Event Information
Breast Cancer Art Workshop (PUBLIC) Location: Virtual - assigned links

Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 9:30am-11:30am CDT via Zoom

Description:

Come connect, explore feelings, and participate in a hands-on interactive art workshop. Artist Mallory Shotwell invites breast cancer patients, survivors, and those with high risk/genetic predisposition for breast cancer to make pieces that will be in an art exhibition that visually describes the breast cancer experience. Part of a multi-city, one-year artistic project on breast cancer and its effects. Learn more about the project here.

What You'll Need:

  • Any kind of paper, pencils, and pens. If desired, participants may also use colored pencils, collage, watercolor, oil pastels, or other art mediums.  

About Mallory Shotwell:

Mallory Shotwell is an interdisciplinary artist and arts educator. In her art practice, she works with storytelling/interview, audio, photography, and video to share stories based on a theme. She majored in English at Aquinas College in Michigan, and later French and Elementary Education at Edgewood College in Madison. She worked as a public school teacher in Michigan and as a Montessori teacher in Madison. In her teaching practice, she utilizes multiple learning styles to serve and respect people's needs.



Zoom access is provided by our Technology Sponsors, the Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative and UW Carbone Cancer Center.