Brushes with Cancer Winter 2025
The Brushes With Cancer Winter 2025 Art Exhibition and Celebration
In person at the Writer's Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois

Reserve your Ticket for the Reception and Art Exhibition!

Experience an evening of connection, creativity, and community as Inspirations and Artists share their powerful cancer journeys through art and storytelling.

March 15th, 2025

Writer’s Theatre

Glencoe, IL

7-10pm

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The Brushes with Cancer Artwork is Now Online!

Marvel at the stories and the artwork!

19 beautiful works of art are now on display and are available to be purchased! This is a wonderful way to support Twist Out Cancer’s mission and work. Please note that you do not need to be present at the Brushes with Cancer event to bid or purchase artwork.

 

View the Artwork
The Program

Brushes with Cancer is a program of Twist Out Cancer that strategically matches artists with individuals touched by cancer (inspirations). Over a period of 6 months, the artist and inspirations work together to build a relationship built on mutual understanding and trust. The artist creates a unique work of art that is reflective of the inspiration’s journey with cancer. The program culminates in a celebration of survivorship and hope, where the art is auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting the mission and work of Twist Out Cancer.

Our Participants

Inspirations

Kristen Finnegan

Bond Courtney

Ericka Weiffenbach

Merton Briggs

Yvonne Rangel

Victoria Speed

Caroline Epp

Theresa Woodbury

Michelle Hobart

Virginia Wharton

Charlotte Safrit

Heather Prather

Patti Kerr

Francesca Lanni

Erica Gifford Mills

Theresa Rees

Jennifer Frazier

Harriet Cabelly

Crystal Buchalski

Artists

Kiran Chouhan

Rosa Henriquez

Anne Marie Morgan

Natt Eckerle

Magdalena Cuevas

Kathryn Tubbs

Elizabeth Tuckwell

Ashley Baranczyk

Angela Scalisi

Mignon Dupepe

Molly Stepansky

Kenny Lapins

Jesse Weinstein

Anna Feneis

Kim Moore

Amy Schloss

Judith Little

Maryam Shariff

Joelle Bilow

Interested In Becoming A Sponsor?

Would you like to be one of our exclusive sponsors for the upcoming Brushes with Cancer program? Check out our Brushes with Cancer Winter 2025 Sponsorship Options or reach out to August Spree for details.

 

Sponsors

 

Thank you to the Make It Better Foundation for its support of Brushes with Cancer. Learn more about the program through Better Magazine’s Brushes with Cancer feature.

Featured Program Alumni Artists
Perry Milou
Perry Milou
Artist
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Michael Leavy
Artist
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Ali Williams
Ali Williams
Muralist
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Support The Community
The Team

Executive Board Members

Jenna Benn Shersher- Founder, CEO and Board President

Andrew Edelston- Board Chair

Emma Peck Block- Secretary

Erin Johnson

Joelle Goldman

Joshua Taustein- 

Stephanie Plein

Dr. Christian Squillante

Jon Goldberg

Howard Aaron

Jennifer L. Katz Margolis

Cynthia Beck

Danny Glick

Kevin Morgan

Jenny Indig

Alex Perry

Bari Fleischer

 

 

 

Advisory Board Members

Jacqueline Carmody

Kenny Lapins

Gudrun Wu Synder

Jeffrey Guerrero

Dr. Martin Hogan- 

Mardi Kaplan

Kimberly Kass

Anna Feneis

Ella Hawk

Kara Thomas

Bari Murphy

Shelby Zitelman

Tanya Kertsman

Joe Lombardo

Soraya Fata

Mignon Dupepe

 

 

 

Staff

Jenna Benn Shersher, Founder and CEO

Amelia Hanrahan, COO

August Spree, Director of Programming

Ana Gordon, Clinical Director

Jacqueline Carmody, Licensed Clinical Art Therapist

Jenna Koch, Program Associate