Why I Started Plates With Purpose People often ask me where the idea for Plates With Purpose came from. The truth is, it feels like I’ve been building toward it my entire life. Long before I worked in nonprofit development, I spent my career in restaurants. I started as a line cook, where I quickly […]
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Current Brushes with Cancer Programs Brushes with Cancer Program Details Brushes with Cancer operates on a cyclical, year-round model designed to meet ongoing interest and demand. Each year, Twist Out Cancer hosts two programs open to the public: a fall program in Philadelphia and a winter program in Chicago. In addition, we license the Brushes
Licensing Programs Why Twist? Twist Out Cancer® is pleased to license the Brushes with Cancer® program to exclusive partners (corporations, non-profits, hospitals and educational institutions) that are committed to strengthening their employee and stakeholder engagement through a unique and transformative art experience. Brushes with Cancer® is a 4-6 month program that matches individuals touched by
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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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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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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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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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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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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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