November is American Diabetes Awareness Month, and Lancaster General is partnering with the Demuth Museum to raise awareness of the disease, particularly among children.

 

A special exhibit at the Demuth Museum, 120 E. King St., Lancaster, features art by noted local artist David Brumbach (1948-1992). The exhibit, “David Brumbach Unbound: Pages from His Book,” runs through January 4.

 

The centerpiece of this exhibit is a notebook of 136 drawings that Brumbach completed during a three-month stay at Lancaster General Hospital in 1985, where he was treated for complications resulting from diabetes. This is the first public display of these sketches in their entirety.

 

Both Brumbach and Charles Demuth, the turn-of-the-century Lancaster artist and museum’s namesake, lived with diabetes. Both artists’ lives were cut short in part by their neglect in treating this disease.

 

Lancaster General’s wellness and diabetes clinicians are joining forces with the Demuth Museum to promote awareness for the risk factors of diabetes among local school-aged children through the Demuth Museum’s Art-in-a-Box program.

 

It provides elementary and secondary teachers at local and national schools with student artwork project resources.

 

The art of participating students will be displayed at the museum in February of 2009. Lancaster General provides information for teachers that encourage diabetes prevention through physical activity and a healthy diet.

 

For more information on the exhibit or Art-in-a-Box, call 299-9940.