Eric Carney, right, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monmouth Medical Center and its Southern Campus in Lakewood, with Long Branch Mayor John Pallone.
Eatontown, N.J., July 28, 2026 – Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) joined with its community for an innovative hands-on pixel art workshop to help create a sweeping two-story mosaic art piece that will be a calming and unique focal point rising from the lobby of the outpatient Specialty and Cancer Care Center at the Vogel Medical Campus in Tinton Falls. The building is expected to open early in 2027.
In partnership with the Texas-based Mosaic Workshop studio and arts organization, MMC invited area students, local partnering service organizations, legislators and hospital supporters to join with its employees at pixel workshop sessions on July 16th, 17th and 18th. During the sessions, which were held at the Anne Vogel Family Care and Wellness Center in Eatontown, participants placed colorful glass tiles into grids following simple guides to create a square-foot section of the mosaic.
The completed mosaic, comprised of 68,165 individual glass tiles and 325 tile grids, provides a vibrant layered and iridescent visual effect that combines traditional craftsmanship with modern digital aesthetics. The mural was installed at the Specialty and Cancer Center building during the week of July 20.
Jenna DiBartolo, left, Acting Vice President, Vogel Medical Campus Project, with Assemblywoman Margie Donlon, who presented the hospital with a legislative proclamation in honor of the mosaic workshops.
“We chose to create this mosaic because it supports our commitment to community engagement, enabling hundreds of community members, regardless of age or ability, to help us create a permanent art piece that will live in our Specialty and Cancer Care Center,” said Jenna DiBartolo, Acting Vice President, Vogel Medical Campus Project. “It’s an opportunity for our community and our team members to connect, create and then see the beautiful outcome of that.”
Among the more than 300 individuals attending the workshop sessions was Assemblywoman Margie Donlon, who presented the hospital with a legislative proclamation in honor of the mosaic workshops and stayed to complete a tile grid.
“What brought me here today was the opportunity to be a part of this incredible group that is building this mural for the Specialty and Cancer Care Center,” she said. “Putting the tiles together was very therapeutic, and when it all comes together, it will showcase the colors of the ocean, which we love here at the Jersey Shore, and are very calming.”
Eric Carney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monmouth Medical Center and its Southern Campus in Lakewood, with Tinton Falls Mayor Risa Clay.
Also taking part in the workshop and completing a tile grid was Tinton Falls Mayor Risa Clay, who called the mural workshops “a super exciting project that brings together people’s artistic inclinations and a really cool sense of community.”
“To know that you’re creating something that will live a life of its own inside something so exciting that is coming to our town is just amazing,” she said. “The impact the Specialty and Cancer Care Center will have for our community will be incredible. It not only adds value to Tinton Falls, but it also adds peace of mind for our residents to know the very finest health care that RWJBarnabas Health has to offer will be available to them right in our own backyard.”
Long-time trustee and co-chair of the Monmouth Medical Center Women’s Council, Terry Ingram, made the installation of this artwork possible through a significant legacy gift to the Vogel Medical Campus. She attended sessions on each day of the workshops, completing six square-foot sections that were added to the completed mural.
Square glass tiles act similarly to a pixel in an image, clearly depicting detailed imagery. The Mosaic Workshop artist pre-plans the design so workshop participants can place tiles in gridded sections according to the guide, like coloring by number. These collaborative mural workshops allow hundreds of people to create monumental artwork in just a few hours.
In 2023, MMC broke ground on the five-story, 150,000-square-foot outpatient Specialty and Cancer Care Center, which will provide comprehensive same-day surgery, on-site specialty physician offices and advanced diagnostic imaging to patients throughout Monmouth County. The facility will also offer patients state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer care provided in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute – the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center – with access to innovative treatment options, including precision medicine, cellular therapies, clinical trials and care informed by the latest research, all in one convenient location. Set to open February 2027, the Specialty and Cancer Care Center is an historic investment in the health of our community, according to Eric Carney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monmouth Medical Center and its Southern Campus in Lakewood.
“The main goal of our healthcare transformation plan has always been to meet the changing needs of the diverse and growing communities across Monmouth County while improving access to our care,” he said. “In 2024, we invited our staff and members of the community to add their signatures to the final steel beam for this state-of-the-art facility, and now we have invited them to once again make their mark on our future through this unique opportunity to connect them with our Specialty and Cancer Care Center.”
To follow the journey to our Specialty and Cancer Care Center at the Vogel Medical Campus, visit rwjbh.org/vmc.
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