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 — CANCELLED
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
Drop-In Art Hives
Guided by licensed art therapist Lacy, with a focus on community art-making in a shared, safe space. Open to all. Those who register for a group will automatically receive invitations to Lacy's drop-in sessions.
Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9 PM ET
- March 18
- April 15
- May 13
- June 10
- July 8
- August 5
Inspired by Mary Oliver
A monthly drop-in group from spring through summer, guided by Elizabeth (Liz) Ahmann, ScD, RN, PCC, NBC-HWC. Open to all.
Last Sunday of each month, 4 PM to 5:30 PM ET
- April 26
- May 31
- June 28
- July 26
- August 30
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.
Lacy Mucklow, MA, ATR-BC, LPAT-S, LCPAT, ATCS, CCTP, CIMHP
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 in private practice with teens and adults. 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 currently working on her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine with an Integrative Mental Health specialty at Saybrook University. Lacy is certified in clinical trauma and integrative mental health and is a trained SoulCollage® 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 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.
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.