 During that time, she was a research assistant to Gerry MacAllister, the DIrector of the Mandeville Gallery, which put her in contact with artists such as Suzanne Lacy, Mary Beth Edelson, Miriam Shapiro and Barbara Smith.During the 1970s UCSD was a catalyst for political and feminist art.When Maksymowicz and Tobia arrived, the department was just about to move into the newly built, Quincy Jones-designed, Mandeville Center.