Facts About The Collection
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PURPOSE:
The MDA Art Collection was established in 1992 to focus attention on the creative abilities and accomplishments of individuals with disabilities. The Collection includes the work of adult artists and art created by children in MDA-sponsored workshops and summer camps nationwide. Each of the artists is affected by one of the neuromuscular disorders in MDA's program. |
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| Total Works (to date): |
367 |
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| Individual works by children: |
112 |
| Group projects by children: |
12 |
| Individual works by adults: |
243 |
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| Ages of Artists: |
2 to 82 years |
| States represented: |
50 + District of Columbia and Puerto Rico |
| Media: |
Ranges from watercolors, oils and bronzes to digital media, photography and paint applied with wheelchair wheels, hands and feet. |
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ART COLLECTION EXHIBITS:
Selected works from the MDA Art Collection have been exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art; Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center and Forbes Magazine Galleries, New York; Tucson Museum of Art; Bishop Museum, Honolulu; Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Center; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art; Los Angeles Children’s Museum; Blackhawk Museum, Danville, Calif.; Fresno Metropolitan Museum; JFK Center at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; Duluth Art Institute; Capital Children's Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the Henry Ford Centennial Library, Dearborn, Mich. The Collection is on permanent display at MDA's national headquarters in Tucson. (See "Exhibit History" for a complete listing.) |
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CHILDREN'S ART WORKSHOPS:
MDA has sponsored more than 40 art workshops for children. These include workshops at the Art Institute of Chicago; Arizona State University; Detroit Institute of Art; Indianapolis Children's Museum; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Scripps Institute in La Jolla, Calif.; and the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. MDA-sponsored art workshops have been led by such world renowned individuals as ocean artist Wyland and 3D artist Charles Fazzino. |
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