AnCan and The Marsh (well renown, long-established theater company with a large following in the Bay Area and venues in San Francisco and Oakland) collaborateevery 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal!
Brooklyn-born, Los Angeles-raised rapper/producer Brian RiGHtSiDE’ Smith was diagnosed while in college with metastatic testicular cancer – and later, a reoccurrence of cancer in the brain, which left him with paralysis on his left side – hence the “right side” moniker.
In addition to performing original music, Brian discussed overcoming various health challenges and substance abuse, and his work supporting teens and young adults with cancer by sharing healthy and creative ways to process their emotions.
Watch this inspiring performance here:
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On July 21st, we had so much fun once again with our very own Hannah Garrison (Artist, MS activist, and moderator for our MS virtual support group). Hannah taught us how to create summer sunset backgrounds with acrylic paint, blending, different types of clouds, stars, and mountains. You could create 100’s of art pieces that all look different from this class with all the options there are. See what our community members created with this project in the AnCan Art Gallery.
What you will need:
Canvas or paper, rectangular is best.
Acrylic Paint (colors we used: blue, purple, orange, yellow, pink, and white. But feel free to use what you have, or make your own color palette!)
Toothbrush (it will make sense, I promise. You can go green and use an old tooth brush, as long as there is no fresh toothpaste on the brush)
Paintbrush
Water
Napkins – and lots of them
Something to protect your work space – newspaper, trash bag, etc.
Watch this here:
Funding for this project was provided by the HealtheVoices Impact Fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, which was funded by a contribution from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Would you like your art featured in the AnCan Art Gallery? please email me at alexa (at) ancan.org!
To SIGN UP for any of our AnCan Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.
Today’s a BIG DAY if you’re a fan of ordering everything you need from Amazon.
October 11-12th are Amazon Prime Early Access Days, and guess what? If you sign up for Amazon Smile, you can give back to us without having to spend anything extra! It sounds too good to be true, but it absolutely is real.
Amazon will donate .5% of eligible purchases to the organization YOU choose. That could be us…we would be grateful for it, and you would be helping us provide quality peer-to-peer support for all AnCan-ers.
In case you’re new or need a reminder:
We’re a peer-to-peer organization that provides support to many different conditions – Prostate Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Sarcoidosis, Thyroid Cancer – quite literally just to name a few. We also host many a webinar – all in the name of support for our community and groups. Check out our YouTube page for past recordings.
AnCan and The Marsh (well renown, long-established theater company with a large following in the Bay Area and venues in San Francisco and Oakland) collaborateevery 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal!
On June 22, in honor of Pride month, we were happy to have Jesus Guillen join us.
Jesus is Your Singing Advocate and founder of the HIV Long Term Survivors international network. A 37-year HIV long term survivor, Jesus is part of the first generation growing older with HIV, living with chronic pain, but still a very creative individual. The focus of his work during the last years has been on aging, chronic pain, HIV, mental health, coping skills, and cultural awareness, always with the strong background of his personal journey as an immigrant and being a member of the LGBTQI family. He is also an international speaker and a bilingual/bicultural Latino activist.
Watch the performance here:
To SIGN UP for any of our AnCan Virtual Support group reminders, visit our Contact Us page.
This project is so easy, AND fun. Plus you don’t need much.
What you will need:
Paper (any kind will work)
Markers (again, any kind at all) – Or just something to draw with. Crayons, colored pencils, or just a black sharpie!
…and that’s it! (we promise)
Watch this here:
Funding for this project was provided by the HealtheVoices Impact Fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, which was funded by a contribution from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Would you like your art featured in the AnCan Art Gallery? please email me at alexa (at) ancan.org!
To SIGN UP for any of our AnCan Virtual Support groups, visit our Contact Us page.
