Help for Cancer Patients is in the Bag
Loni Nannini - Arizona Daily Star - May 23, 2010
When Janie Cohen began battling metastatic melanoma in 2003, comfort came in a canvas bag.
Cohen was so impressed with the free informational resources and support materials provided in that bag by Bag It, she sent a donation to the local nonprofit and has been helping facilitate the service for other newly diagnosed cancer patients ever since. (Click here for the complete article)
Cohen was so impressed with the free informational resources and support materials provided in that bag by Bag It, she sent a donation to the local nonprofit and has been helping facilitate the service for other newly diagnosed cancer patients ever since. (Click here for the complete article)
Creating Opportunity
A UA student art club produces a three-venue show of works by women
Margaret Reagan - Tucson Weekly - February 25, 2010
. . . Janie Cohen's "Flower Power" is an arresting oil painting of a trio of African-American women positioned against a flat black background. Following the show's theme, each of the women is at a different stage of life, but all three stare forcefully out at the viewer. Dressed prettily, and deceptively, in flowered hats and Sunday dresses, they're striding purposefully forward. Even the old woman walking with a cane looks unstoppable. . . (read the full article here)
Cancer Survivor's Art Goes from Despair to Hope
Laura Marble - Explorer - May 16th, 2007
Sometimes, feelings lie too deep for words.
When Janie Cohen underwent radiation for skin cancer, and when disappointing results led to other treatments, she dealt with her pain through art. (Click here for the complete article)
