Event Information
Tough Friends Art Club for Young Adults (Feb 2024) Location: Virtual - assigned links

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

@ 4:30-6:00pm Pacific / 6:30-8:00pm Central / 7:30-9:00pm Eastern

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.

Presented by Gilda's Club Madison and Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee.

Theme: Anti-Valentines and Friendship Bracelets

  • We'll create friendship bracelets and some anti-valentine cards.
  • Registrants in the United States will receive a mailed kit with supplies to create friendship bracelets

Space is limited and registration is required.

This Workshop is now FULL - Join the Waiting List 

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Questions? Email marc@gildasclubmadison.org


Materials You'll Need:

  • Mailed art supplies (beads and other items to make friendship bracelets)
  • Tape
  • Anything you’d like to use to create anti-valentine cards, including:
  • White Paper (printer paper, watercolor paper, or anything you’d like to use)
  • Markers and colored pencils


About Our Host: Chelsey Gomez

Chelsey Gomez is a 33 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 8 year old daughter Luna.