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

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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Using Fashion to Heal

blog / By Jenna Benn Shersher

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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Danny Glick Honored at Brushes with Cancer Chicago

blog / By Jenna Benn Shersher

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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How to Create Your “Art Therapy” Tool-Kit

blog, cancer / By Jenna Benn Shersher

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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Experiencing the Power of Connection

blog, cancer / By Jenna Benn Shersher

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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Sarah Tonkin Gives Herself the Gift to Heal

blog, cancer / By Jenna Benn Shersher

Sarah Tonkin didn’t realize the impact a simple email could bring. A GM Design Center employee, she received an email about the upcoming Brushes with Cancer program the Design Center was bringing in for its staff. It was a call for people to participate as artists and inspirations. Every Brushes with Cancer program matches up

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Brushes Co-Chair Hopes to Recreate Magic

blog, cancer / By Jenna Benn Shersher

Erin Greganti’s life changed after her 2019 Brushes with Cancer experience. An artist, Greganti was matched with inspiration, Angela Fuller. Like the majority of our artist-inspiration pairings, these two were meant to be. “Angela and I were both very nervous, so instead of a lighthearted intro, we just word-vomited on each other and went straight

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Honoring a Let’s-Get-To-It Approach to Life

blog, cancer / By Jenna Benn Shersher

Carol Garrett didn’t know what to expect from her Brushes with Cancer experience. One thing she did want, though, was to respect her artist’s time by getting down to business right away. It turned out Garrett’s “let’s do this” attitude was just one of many personality traits she shares with artist Kirk Roda. “When Kirk

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Deepening Their Collaboration

blog, cancer / By Jenna Benn Shersher

Dave Brigolin had a little hesitation when he joined GM Design Center’s Brushes with Cancer program. A cancer survivor, Brigolin recognized all the good things he had during his journey and how fortunate his situation was compared to others going through their cancer experience. “I’m not happy about cancer – I can’t recommend it for

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When Art Finds You

blog, cancer / By Jenna Benn Shersher

Julie Pelaez has always had a creative mind and artistic ability, however, she never got serious about her art until she found the perfect medium: Five years ago, Pelaez was enjoying a day at an Austin art show when a specific art collection caught her eye. “I saw this art across the room and the

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