Manhole Art – Bobbi Mastrangelo

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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…

  • 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…

  • American Pride sculpture off to Attleboro Arts Museum 2011 Gala and Art Auction

    With Grate Pride, Bobbi Mastrangelo contributes her patriotic sculpture for Museum Benefit.                                                                   Attleboro Arts Museum Auction Spotlight Exhibition and on line bidding: October…

  • 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…

  • Would the Mastrangelo Exhibit at the NYHS have pleased Art Carney?

    Dear Viewers, You read in this older post of 27th National Post Card Week that Art Carney’s Ed Norton was the undisputed king of the city sewer system.  He received a press release saying Mastrangelo’s 1994 exhibit of manhole art at The New York Hall of Science “would make Art Carney proud.”  Grate Thoughts » Blog Archive » 27th…

  • Bobbi Mastrangelo’s art highlighted in “How to Present Your Art with Impact”

    Carolyn Edlund  included a bit about my art in her article “How to Present Your Art with Impact.” She gives  fantastic advice to help advance an art career.  There are many practical suggestions for portfolio presentations and marketing  art.   http://www.artsyshark.com/2010/06/19/how-to-present-your-art-with-impact/  If you have a great presentation on your website, Carolyn Edlund would appreciate your comments and  your website link at www.artsyshark.com I would like to share the…

  • “The Grate Lady” in the news.

    Terri Dyer, reporter correspondent for Reporter- Ledger News of Lakeland FL contacted me for a phone interview.  After all the questions about my manhole art and other interests, she shared some of her interests in the literary and cultural arts.  I sent her a signed  copy of  “From the Heart, Stories of Love and Friendship ” and some…

  • ABOUT is more than a BIO

    ABOUT on Bobbi Mastrangelo’s web site has:   A  Bobbi’s Bio with a Photo, Achievements Accolades and Resumes “A Teacher Turned Artist” by  Robby Grisafi, a Fifth Grade Student “Bobbi Mastrangelo, a former elementary schoolteacher is now a Port Jefferson Artist. Her art is very different than most people’s idea of art. She makes reliefs and sculptures of…

  • Bobbi Mastrangelo In Celestopea Times Interview

    Bobbi Mastrangelo’s interview by Sumara Love, is a very extensive piece covering her art development. You can learn how a propensity for circles propelled her into manhole art.   You can view her early works including her pencil drawing completed in High School and other traitional themes from her “Classic Works.” Amiens Cathedral, France You will learn the influences on her…

  • AMERICAN PRIDE SCULPTURE

    The patriotic theme for National Post Card Week 2009 would be based on a new sculpture relief. After many sketches, I arrived at a satisfactory design of a patriotic manhole cover for a sidewalk scene.  Once it was completed, I set it into a durable foam piece. To look authentic, it needed random side-walk cracks.…