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Creative Corner Meet Samantha Dennis, an Ontario College of Art and Design graduate pursuing her love of painting! My name is Samantha Dennis. I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2001, relapsed in 2005, and officially entered remission in 2008. I always knew from a young age that I loved art. I started drawing portraits from photographs when I was a child. Art has really helped me through some difficult times in my diagnosis.
When it came to art, there was no other option but to pursue it in post-secondary. In 2014, I graduated from OCAD University (Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto) with a Bachelor in Fine Arts and a minor in social sciences. I then completed an event management post-grad certificate at Humber College (Toronto).
It seems timely that this year, April marked my 10-year anniversary of being in remission and I got to celebrate that by also having my first public show at a gallery.
Please visit Samantha's website samanthadenniis.com and her Instagram page to keep up with her success!
The Creative Corner is included in every SAVTI newsletter publication and open to submissions from pediatric cancer and brain tumour survivors. If you have something creative you would like to contribute, please contact your local SAVTI counsellor in Ottawa/Kingston, Toronto/GTA, Hamilton, London, or savti@pogo.ca. We want you! |
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