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 …

Bobbi Mastrangelo : finalist in the NRDC Environmental Contest

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, The National Resources Defense Council announced the eleven finalists for our first-ever Environmental Art Prize.NRDC: The NRDC Environmental Art Prize Mary Coelho pic pic pic pic pic Kim & Zach DeBord pic pic pic pic pic Bridget Grady pic pic pic pic pic Saundra McPherson pic Read More …

“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 Read More …

Decorative Sculptures

Acquedotto My decorative relief sculptures evolved due to the discovery of three elegant Kuliche Frames replicating rare Museum Period Frames.  What treasures!  They were works of art in themselves. Their gilded antique sculpted forms reminded me of the frames I had seen in the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence.  I had no idea how I could Read More …