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 Read More …

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 Read More …

Mastrangelo’s Exotic Copper Toolings on Attleboro Art Museum’s Benefit Auction

   The online portion of the 19th Attleboro Arts Museum Benefit Auction will run from October 8, 2010 to November 3, 2010, with the live event taking place on November 6, 2010.    You are invited to  Browse through over $50,000 of donated original art. You can be a part of this fun-filled fund-raiser from the comfort Read More …

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 Read More …

Top Fifteen on “Curate This 2010” Popular Vote

Over 2,000 votes were cast from 19 countries. The award recipient was the artist, architect or designer who received the total highest number of individual votes and not necessarily the artist who received the most # 1 votes. We’d like to send out a special congratulations to Paul Troyano, this year’s International Public Vote Award Read More …

VOTE! August 15 – 18, 2010 for Bobbi Mastrangelo’s “When”

 An International Public Vote Award of $2,500 will be awarded to the one artist, designer, duo, group or collective who receives the highest number of public votes on their submitted works to CURATE THIS!’.      Please visit: CURATE THIS on August 15 – 18                        Read More …

Three Reasons to Vote for Mastrangelo’s “When the People Care”

          3 Reasons to vote for Bobbi   Mastrangelo’s “When?” (the people care)   1.  When The People Care promotes environmental concern, and anti-Litter action.   2.  Mastrangelo’s manhole cover theme urges protection of our precious resources.   3. “When”  venerates the work of engineers, foundries, highway maintenance, water authorities and sanitation departments, etc.   Read More …

Summer Update on Artsy Shark Artists

More updates on The  Featured Artists from the past six months, as they pursue their careers. Once again Carolyn Edlund has reached out to promote the emerging artists on her blog.   So many styles of art and so much fun to read their news and to visit the web sites.  Here is an art work I admired by Read More …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …