Event Information
Tough Friends Art Club for Young Adults Location: Virtual - assigned links

Wednesday, April 13

@ 4-5:30pm Pacific / 6-7:30pm Central / 7-8:30pm Eastern

Description:

An interactive online workshop where you'll learn about an artist and their creative process, create your own art, and meet some awesome young adult cancer friends. Plus there will be opportunities to win prizes!

This event is for young adults (ages 18-45) that have been diagnosed with cancer before age 40—any stage, any cancer, anywhere in your cancer experience.   

Questions? Email marc@gildasclubmadison.org   

Materials You'll Need:

  • To create art digitally during the session: Create a free account on canva.com - we'll have you log into a shared document to respond to a prompt.
    • Note that you can unsubscribe from any emails you might start to receive from Canva!
  • To create art outside of your computer: Bring paper, pencils, colored pencils, markers, and anything else you'd like to use.

About Our Featured Artist: Chelsey Gomez

Chelsey Gomez is a 31 year old artist and two time cancer survivor of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She is the owner of the cancer awareness brand “Ohyouresotough” which sells humorous nontraditional cancer products on Etsy. She has also developed an online community on Instagram, which aims to change the way society views cancer patients, especially young adult cancer patients. She resides in Florida with her husband Michael and her 6 year old daughter Luna.



Zoom access is provided by our Technology Sponsor UW Carbone Cancer Center.