Facts About The Collection
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.
| Total Works (to date): |
336 |
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| Individual works by children: |
107 |
| Group projects by children: |
12 |
| Individual works by adults: |
217 |
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| Ages of Artists: |
2 to 82 years |
| States represented: |
50 + Puerto Rico |
| Media: |
Ranges from watercolors, oils and bronzes to digital media,
photography and paint applied with wheelchair wheels, hands and feet. |
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 Library 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.)
CHILDREN'S ART WORKSHOPS:
MDA has sponsored some 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 LaJolla, 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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