Jenna Benn Shersher

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, […]

  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

  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

  Twist Out Cancer, an international non-profit charitable organization that provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming, announced a new licensed Brushes with Cancer program with Wayne State University.  The Brushes with Cancer program is a unique celebration that pairs accomplished Artists with Inspirations, individuals who have been touched by

  All Marianne Sarcich wanted was to be heard.  The Brushes with Cancer Inspiration struggled with being heard after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2016, so she started a peer-support group to create a solution that didn’t yet exist.  “I needed to be heard on the level of a breast cancer patient/survivor at the moment