A Philadelphia-area nonprofit is using its special connections in the art world to inspire and support the cancer community. A project from Twist Out Cancer matches artists with people touched by cancer. The resulting 23 artworks are now on display in Old City.

"Art lives beyond our stories," Jenna Benn Shersher, a cancer survivor and Twist Out Cancer founder, said. "It lives to be told by others. To be surrounded by such strength and resilience in this room is pretty overwhelming."

The paintings tell the story of cancer patients. Their words and feelings are expressed to artists like Sharon Garlepp, who then create a painting.

"I'm composing the piece where the flowers are sprouting and blooming in different directions," Garlepp said.

Garlepp created one painting after getting to kn

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