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.
An exhibit to showcase the talents of OU Health Sciences students is being curated in the month of March 2024. Please check back soon!
