Combining crafts and positive intentions for group art project at upcoming March Health Sciences Art Show

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Colorful woven crafts, featuring square patterns with sticks at each corner, rest on a wooden table near plastic bags.

Learners and staff recently gathered to make woven yarn mandalas known as ojos de Dios (eyes of God), ritual objects made by the Huichol indigenous people of Mexico. The eyes’ centers, shaped like mandalas, symbolize the power of seeing and understanding things we normally cannot see.  

Participants were led through the process and while weaving, focused on positive intentions for patients and those we serve through medicine. Emily Keeler, MA, CTA, Buckeye Wellness Innovator in the College of Pharmacy, will combine everyone’s woven ojos de Dios work into a group art piece that will be featured at the March 2026 Health Sciences Art Show. Participants shared what the process and experience meant to them:  

  1. “I used to make these in school and wanted to participate. What this is really for, having positive intentions for others, really makes this experience even better.”  
  2. “I wanted to be a part of something that aims to make patients stronger.”  
  3. “I was just studying and was invited to join the group. My boyfriend’s mom has cancer and is being treated here. She has a strong bond with her care team. I hope this project and seeing this collaboration can help others develop deeper connections, too.” 

Everyone working in the medical center Health Sciences Colleges are welcome to submit their work to the show through February 13. Visit this link to submit your application. 

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