ARTWORK BY NORTH CAROLINA ARTIST
ACCEPTED INTO MDA ART COLLECTION
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“Little Angels” |
TUCSON, Ariz., July 12, 2006 – A wood sculpture by George Little of Hampstead,
N.C., has been accepted by the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Art Collection. Now in its 14th year, the Collection features artwork
by people from across the country with neuromuscular diseases.
Little’s “Little Angels” shows two blue angelfish against a white coral reef.
The hand-painted fish are black and blue with a hint of yellow, displaying
meticulous detail. The carving is mounted
on a wooden stand.
Little has been carving wood for about three years. This is his first
contribution to the Collection.
Little, 62, is affected by facioscapulohumeral
muscular dystrophy, a disease that causes progressive wasting of
muscles in the face, shoulders and upper arms.
The new addition by Little is on display at MDA’s national headquarters in
Tucson, Ariz., and can be seen at www.mda.org/commprog/art/displayall.aspx. Little's piece also will be
included in MDA Art Collection traveling exhibits. The Collection was
established in 1992 to focus attention on the achievements of artists with
disabilities and to emphasize that physical disability is no barrier to
creativity.
The permanent Collection comprises more than 300 works by artists aged 2 to 82 and represents all 50 states. Each artist is
affected by one of the neuromuscular diseases in the MDA program.
Selected art from the Collection has been exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art;
Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center and Forbes Magazine Galleries in New York;
Tucson Museum of Art; Bishop Museum in Honolulu; Chicago Public Library, Harold
Washington Library Center; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art; Los Angeles
Children’s Museum; JFK Center at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.;
Fresno Metropolitan Museum; Duluth Art Institute; Capital Children’s Museum,
Washington, D.C.; and the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Mich.
MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat neuromuscular diseases
through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive
services, and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA
maintains a clinic for area adults and children
affected by neuromuscular diseases at the Wilmington Health Associates Medical
Clinic.
The Association’s programs are funded almost entirely by individual private
contributors.
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