Psychology/Education, Vanderbilt University MAT, Adler University Brief art therapy/artist bio & personal connection to Twist: Mignon is an art explorer an art therapist. Mignon is currently a registered art therapist(ATR), and […]
When Jenny Indig decided to honor the anniversary of her mother’s passing, it opened up new opportunities to heal—even a decade after she was initially touched by cancer. Jenny’s latest opportunity is through serving as the 2023 Brushes with Cancer Honoree. The appointment comes more than a year after Jenny dove headfirst into the Twist
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Twist Out Cancer is making some changes in 2024. In 2023, we found ourselves with a good problem: Twist Out Cancer received an unprecedented amount of applications for our signature Brushes with Cancer program. As the organization’s founder and CEO, it was humbling and inspiring to see such an overwhelmingly positive response. It also created
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Select art pieces from Twist Out Cancer’s recent licensed Brushes With Cancer program at Wayne State University (WSU) are now on display in the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion at Henry Ford Cancer in Detroit. The Brushes With Cancer program at WSU featured 17 Artists from its Art, Art History, Art Education, and Art Therapy departments,
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June 28, 2023, Detroit –Twist Out Cancer, an international non-profit charitable organization that provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming, announced that select art pieces from its recent licensed Brushes With Cancer program at Wayne State University (WSU) are now on display in the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion at Henry
At 70 years old, Howard Aaron is a world-class bench-press competitor and fitness coach. “My love is helping people get better, helping people get stronger,” he said. So, it was a shock when Howard shared that he was diagnosed with intravascular large cell lymphoma, a type of cancer seen in only one in two million
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When Mahwish Syed was diagnosed with cancer, it was a lonely journey. Having kept her cancer private, she surprised herself by opening up to Brushes with Cancer Inspiration, Jemma Cabral, upon meeting her for the first time. After Mahwish shared, Jemma brought up Twist Out Cancer as a resource. Curious about the organization, Mahwish
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By: Jenny Buntman Indig Photo Credit: Robin O’Neill For every person touched by cancer, there is a before and after cancer moment – when those three words, “you have cancer” change life forever. For my family, a doctor delivered a diagnosis of stage four kidney cancer to my otherwise healthy, vibrant 59-year-old mother, Shelley, in
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When Brushes with Cancer Artists Kenny Lapins and Anne Marie “Annie” Morgan met for dinner after meeting online 13 years ago, they knew they’d be in each other’s lives for a long time. “Kenny’s the only person I’ve been on a date with where I’ve said ‘We’re going to be BFFs,’” Annie said. That
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