Mobile Medical Museum

PRESS RELEASE: EVIDENCE OF CARE BY WILL TRURAN OPENS AT MOBILE MEDICAL MUSEUM JUNE 13

For Immediate Release
June 12, 2026
Contact: Daryn P. Glassbrook, Ph.D., Executive Director
(251) 415-1109
[email protected]

Mobile, Alabama – On June 13, 2026, the Mobile Medical Museum and Alabama Contemporary Art Center will host the opening reception for Evidence of Care, an exhibition of new work by 2026 Artist-in-Residence Will Truran, a commercial artist and Assistant Professor of Emerging Media and Graphic Design at the University of Central Florida.

Through video displays, personal testimonies from healthcare workers, and materials from local hospitals and the Museum’s collection, Evidence of Care will explore the past, present, and future of tool design, use and disposal in hospital systems, with a particular focus on environmental impacts.

“After treatment ends and lives are changed, the physical traces of caregiving remain behind,” says Truran. “The materials, the sweat, and often the tears become evidence of the labor, urgency, and humanity found within systems of care.”

The project is a partnership between Mobile Medical Museum and Alabama Contemporary Art Center for Alabama AIR, a statewide partnership residency program. Truran and the project staff worked collaboratively for several weeks to plan, research and develop the work for the exhibition. They also gathered donated materials and staff survey responses from Mobile Infirmary and USA Health.

“The Alabama AIR partnership enriches our storytelling and enables us to approach healthcare topics from perspectives that are unorthodox, exploratory, and emotionally charged,” says Mobile Medical Museum Executive Director Daryn Glassbrook. “Such an approach can lead researchers and practitioners to discover important revelations and historical connections about their field.”

The exhibition will be on display in the Museum’s Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery from June 13 through September 2026. The opening reception is from 1 to 3 pm and is free for Mobile Medical Museum and Alabama Contemporary Art Center members. Non-members will be charged standard admission fees.

This project has been made possible by grants from Alabama State Council on the Arts and The Daniel Foundation of Alabama. Additional support is provided by Mobile County Commission and Dr. Charles B. Rodning.

For more information, please contact Daryn Glassbrook at (251) 415-1109 or [email protected].

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