THE CHEMOTHERAPY FOUNDATION’S 2022 INNOVATION GALA Press Page
Valerie Smaldone
Radio Host, TV Personality & Film Producer
Christian Hoff
Cancer Care Advocate, TONY® and GRAMMY® AWARD-Winning entertainer
Melissa Hoff
Cancer Survivor and Entertainer
Silvia C. Formenti, M.D.
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine
Robert A. Winn, M.D.
Director, Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center
Jeanne Liotta
Cancer Survivor and Healing Art Advocate
VENN (2020) unique cyanotype on paper (11x17)
“Venn is a cyanotype made after recovery. Cyanotypes are an early photographic technology invented in the 1800’s by astronomer Sir John Herschel noted for its blue color. One summer, feeling strong at last, I allowed myself the experience of recovery and made a Venn diagram, showing commonality by comparing two sets. I think the image resembles a set of magician rings, which link up and pull apart again as if by some miracle.” - Jeanne Liotta, Cancer Survivor and Healing Art Advocate
HEAL (2014) watercolor on paper (6.5 x 8.5)
“Heal is a watercolor made during treatment, inspired by: a candle shaped like a female body, a smooth black stone, a smooth white stone, and my doctor’s phrase that ‘chemo would melt my tumor’ and that ‘this terrifying episode would someday be just a blip in my life’. I made this as a personal diagram of hope and transformation. I looked at it everyday, and now I am sharing it with you.” - Jeanne Liotta, Cancer Survivor and Healing Art Advocate