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Bobbi Mastrangelo’s “Buckeye” at The Burchfield-Penney Art Center May 11- August 26, 2012 in “The Artists Among Us” Exhibit.
THE ARTISTS AMONG US II The Burchfield Penney’s Members’ Exhibition Opening Celebration May 11, 2012 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Burchfield-Penney Art Center 1300 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo NY 14222 Burchfield Penney Art Center Phone 716 878 6011 burchfld@buffalostate.edu On View Friday, May 11–Sunday, August 26, In recognition of the artists of Western New York…
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Bobbi Mastrangelo’s 2012 NPCW Post Card
Bobbi Mastrangelo with “Borough of Manhattan” National Post Card Week 2012 National Post Card Week is celebrated annually during the first full week of May. I correspond with almost two-hundred post card pen pals in The United States and abroad. Each year I choose one of my sculptures or art happenings to be reproduced as a…
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# “Sewers of the World, Unite” in Moscow started out as an April Fool’s Joke
I see the smirks and hear the silent smiles when people discover that my art is based on sewers and manhole covers. Imagine my surprise when I learned that there was a site in Moscow specializing in the theme I pursued in sculptures and works on hand made paper. Sewers of the World, Unite! What…
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The Creation of “City of Orlando,” Mastrangelo’s Sculpture Relief
Why I created the Sculpture Relief: “City of Orlando.” download a PDF of this story Orlando Museum of Art’s First Thursday’s Competition for January 5, 2012 was entitled “Sculpture, the Ultimate Process.” Remembering the brick pavers surrounding the Orlando Museum of Art, I thought, “Why not enter the competition with a streetscape scene from the…
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Mastrangelo’s “John E. Potente” Collagraph at The Heckscher Museum of Art
The Heckscher Museum Huntington (Long Island) in New York USA The Heckscher Museum of Art regularly organizes installations highlighting works from their Permanent Collection. Their most recent exhibition, in the far south gallery, is entitled “A WAY WITH WORDS: TEXT IN ART” curated by Lisa Chalif. Included is Bobbi Mastrangelo’s collagraph print on hand…
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Bobbi Mastrangelo’s Artful Flag at Islip Museum Exhibit
The Islip Art Museum celebrates summer with an exhibition entitled Flag Day, on view in the museum galleries at Brookwood Hall, 50 Irish Lane, East Islip, NY: June 15 through Sun. Sept. 4. 2011. http://islipartmuseum.org/about.html Flag Day was curated by Janet Goleas, an artist, gallerist and writer. The exhibit explores the way flags and banners convey attitudes,…
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Modern Casting Magazine (Sept. 2010) Artists: Bobbi Mastrangelo & Kim Christiansen
“SHAKEOUT: From Streets to Galleries,” page 56 “Cast manhole and utility covers have inspired artists like Bobbi Mastrangelo and Kim Christiansen to create works of art that have been on display in galleries around the country.” http://content.yudu.com/A1p3q9/ModernCastingSept10/resources/60.htm This is the Fiber Arts creation that Shannon Wetzel chose for The Shakeout page of Modern Casting Magazine. The…
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Manhole Contributions Set II
The myriad of cover designs always amaze me. And now friends and web viewers from around the world are contributing to my reference. Diane and Wayne Schoeffle, Solivita Friends, took a photo of a cover in Prague from the Czech Republic. Mike Aronstein, a post card pen pal for National Post Card Week sent me…
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Mastrangelo’s Very First TV Interview
Inside Newsday by Karen Hasby May 1983 Newsday is the leading news source of the borough of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties of Long Island New York. The thought of an interview at their Big Office in Melville was intimidating. Paula Shengold, the sponsor of my very first art exhibit at Gallery 333, gave me some…
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Manhole Cover Photo Contributions
Over the years, family, friends and even web viewers whom I’ve never met have sent photos and rubbings of manhole covers and water covers from the USA and around the world. Some of their photos and rubbings have already inspired sculpture relief works that are shown in my gallery. Rubbings are saved in huge…