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How three-time Brushes with Cancer Artist Kathryn Tubbs sees beauty in disease

An Old Connection Helps Jenny Indig Honor Her Mother in a Big Way

The Jacqueline Carmody Creative Artist Award Makes Its Debut

Wade Miquelon and Dr. Katherine Heiden to Serve as 2022 Brushes with Cancer Honorees

Coming Full Circle with Alex Perry and Right Way Signs

Inspiration Mary Jenkins and Artist Kate Van Doren Talk Faith and Sisterhood

Twist Out Cancer Celebrates 10 Years of Sharing, Connecting and Healing with Special Exhibit and Brushes with Cancer Gala at WNDR Museum

Giorgia Lupi and Pentagram Turn Brushes with Cancer Intersections into a Visual Story

Evanston Pour’s Unique Twist On Gathering in Evanston, Illinois

From Breast Cancer to Beading: How Inspiration Abby Match is Raising Funds for Twist Out Cancer

How Twistshop Facilitator Jacqueline Carmody Created More Accessible Programming

Artist Sara Zielinski Harnesses the Power of Collaboration

How an Aunt’s Influence Inspired Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green to Create Cancer-curing Technology

Artist Erin Harris Preserves the Memories of Inspiration Jackson Forssberg

Twist Out Cancer Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary: See What’s in Store

Inspiration Rena Williams Finds the Community She Was Looking For

Artist SaulPaul is Changing the World One Performance at a Time

A Brush With Cancer

After Two Years, Brushes with Cancer is Back in Person

Inside Inspiration Pam Oliver’s Beautiful Home Sanctuary

The 2022 Southern Brushes with Cancer Program Gives Attendees a Hybrid Option

Artist Holly Carton Shares the Secret Language in Her Paintings

For Artist Jennifer O’Brien, Life with Tragedy is a Dance

Twist Out Cancer and Dreame Collaborate to Help People Honor Those Lost

How Dr. Mei Huang Provides Sharing, Connecting and Healing in Berlin

Kate Van Doren Perfectly Captures Jenna Benn Shersher’s Beginning, Middle and Now

Twist Out Cancer Celebrates 10th Anniversary at Midwest Brushes with Cancer Event

Healing Beyond Borders: Brushes with Cancer’s International Reach

Attend the 2021 Northeast Brushes with Cancer Art Exhibition and Virtual Celebration

Thad Wong and Emily Sachs Wong Selected as the 2021 BWC Honorees

Chris Terry Provides a Safe Space for Athletes Who Are Fighting Cancer

Book Club Author Dr. Michael Weiner Offers Unique Perspective On Cancer

Soraya Fata’s Life After Cancer

A Mother’s Fight for Normalcy During Her Cancer Journey

A Mother Gives Herself Completely to Her Caregiver Daughter

Executive Board Member and Artist Arlene Bonnet Finds Strength Through Her Brushes Inspiration

Meet Twist Out Cancer’s First Book Club Author Kristin Meekhof

The Tough Stuff: How to Talk to Children About Cancer

Seven Modern Black Artists You Should Know

Audre Lorde’s Twist On Cancer

8 Significant Black Artists in History

Inspiration Mardi Kaplan and Inspiration Artist Anna Feneis’ Two-Sided Experience

Inspiration Briana Camilleri and Artist Taylor Lazzara Connect Through Rebirth

College Roommates Suzanne and Linda Strengthen Their 42-Year Bond

Sharon Arffa

Brushes with Cancer Perfectly Combines Sharon Arffa’s Two Worlds

Kathleen Brown and John Stumbaugh Challenge Platitudes

Inspiration Elisha-Rio P. Apilado Finds Healing Through Collaboration with Joey Tea

Artist Melissa Burgess Perfectly Captures “That Good JuJu Power” for Inspiration Staci Greenfield

Nancy Rosen Captures Joni Goldstein’s Bedazzled Personality

How Matthew Wolniewicz and Kenny Lapins Found Beauty in a Downpour

Gifts That Give Back: The Twist Out Cancer Gift Guide

Twist Out Cancer to Hold a Virtual Brushes with Cancer Program in Chicago

How This Inspiration and Artist Use Fashion to Heal in Their Own Unique Ways

Danny Glick

Longtime Twist Out Cancer Supporter Danny Glick Honored at Brushes with Cancer Chicago

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 […]

How to Create Your “Art Therapy” Tool-Kit

Brushes with Cancer Austin Inspiration Melissa Jacobus Experiences Power of Connection

Sarah Tonkin Gives Herself the Gift to Heal

Erin

Brushes with Cancer Austin Co-Chair Hopes to Recreate the Magic She Experienced

Artist Kirk Roda Honors Inspiration Carol Garrett’s Let’s-Get-To-It Approach to Life

Dave

Longtime Collaborators Dave and Dick On Their Most Personal Project to Date

Julie Pelaez

When Art Finds You: Julie Pelaez’s Journey with Alcohol-ink Painting

TWIST OUT CANCER’S 2020 BRUSHES WITH CANCER PROGRAM TO BE HELD AT GM DESIGN CENTER IN WARREN, MICHIGAN

Fayruz Benyousef

A Family Begins to Heal After Multiple Cancer Journeys

Val Newberg

How Brushes with Cancer Honorary Chair Val Newberg Embraces Silver Linings

We Got This

Through Twist Out Cancer and a Best Friend, Marty Found the Support He Needed

Badge of Honor

Brushes with Cancer Participant Kara Thomas Helps Launch GM Partnership

Dan Hindin, Brushes with Cancer Participant

Dan Hindin’s Story of Resilience

Resilient Masks

How Becky Galvez Got Her Resilience

COVID-19

TWIST OUT CANCER LAUNCHES RESILIENCE CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE HOPE TO THOSE FACING ISOLATION AND LONELINESS

Hope Springs by Ishita Banerjee

Watch your garden grow!

Jacqueline Carmody, Licensed Clinical Art Therapist

Love Our Twistshops? Thank Jackie Carmody

Jenna Benn Shersher, Founder and CEO of Twist Out Cancer

Jenna’s Guide for Enduring Loneliness and Isolation When Faced with a Health Crisis

jenny Conlee Drizos

Stories Through Song: Jenny and Tiffany’s Brushes with Cancer Experience

Kimberly Kass, Brushes with Cancer Austin Participant

Twist Out Cancer’s Signature Program – Brushes With Cancer – Returns to Austin in 2020

Brushes with Cancer Philadelphia Attendees

Twist Out Cancer’s Signature Program – Brushes With Cancer – Returns to Chicago in 2020 For its Eighth Annual Event in the City

Brushes with Cancer Artist Sujata Gazder Reflects on Her Powerful Experience

Health Hero 2019

Meet Dana Phipps, Artist, Caregiver and Chicagoland Area Influencer.

August Spree Reflects on Her Experience with Brushes with Cancer

Twist Out Cancer presents a Brushes with Cancer Artist Profile: Igal Fedida