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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4-Week Series
Autumn Self-Care — Register Today!
Guided by licensed art therapist Lacy, covering different domains in each group with an art response. Open to all.
Mondays, 7:30 to 9 PM ET
- October 5
- October 12
- October 19
- October 26
Monthly Drop-In
TBD
A monthly drop-in group, guided by Elizabeth (Liz) Ahmann, ScD, RN, PCC, NBC-HWC. Open to all.
- TBD
Facilitators
Lacy Mucklow, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPAT-S, LCPAT, CCTP, CIMHP, CMIP
Lacy Mucklow (she/her) is a licensed and board-certified art therapist practicing in the Washington, DC-area since 1999, having worked in various sites including home-based counseling, school, and hospital settings. Aside from facilitating groups with Kits to Heart, she currently works with active-duty service members in a partial hospitalization program (PHP) and with teens and adults in private practice. Lacy has a BA in Psychology with a Studio Art minor from Oklahoma State University and an MA in Art Therapy from The George Washington University. She is completing her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine with an Integrative Mental Health specialty at Saybrook University. Lacy is a certified professional in clinical trauma, integrative mental health, and mindfulness. She is also a trained SoulCollage® facilitator, Ikigai coach, and breathwork facilitator.
Lacy finds the power of art to be healing on many levels. She also enjoys incorporating mindfulness methods in her practice in conjunction with art-making to help people relax and reduce their stress levels. She has released two meditation albums, "Lavender Dreams" and "Lavender Destinations," to assist people with personal mindfulness and relaxation as well as in a larger group setting. She has also authored the New York Times Bestselling book "Color Me Calm" and nine other therapeutically themed coloring book titles. Lacy also wrote "Mom and Me: An Art Journal to Share, Create, and Connect Side by Side" to help parents communicate more effectively with their children through making art together, and released her own "Art Therapy Theme Book" with a variety of art therapy directives. As a cancer survivor herself, Lacy is honored to bring art for wellness with Kits to Heart.
Elizabeth (Liz) Ahmann, ScD, RN, PCC, NBC-HWC
Elizabeth (Liz) Ahmann, ScD, RN, PCC, NBC-HWC, is a registered nurse, credentialed health and wellness coach, and a multi-media artist, photographer, and trained SoulCollage® facilitator. A long-time quilter, fabric artist, and paper-crafter, she studies art at Prince George's Community College and is a Professor of Health and Wellness Coaching in Notre Dame of Maryland University's School of Integrative Health, where she teaches a variety of coaching skills, including the use of poetry, intuitive collage, and mindful coloring. She is also a cancer survivor who has used art as a support in her own journey.