Canvas of Wellness: An Artistic Journey with Health Sciences Students
The exhibit showcases the talents of OU Health Sciences Students:
-Prita Dhaimade, College of Dentistry, Digital Art
-Deenna Doan, College of Medicine, Ceramic Art
-Anoushka Mullasseril, College of Medicine, Oil on Canvas & Pencil
-Roshini Sathiaseelen, Graduate College (CAH), Watercolor on Canvas
-Jormi Garcia Tomaw, College of Dentistry, Photography
-Pierce Tran, College of Medicine, Digital Art
In this exhibit, you’ll encounter a diverse array of works—ceramics, paintings, sketches, photographs, and digital art—that reflect the profound insights and emotional depth these emerging healthcare professionals bring to their art. Each piece is a testament to the ways in which their clinical experiences, patient interactions, and understanding of the human condition influence their creative processes.
Exhibit opens: 9/26/2024
Exhibit closes: 3/31/2024
The exhibit gallery located on the 3rd Floor of the Bird Library was created in the Fall of 2012 to display the exhibit Silent Witnesses on the OUHSC campus.
The pieces on display commissioned the talent of artists using prosthetic legs as subject matter. Nearly 800 innocent people are either killed or maimed each month as a result of more than 100 million mines lying scattered across more than 60 countries throughout the world. The artists hoped viewers would identify with the ever-increasing humanitarian and diplomatic efforts to stop the land mine epidemic from spreading. For more information on this collaboration originally between the United Nations and the Center for International Health and Cooperation, see the Exhibit Archive.
At the time the Library had no mechanism for displaying the artwork and was able to purchase custom art walls through the generosity of the College of Medicine, headed by Dean DeWayne Andrews.
The artwork is changed periodically with one to two exhibits hosted per year. Exhibits are developed from the collections of faculty, students, staff (or their family members) affiliated with the university, or are on loan from the Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art on the Norman campus.