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Photo Caption: David Mazure, associate professor of art + design at East Stroudsburg University looks at interpretation of the Periodic Table designed with students. The piece was designed Mazure’s “Design for Communication” in 2012. A replica of the design is currently on display at the Rangoli Metro Art Center in Bengaluru, India. From left to right: Mazure, Jeremy Soto, Rachel Holly, and Henry Becker.

An art and design installation designed by East Stroudsburg University students and faculty is now on display at the Rangoli Metro Art Center, Bengaluru, India, as part of the Center’s 150th anniversary celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table. The show, titled “Elements- Stuff That Matters,” opened earlier this year and will run through mid-November.

The original installation of ESU’s interpretation of the Periodic Table came to be as part of a “Design for Communication” course in the spring semester of 2012. It was on display in ESU’s Hoeffner Science and Technology Center from 2012-2016. In 2017 some of the elements were updated in a “Letterforms” course. Both courses were taught by David Mazure, associate professor of art + design. A replica of the installation, including the 2017 updates, was printed and produced in India specifically to be exhibited with other tributes to The Periodic Table.

“This project was intended to bring the arts and sciences closer together. I think it succeeded,” Mazure said. “When my students learned that their work was going to be on display in India, they were ecstatic. Besides being a part of this unique international experience, this will make a great addition to each of the students’ portfolios and résumés.”

The Rangoli Metro Art Center is part of the Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB), which is being developed with the founding support of the Government of Karnataka and its academic partners Indian Institute of Science, National Centre for Biological Sciences, and Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. It is a dynamic new space for engaging young adults at the interface between the natural and human sciences, and the arts, through a roster of experimental spaces, exhibitions, educational workshops, training program, and public events.  The Science Gallery Network is comprised of seven members across four continents – Dublin, London, Melbourne, Bengaluru, Venice, Detroit and Rotterdam.