cancer story

  When Dr. Antje Petershagen was growing up, she discovered a love for art. Her parents, however, were not supportive of her passion as a profession.  “My parents were very direct in this and they told me ‘You’re not talented enough,’ she said.  Dr. Antje still pursued art. So much so that her parents obliged […]

When Katie Gray was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was 30 years old and the first person in her family to receive a cancer diagnosis. While she had support, she didn’t have anyone in her inner circle who truly understood what she was going through. So, she turned to Google. Through an online search, she

  Twist Out Cancer is excited to announce our new initiative with Blueprint Medicines Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company studying oncology, hematology, and rare diseases. This project provides a new opportunity to further enhance Twist Out Cancer’s mission to share, connect, and heal. Together, Twist Out Cancer and Blueprint Medicines have developed Colors of SM: Expressions

Grants, fellowships and residencies are ways self-employed artists can sustain themselves and their work. Between 2012 and 2016, around 34 percent of artists were self-employed, compared to nine percent of all other workers.  We now know that number is even higher, with 77 percent of artists going the self-employed route by 2021. With the majority

  Over the past decade, Twist Out Cancer’s presence in greater Austin has grown in a beautiful way. The growth is traced back to Alana Dugandzic, who became a Brushes with Cancer Inspiration for the first time in 2012.  The experience was so transformative for Alana that as a board member, she helped bring Brushes

When Twist Out Cancer licensed its Brushes with Cancer program to General Motors Design Center, a lightbulb went off. Through licensing its programming, Twist Out Cancer saw a bigger opportunity to reach more people touched by cancer and offer them a healing experience.  On Sept. 25, 2020, General Motors Design Center had the honor of

When Jenny Indig decided to honor the anniversary of her mother’s passing, it opened up new opportunities to heal—even a decade after she was initially touched by cancer. Jenny’s latest opportunity is through serving as the 2023 Brushes with Cancer Honoree. The appointment comes more than a year after Jenny dove headfirst into the Twist

Twist Out Cancer is making some changes in 2024.  In 2023, we found ourselves with a good problem: Twist Out Cancer received an unprecedented amount of applications for our signature Brushes with Cancer program.  As the organization’s founder and CEO, it was humbling and inspiring to see such an overwhelmingly positive response. It also created

Select art pieces from Twist Out Cancer’s recent licensed Brushes With Cancer program at Wayne State University (WSU) are now on display in the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion at Henry Ford Cancer in Detroit. The Brushes With Cancer program at WSU featured 17 Artists from its Art, Art History, Art Education, and Art Therapy departments,