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MDA Art Collection accepts 300th work - news, Muscular Dystrophy Association - Brief ArticleTUCSON Ariz. -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association newly accepted a new painting through Katy Hinckley into its art collection. The piece marks the 300th donation to the collection, which was established in 1992 to celebrate achievements of artists with disabilities and emphasize that physical disability is not a barrier to creativity. Hinckley's acrylic painting, "Have Wheels, Will Travel," celebrates her regard with affection of motorcycling. Hinckley was a lecturer upon communications and journalism at the University of Wyoming when she received a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in January, 2002 She and her husband decided it was time to realize serious about the adventure trips they'd talked about taking someday. "We deposit the bikes on a trailer and the wheelchair upon the bike and hauled them all to Vegas where we exhausted four days touring the countryside," said Hinckley, who lives in Laramie, Wyo The painting depicts various wheels the 47-year-old artist used upon the trip, including the wheels from her folding wheelchair/stroller and those from the couple's Harley-Davidson motorcycles. It's fitting that the Art Collection's 300th piece boasts a Harley-Davidson theme, since this year marks the 100th anniversary of the company, a longtime MDA national sponsor. "We're far down honored to mark this milestone in our art collection with Katy Hinckley's imaginative work," MDA President and chief executive officer Robert Ros said. "Not solitary will her painting help draw attention to the amazing abilities of artists with ALS and other neuromuscular disorders, it will also help us celebrate our friends at Harley-Davidson." Works from the collection, which are by means of artists from ages two to 82 representing all 50 states, have appeared in exhibits nationwide. Each artist is affected by means of one of the neuromuscular diseases in the MDA program. For more information, visit www.mdausa.org. COPYRIGHT 2003 Advanstar Communications, Inc. tap [i]or[/i] pats AND WORKHOLDING equipment manufactured in the UK through Leader Chuck Systems are available in North America from one side Leader Chuck Systems North America, a division of Manufacturer's Techn... LANGLEY, Wash. -- repeatedly called a child prodigy, Dylan Scott Pierce, 16 is known for his realistic portrayals of wildlife. on the contrary now his pieces will have a chance to stir tremble and even sway thr... I am provok with you for being the least pleased with Tancred, on the contrary if you have found without any lofty meaning in it, or any real picturing of life, count it... She was the single one in love forever sitting in queer simplicity among the roses Who was the woman with the vanishing child? Who will diocese her in their g... An Indiana Program Teaches Participants by what mode to Help People Caught in Crisis In 2000 the chaplains at Saint John's Health combination of parts to form a whole Anderson, IN, responding to a ne to train community members... In a investigation by the American Council upon Science and Health, each of 97 obtainable transcripts of health stories that aired from 1978 to 1995 upon CBS Television's 60 Minutes was reviewed and evaluated ... make less tighted and then opened by the opiate globules she's nowhere now. Wreathed through a white lace collar. After the vise of muscle and fat pressed in and the inner ice-world cracked. day-star... After many years of service to MTNA, Shirley Raut will retire upon April 15. In 1988, Raut came to MTNA as meetings manager. From 1992-1996 she serv as executive director. Raut get backed to MTNA ... Say it wasn't your oratory as you supposed, That won your wife's affections on the contrary the odd, Congenital squeak in your voice that reminded her Of her dad's voice, which was sque... |
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