This 'Ruthless' exhibit at a Phoenix gallery pays tribute to someone you’ve probably never heard of

Ruthless honors Ruth Scholl

A Phoenix art exhibit called Ruthless pays tribute to Ruth Bird Scholl, a Valley woman who held jobs from hospital work to the Urban League and died early last year.

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  1. A Phoenix art exhibit called Ruthless pays tribute to Ruth Bird Scholl, a Valley woman who held jobs from hospital work to the Urban League and died early last year.
  2. Curator Amy Bird, a member of the Eye Lounge art collective, only met Ruth in 2010 when Ruth was 85, though Ruth lived 10 minutes away in Tempe.
  3. The collaborative show at Modified Arts in downtown Phoenix features work by artists ranging in age from 5 to 80, some of whom never met Ruth.
  4. Bird said the exhibit aims to show Ruth as a full person rather than a saint, and that Ruth herself would have found the attention hysterical.
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