ARTWORK BY ARIZONA ARTIST
ACCEPTED INTO MDA ART COLLECTION
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“Remembering” |
TUCSON, Ariz., July 12, 2006 – An oil painting by Rosalie Toth of Phoenix 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.
Toth’s “Remembering” is an oil painting of a beautiful Native American woman
wearing a soft yellow blouse and turquoise jewelry. Toth said she painted the
woman with a somber, faraway look to express the pain the Indian tribes
suffered when their lands were taken from them.
As Toth was finishing her painting, she saw what appeared to be a tear on the
woman’s face. She emphasized the tear
and named the painting “Remembering”
to signify the emotion depicted.
Toth, 81, is affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,
a genetic disorder that results in muscle weakness, particularly in the hands
and legs.
"Remembering” is Toth’s third donation to the MDA Collection, following her
2003 contribution, “Mountain Stream,” and her 1999 entry, “Native American with
Sheep.”
The new addition by Toth is on display at MDA’s national headquarters in Tucson,
Ariz., and can be seen at www.mda.org/commprog/art/displayall.aspx. Toth’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 St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
in Phoenix.
The Association’s programs are funded almost entirely by individual private
contributors.
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