Elisha-Rio P. Apilado’s first Brushes with Cancer was as an artist. Now, she’s seeing the other side of the experience as an Inspiration. Currently in school for art therapy, Apilado thought her talents could be useful as a 2019 Chicago Brushes with Cancer artist. Additionally, she had a very personal connection to the cause. In […]
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Melissa Burgess was up against her biggest challenge to date as an artist: creating a piece for a mother experiencing the most profound loss possible. As a Brushes with Cancer Chicago participant, Burgess was tasked with capturing Staci Greenfield’s cancer journey with her daughter, Juliana. Diagnosed with advanced neuroblastoma in 2018, Juliana – who affectionately
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Total opposites often make for the best pairings, and that’s what happened when Twist Out Cancer matched Inspiration Joni Goldstein and Artist Nancy Rosen. “Joni is very bedazzled. I am not bedazzled, I am the opposite,” Rosen said. The two connected instantly and found out they have more in common than they thought. A
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When it came time for Twist Out Cancer to come up with its tagline, Kenny Lapins was the one who encapsulated TOC’s mission in just three words: Share. Connect. Heal. Lapins, an artist, writer and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor, has a 10-year history with Twist. A few years after he wrote the famous tagline, Lapins began
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This year has given us enough things to worry about, so we want to make the holidays a bit simpler for our friends. The Twist Out Cancer shop is a great place to pick up unique gifts for anyone on your list, including those hard-to-shop-for people. When you purchase an item from our shop, your
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Twist Out Cancer, an international non-profit charitable organization that provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming, announced today that it is hosting a virtual Brushes With Cancer event for those touched by cancer in the Chicago area on Saturday, November 14, at 7 p.m. Brushes with Cancer is a unique
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While Sonya Keshwani was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29, she wasn’t prepared for how hair loss can affect so many women, including herself. “Women don’t have options that make them feel beautiful and confident during hair loss,” Keshwani said. “Things that are out there make you look like a cancer patient, and I wanted
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The message that kicked off Danny Glick’s connection to Twist Out Cancer involved him offering our founder, Jenna Benn Shersher, something rather unusual and personal: his blood. Danny and Jenna have known each other for roughly 15 years, but became close when they were both touched by cancer during the same time. “I’ve always loved
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By Jacqueline Carmody, LCPC, ATR-BC Receiving a cancer diagnosis is a life-altering experience. You are immediately forced to shift your current plans and deal with a new reality, all while coping with a flood of emotions such as fear, anxiety, depression, grief and worry. These feelings can be hard to express with words, which exacerbates
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Three weeks before Melissa Jacobus moved to Austin in 2019, she received her HR+ stage two breast cancer diagnosis. “The timing with the move was not ideal – but there is never a good time to find out you have cancer.” Being stage two, Jacobus had a high success rate. However, that doesn’t make the
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