Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! and set up shows in France, Rome, Canada, New York and even at   Brunswick Square Mall, East Brunswick, NJ. Maxine is 23 yr and his home is Benac, France. He and his family are pulling together artists from around the world and moving their work into beautiful places, getting work up and out for the world to see.

(Left) Maxine Gantois,(France); Snehal Bhatt, Bombay, India; Poonam Barua, New Delhi, India; and Judith Wray (President of VAL).

 Thinking Globally, Working Localy!

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Shankar sent his design for the pipe on a CD.

The design was printed out by VAL (Judy Wray is Artist in Residence at UMDNJ) The pipe idea was grown at UMDNJ. The Healing Arts Club experiments with ways to connect with the community via the arts.

HARTS most recent show,  the art works of Russian orphan's "Maria's Children" came to the the medical school for 3 months. Right now that show has spilled over to visit the East Brunswick Municipal Building until the end of June.

July 1st the show will make a leap and expand over to the East Brunswick Public Library. Ion Rossman, the medical student at UMDNJ who is responsible for the exhibit coming to UMDNJ & East Brunswick will speak at the library the last week of July about the project begun by the non-profit group, Maria's Children.

Shankar Barua, New Delhi, India is also pulling artists together from around the world with his IDEA

Together, we are experimenting with ways to bring people together creatively and the University of Medicine and Dentistry is providing  fertile ground for new ideas.