Open-Hearted Opening Day
September 26 @ 10:00 am
Open-Hearted opens to the public on Friday, Sept. 26!
Opening Day Events
Vaccine Clinic, 2–4 p.m.
Come get your fall flu and Covid vaccines at the FAC! Please either register with Safeway online in advance (make sure to select the clinic on Sept. 26) or drop by for your vaccines. Make sure to bring your insurance information (flu and Covid vaccines are free with insurance; we are unable to cover costs of vaccines for individuals without insurance).
Colorado College Roundtable, 4–6 p.m.
Join us for a special event featuring an interdisciplinary group of Colorado College faculty and staff who will reflect on the themes of Open-Hearted, including the limits of neoliberal models of wellness and the need to think of health in a more systemic manner. RSVP required as space is limited.
Open-Hearted examines the history, meaning, and contemporary realities of health care and well-being. Moving beyond the individualistic framework of “self-care,” the exhibition reframes wellness as a collective project—one that necessitates an expansion of public health infrastructures across many levels of society. Featuring works made between 1986 to 2025—a period framed by two significant epidemics, AIDS and COVID-19—the show features a variety of media, including design, weaving, sculpture, video, and installation, that explore our medical system’s forms, objects, spaces, and communication systems. Some works advocate for increased access to vital life-saving information and for an expansion of public health resources led by disability, chronic illness, and neurodiversity activism.
Image: Melissa Cody, Dopamine Dream, 2023. © Melissa Cody. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.