THE EVENTS  |  November 14 - 17, 2003

In the spirit of remembrance a set of events was created to consider the long history of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston, and to honor its patients and employees.

Photographs of BLOOM can be seen here.

Images of BLOOM are available from the artist, Anna Schuleit. Send your inquiry to her studio.

FRIDAY  |  November 14, 2003

• BLOOM  |  Opening Day


74 Fenwood Road  |  Boston, MA
Open to the public 9 am - 5 pm

An installation by Anna Schuleit for the Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Fields of flowers stretch throughout the building in a gesture of offering and transition. The building was open to everyone - to be revisited once more upon its closing.


• SYMPOSIUM


Carl W. Walter Amphitheatre
Tosteson Medical Education Center
260 Longwood Avenue
9 am - 5 pm

All-day symposium to honor the role of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in the evolution of psychiatric treatment, teaching and research. The symposia will be held in a round-table format. All speakers for the symposium were alumni or present faculty of MMHC.


• RECEPTION and DINNER


Artist reception with the Anna Schuleit and the Bloom Project Committee
Ballroom Veronique
Club Longwood
20 Chapel Street | Brookline, MA
5:30 pm

SATURDAY  |  November 15, 2003

• OPEN FORUM
  
  74 Fenwood Road  |  Boston, MA
  Begins at 10 am, open-ended
  
  Current and former patients and staff of MMHC were invited to share their stories and memories at a public forum on the front steps of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center.
  
  Free and open to the public.



• BLOOM by Anna Schuleit  |  Second Day


74 Fenwood Road  |  Boston, MA
Free and open to the public 12 Noon - 6 pm

SUNDAY  |  November 16, 2003

• BLOOM by Anna Schuleit  |  Third Day


74 Fenwood Road  |  Boston, MA
Free and open to the public 9 am - 6 pm

• ARTIST TALK and PROJECT DISCUSSION


74 Fenwood Road  |  Boston, MA
With Anna Schuleit and her project volunteers
In the second floor library at 3 pm
Open to All

MONDAY  |  November 17, 2003

• BLOOM by Anna Schuleit  |  Final Day


74 Fenwood Road  |  Boston, MA
Free and open to the public 9 am - 6 pm

Read more about BLOOM at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center — and see what it looked like here.