Art for Cancer Wellness
Thank you for your interest in Kits to Heart's Art for Cancer Wellness program! Kits to Heart offers free, virtual workshops for patients, caregivers, survivors, and healthcare workers. Participants are guided to explore a theme designed to explore feelings, increase self-expression, foster hope and strengths, identify coping skills, and engage in mindfulness and grounding. Materials may be available upon request to be shipped directly to participants. No art experience is necessary!
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💌 Questions? Please email art@kitstoheart.org.
Art Therapy Workshops
Monthly group workshops of 3 sessions each, starting in March and conducted virtually via Zoom.
Relax & Reconnect: Art Therapy Workshop for Patients
Ideal for adults currently undergoing cancer treatments and those who are within six months of treatments.
First Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM ET
- March 4
- April 1
- May 6
Mindful Journaling Workshop for Survivors
Ideal for adults who are more than six months out of treatments.
Second Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM ET
- March 11
- April 8
- May 13
Relax & Reconnect: Art Therapy Workshop for Healthcare Workers
Open to clinicians and providers—including oncologists, nurses, and social workers—who work with people with cancer.
Third Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM EST
- March 18
- April 15
- May 20
Mindful Journaling Workshop for Young Adults
Ideal for adult patients who are between the ages of 18 and 39.
Fourth Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM ET
- March 25
- April 22
- May 27
Peer-Led Art-Based Workshops
Peer-Led Expressive Writing & Reflection Workshop for Patients
Ideal for adults currently undergoing cancer treatments and those who are within six months of treatments.
Mondays, 7 to 8 PM ET
- March 9
- April 6
- May 18
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Facilitators
Em Masser, MA, LCPAT, ATR-BC, BFA
Em Masser (she/her) is a registered and licensed graduate professional art therapist providing trauma-informed art therapy in Baltimore, Maryland. A native of Baltimore, Em earned her Master of Arts in Art Therapy from Notre Dame of Maryland University and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Em's multifaceted experiences working as an art therapist with adults, adolescents, and children of diverse backgrounds and needs allows her to support individuals in a unique and collaborative manner. With an extensive background in art-making and creative processes, Em guides individuals through a creative healing experience that honors their journey and helps them to discover new meaning about themselves and their experiences. Em believes in art as a way of knowing; she is invested in the healing and transformative power of creative action for self-understanding, wellness, and improved engagement with life.
Anne Bouchard
Anne Bouchard has been a longtime volunteer writer and well-wisher with Kits to Heart, creating cards and writing heartfelt messages of hope for care kit clients. She is honored to help facilitate our peer-led sessions. Her sessions focus on self-compassion and gentle self-expression, offering participants a supportive space to freely express and release emotions while finding comfort and connection through this creative process. Anne is an active student of oil painting and regularly exhibits her works with other members of the Montgomery Art Association in Maryland. Through her use of visual arts and journaling, she believes individuals can better understand and process emotions and discover new ways of coping.