Feature Story: The power of art to bring meaning: Brianne Urzada, Michele Sereda Artist-in-Residence 2020

Abstract

At 23 years old, Brianne Urzada BEd'12, BA'14 was newly married and had just begun a career in arts education when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Over the next eight months, while undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy, Urzada decided to pursue her dream of becoming a full-time artist.

"I was told my entire life that I had to do something else while making art, and that I wouldn't be able to make a career out of art," she says.

With great determination, not only did Urzada beat cancer, but she also became a successful artist