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Terminally Ill Painter Gets Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts

Screen shot 2015-05-22 at 11.44.03 AMA terminally ill Weymouth man’s dream of having his art displayed in the Museum of Fine Arts came true last week.

“When I think about it, I start to cry,” artist and Vietnam veteran Donny Jo Prevost told The Patriot Legder. “I was looking at my work in a place where I have seen masters of the art world.”

Prevost has Stage 4 lung cancer. He paints individuals who have inspired him, such as actor Steve McQueen.

The Dream Foundation, a national wish-granting organization for adults who only have a year or less to live, contacted the MFA last month regarding Prevost’s work, said Isabella Bulkeley, the MFA’s Public Relations Coordinator. She said this is the first time the MFA has worked with the Dream Foundation to grant a terminally ill patient a wish.

Prevost and his family visited his completed exhibition on Wednesday, October 16. He is pictured, looking content, with his 10 paintings that were selected by curator Jen Mergel. He told The Patriot Ledger, “I believe that no matter what happens to me, the paintings I leave behind will make people happy.” (Read more)

Dream come true at Boston museum for terminally ill Weymouth painter

WEYMOUTH – Donny Jo Prevost never expected to see his self-portrait hanging in the Museum of Fine Arts, but there it was, along with nine of his other paintings. The experience was surreal, like a dream – except that it was a dream come true.

Prevost, 63, the former lead singer for a popular local band, is the first artist to exhibit at the MFA through The Dream Foundation, which grants wishes to adults with terminal illnesses.

Earlier this week, he and his wife, Theresa, saw the exhibit, titled Donny Jo Prevost, in the Drucker Family Pavilion of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art.

Terminally ill mom receives dream trip

Robin Scoins is diagnosed with a terminal lung condition. She was just granted her dream of taking her three children to Disneyland for one final family trip. Robin Scoins doesn’t much time left with her kids. So, she wanted to make the most of the time she has left.
“It could be three to six months, three to nine months, a year,” Scoins said. “Yeah, I’m kind of living on borrowed time.”

Dream Foundation to Grant Dying Woman’s Wish with Visit to Bacara

The Dream Foundation, the only national adult wish-granting organization for individuals and their families suffering life-threatening illness, will fulfill Allison Anderson’s dream to abandon the daily struggles of life with terminal illness and relax by the beach with her family.

Recently diagnosed with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, a rare genetic predisposition to cancer, Anderson has also had the disease in her thyroids, skin, liver and brain. Her life expectancy is two months or less.

Anderson’s dream will take her and her significant other, mother, sister and brother-in-law to the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, where they will stay four nights beginning Tuesday. She will be participating in a sunset photo shoot to honor her life and family with Kacie Jean Fowler, founder of the nonprofit Portraits for Causes.

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