Our participants

Our programs are for anyone who has ever lived with cancer or another chronic illness, as well as caregivers for anyone who has faced those challenges. Participants arrive in our programs looking for an opportunity to make art as a positive distraction, thought they often discover new identities as artists and creatives and foster lifelong relationships with others who have faced similar challenges associated with illness.

Chronic illnesses are defined broadly by the CDC as conditions that last one year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. Click here to learn more about the CDC definition.

To register for our workshops, please click Here to see all of our workshop offerings and REVIEW OUR PARTICIPANT COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS.

We ask that new participants also fill out our Welcome Survey so we can learn more about them and their goals for engaging with our programs!

— Acrostic poem created by Art Workshop Program participant Wanda Dobson