Fox and Orca, mother and daughter team Whitney and Willa Ozkan, to host an “art show for kids with cancer, by a kid with cancer” to honor Childhood Cancer Awareness Month from September 1-30, 2026 located in the West Gallery Hallway, in the lower level of the Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St. Simsbury, Connecticut.&nbsp; An opening with light refreshments will be held on Saturday, September 12th, 2-4pm.

Willa was diagnosed with a thalamic glioma and numerous other brain abnormalities a week before her 8th birthday party. Only about 1-5% of all pediatric brain tumors are in the thalamus, located in the middle of the brain. The thalamus acts as the brain's central relay station or "motherboard”. These thalamic tumors are often treated as inoperable due to location.&nbsp;

Willa’s mother Whitney says, “We were incredibly lucky to find an amazing team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. When I first met Willa's neurosurgeon, Dr. Mark Souweidane, he spoke to me as a parent first, and then a doctor. We are so grateful for our local team at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center as well, and for the amazing Ronald Mcdonald House that enabled us to access care away from home.&nbsp; It takes quite a village of patient, thoughtful, caring providers and people to navigate this process.”

Of the art show project, Whitney Ozkan shared: “After the last few years dealing with cancer and complex health challenges, we want to give stories like Willa's a place to shine. We are both passionate about making art and have benefited from art as a healing practice and a way to communicate when we don’t have the words. We have seen firsthand how much creativity in pediatric oncology departments can help kids do very hard things.&nbsp;

From drawing, painting, photography, writing and illustrating graphic novels, and creating digital art, I have watched Willa transform in the act of creating art over the last several years.&nbsp; It was from this joy of creating and often using artistic expression to communicate difficult things that this art show for kids with cancer was inspired.

The act of creating something is inherently hopeful. This is how our “art show for kids with cancer by a kid with cancer” was born. We hope you'll join us in honoring the brave and talented kids sharing their work in this show.”

Fox and Orca are still accepting submissions until June 15, 2026. All entries will be eligible for a prize drawing for one of three $25 visa gift cards. Submissions are not limited by location; participants are not required to be Connecticut or United States residents. Entry is open to children who have or had cancer up to age 21, and their caregivers or support person (i.e. sibling, best friend, parent, etc). Posthumous submissions are also welcome.&nbsp; Work will be showcased in an online gallery as well. Artists can submit their work on <a href="https://linktr.ee/foxandorca" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">linktr.ee/foxandorca</a> or by emailing <a href="mailto:foxandorcalab@gmail.com">foxandorcalab@gmail.com</a> for assistance.&nbsp; To partner with Fox and Orca as a volunteer or local business interested in supporting the project, please contact <a href="mailto:foxandorcalab@gmail.com">foxandorcalab@gmail.com</a>.

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Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondblueandwhite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Beyond Blue and White.”</a>
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like&nbsp;Barbara Rotteveel&nbsp;to Gilded Age collectors like&nbsp;Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. 
Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Co-Chairs, Tracy Edwards, Liz Garrett, Emmy Lambert, Lindsay Bello Martin and Suzanne Clary.
Guests will enjoy botanical cocktails and a tour of the blue and white blooms of our gardens at 11:30am followed by lunch and lecture at 12 Noon. Booksigning at 1:30pm. Catering provided by Scarborough Fair Catering.
Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! 
Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500
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GENEVIEVE WHEELER BROWN
Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts.
Genevieve began her career with Christie’s in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie’s Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie’s Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie’s Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003.
While at Christie’s, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg’ by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft’ Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.
A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector’s Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Genevieve currently advises several organizations including <a href="https://www.dumbartonhouse.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dumbarton House</a>, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for <a href="https://www.thewintershow.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Winter Show</a> as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon.About The Jay Heritage Center
The nonprofit Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and revitalizing a place that has meaning for all Americans: The Jay Estate. The property is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District, Westchester County's only National Historic Landmark District,&nbsp;an irreplaceable cultural and natural resource.&nbsp;
Through lectures, workshops, volunteer opportunities, school programs, and concerts, JHC offers timely lessons in history, environmental conservation, architecture, and social justice, while tracing the evolution of democracy in the United States. It hopes to inspire the future historians, civic advocates, and stewards of our fragile cultural and natural resources.&nbsp;
Just as the architects of our nation’s government pursued self-improvement through dialogue about our nation’s most relevant topics, JHC promotes learning through programs led by prominent experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and academics in a variety of disciplines from sustainability to legal history.
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Come wander, sip something yummy, grab a bite, and support small in a way that truly matters. Every purchase goes directly back into an artist’s hands, and that kind of exchange is powerful 🥹❤️
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