My first TV Interview was by Karen Hasby in her Newsday Office in 1983. She reviewed the “Classic Works” covering traditional themes such as flowers and cathedrals. Karen delved into my Picassoesque “Mod Works.” But it was my unusual new theme of grates, water covers and manhole covers that caught her attention. You can view […]
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During their residence in St. James New York, Bobbi recorded grates, manhole covers and water covers in their paved environments. She captured the street ambience in her prints and sculpture relief works: “Buckeye” Sculpture Relief “Buckeye” was based on a former Lake Ave North Sidewalk in St. James. This water valve cover was eventually paved over with asphalt. During […]
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 […]
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 […]
Orlando Museum of Art 2416 North Mills Avenue Orlando FL 32803 http://www.omart.org/ Bobbi’s relief works on exhibit January 5th are: “City of Orlando” (48” x 31” x 3”) “Buckeye Water Meter Cover” (22″ x 31″ x3″) “Solivita Scene” (17″ x 12″ x 2″) This exhibit is open to the public. “Sculpture -The Ultimate Process” January […]
Judie Pufpaff and Bobbi Mastrangelo: two sisters less than fourteen months apart, that is close in age, isn’t it? Judie looks upward for her “Spirit Within” landscapes. Bobbi looks downward for her Manhole Art creations. Little Sisters: Judie and Bobbi We played in the hay and out in the fresh air as little ones. Dad […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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“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 […]