A recent report reveals that women with breast cancer receiving radiation treatment experienced improved mental health, physical health, and an overall higher quality of life after 5 sessions of art therapy. The findings were a result of testing art therapy intervention among 41 women receiving radiation treatment for breast cancer. The women were randomly selected […]
Picture a Cure for Lung Cancer – Call For Artists, Entries
Please read further if you know of anyone with cancer that creates art. Or, if you’d like to contribute to the event, details are below as well… Art Show Benefits People With Cancer, Seeking Artists With Cancer We have a special article today about a young man and young woman that are organizing an art event […]
Seattle Children’s Art Therapy Program Receives Funding From Kiteboarding 4 Cancer
Congratulations to Kiteboarding 4 Cance (KB4C) and their participants for raising $2500+ to help fund a new art therapy program at the Children’s Hospital in Seattle. The money is being donated to Scotty’s Guild – a fund that was started early this year to help fund a new art therapy program at
Art Therapy Relieves Cancer Patients at St. Luke’s
A very inspiring story from Kansas about how cancer patients at St. Luke’s Hospital are using art therapy to help understand and relieve emotional distress that comes with their illness…
Fundraiser Raises Awareness of Art Therapy & Children With Cancer
Tracy’s Kids 2008 Red Carpet Fundraiser Raises Awareness of Art Therapy with Children with Cancer On the evening of Tuesday, February 12, 2008–right in the heart of Hollywood’s awards season–Tracy’s Kids 2008 Red Carpet Fundraiser was held at the Regal Theatre Gallery Place to showcase movies nominated for the film world’s most prestigious awards. It […]
Italian Ballerina Embraces Art Therapy Program
An Italian ballerina, Carla Fracci, is asking fellow artists to support a program that utilizes different forms of art therapy to help cancer patients. She was named as the spokeswoman for the project, and accepted, offering great praise to the program and its achievements. The project began in 2003 at the National Cancer Institute (INT) […]