At the Museum

Carnegie Museum of Art this afternoon with my sister Mary.

This huge sculpture was just inside the museum, opposite the entrance doors

Palettes of Ambition by El Anatsui
Close up
Cropped image to show the bottle caps

The Eyes Have It

Eye sculptures!

We were downtown in the Cultural District on Wednesday night, thanks to a generous friend who shared tickets they were unable to use. And there we were, right by the eye benches and fountain. We’d just come out of the Theater Square Garage. We photographed the Eye Benches, sculpted by artist Louise Bourgeois.

In Memoriam- Bill Mazeroski

Bill Mazeroski -a Pittsburgh icon. His home run was what caused the Pirates to win the pennant in the 1960 World Series.

He passed on Friday at age 89. Here’s the NYTimes obituary

I made a post when the statue was unveiled.

The 99 year old photographer James Klingensmith was present at the ceremony by PNC Park. It was his photograph the artist Susan Wagner based her sculpture.

You can watch The Greatest Home Run Ever clicking link.

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2010
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2012
Mazeroski by Moonlight
2016

Rest In Peace.

Toyosaurus Sculpture at Children’s Hospital

The colorful sculpture Toyosaurus created by pop artist Renee Dupree caught our attention.

Located at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Toyosaurus: Height 72″, Length 108″, Width 36″, Weight without base 140 lbs., Weight with concrete pad base 440 lbs.
Close up of the toys

The artist says “ describe myself as a POP artist. I chose pop art probably as a result of my retail store in Pittsburgh’s South Side, called GROOVY Pop Culture Emporium. For the past nine years I have been selling collectibles, mostly toys. I have acquired a warehouse of art supplies as a result of many years of collecting and doing business. Most often I use toys in my artwork, and so naturally I would love to construct a toy-covered dinosaur!”

New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill


 American lady butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis), also known as the American painted lady
In the Orangerie
A stick house. Oh Littie Pig??
At the Gift Shop
Sculptor George Sherwood. There were 17 sculptures in motion

What Laura Saw on her Lunch Break

And texted to me. A Google image search told us the name of the sculpture and artist. Jerzy Kedziora

Boy with Kite “…part of the “Suspension: Balancing Art, Nature, and Culture” series by Polish artist Jerzy Kedziora…Schiller Park in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio

I cropped her photo to see detail

More on other sculptures by Kedziora in the Park click to see Girl With Yo-Yo and The Rower

Here’s an article Gravity Defying Sculptures Totally Transform Schiller Park Click to see more sculptures

Six years ago I posted a photograph of one of his works at the Columbus library Duo with Chair suspended from the ceiling

Note: Just added this little poem shared by Judy Kindergarten teacher extraordinaire.

There was a boy,
A tiny mite,
Who tried to fly
A mighty kite
But then at last
It came to pass
Both boy and kite flew out of sight!

One of my favorite kindergarten poems❤️ Judy

I read it every year to my kindergarten class. Then each child had to predict what happened to the boy and /or draw a picture or how do you think his mother felt when she saw him?
One of the best pictures was Superman saved him!!! We read it every March! We painted kites and made pattern kite tails. Oh how I miss those days!! Judy S

“Walking to the Sky” a 7 ton Sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky

“’Walking to the Sky’ is a portrait of all of humanity rising upwards from the earth to the heavens above — striving into the future with strength and determination.” Says the CMU (a’64) alumnus and artist. I drive by the Carnegie Mellon campus and think about trying to find a place to park to photograph this public art from a closer angle.

I posted a guest blog by Shuey of this sculpture in 2017 and another post from Berlin in 2018 Borofsky’s work Molecule Man

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Wordless Wednesday

Seem at a funeral on Monday
In the garden, corner of Alder and Shady Ave
Friendship Avenue by West Penn Hospital

Mazeroski Day in Pittsburgh

Bill Mazeroski made baseball history October 13, 1960. My dad was at that game.

Here’s an article by Lauren Davidson about Bill Mazeroski hitting the homerun that made the Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series.

October 13th is known as Bill Mazeroski Day in Pittsburgh.

Statue of Bill Mazeroski on the Northside near PNC Park

After a ball game
Another blog post

Crossing home plate in the winter

Here’s the video of that winning home run

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Mural on Madison Ave. at Phineas St on the North Side

Roberto Clemente. #21 Right Fielder Pirates Baseball 1955-1972/ Humanitarian

Special induction into National Baseball Hall of Fame 1973

Born 1934- 1972 killed in plane crash on a mission to provide supplies for earthquake relief