Wordless Wednesday
Tag: sculpture
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.
Here’s the video of that winning home run
More blog posts tagged bill Mazeroski
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
Silver Ghost Lacebark Pine and Big Bugs
At The Dawes Arboretum Newark, Ohio.
Magnolias for Pittsburgh
Two sculptures of Magnolias Trees in bloom at the corner of Seventh Street and Penn Avenue- Public Art in The Cultural District – downtown Pittsburgh. The lead artist –Tony Tasset
My granddaughter and I were on our way to opening night of The Music Man.
Right across the street from the theatre where we were headed… “Two sculptures of magnolia trees called Magnolias for Pittsburgh are surrounded by five real magnolia trees.”
“The intention of Magnolias for Pittsburgh was first and foremost to create a public work with an egalitarian aesthetic that appeals to a wide range of the population,” Mr. Tasset writes in his artist’s statement. “I wanted to simply create a little magic, fairy tale moment in the daily hustle and bustle of downtown Pittsburgh. Magnolias is meant to have a dynamic relationship with the environment,”
Le Petit Prince Sculpture NYC-
rom my sister Mary today-
From my sister Mary today-
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Topiary Garden in Columbus
After French Artist Georges Seurat-
Spring Break in NYC
After nine hours sitting on the train from Pittsburgh and a delicious dinner, my sister and I walked five miles along the Hudson River. The northern lights were supposed to be happening between ten and two am but weren’t visible. We did see the Worm Moon (the worms are wiggling around in the warmed earth now) and the twinkling lights in the night.
The Volunteers Bronze Statue Guest Blog
Thank you Joanne who sent the article and photographs from Halifax
The Volunteers Bronze Statue in Halifax, at the Waterfront, Nova Scotia (click link for article written when the monument was unveiled in 2017)
“The bronze sculpture, called “The Volunteers,” features three life-sized figures from three generations: A young girl pulling a wagon full of salvaged metal, an African-Nova Scotian woman holding a tray of coffee and sandwiches, and an older woman seated with a Mi’kmaq basket and knitting.”
The sculptor is Marlene Hilton Moore
