Andy Prisbylla serves as the project administrator for the Mobile Sculpture Workshop (MSW), a pilot program of the Industrial Arts Cooperative (IAC), whose mission is to inspire artistic literacy in the Pittsburgh region by offering enrichment opportunities that advance the understanding and process of sculpture-making artists and their work.

MSW is a Pennsylvania-based summer workshop aimed at demonstrating the techniques of safe and proper welding and metal fabrication while producing large-scale sculpture for public display. The Awesome Pittsburgh $1,000 grant will help buy safety gear and welding supplies.

Prisbylla is thrilled that the Awesome Pittsburgh grant will contribute heavily to…

“our effort to inspire the youth of Hazelwood and its neighbors with an opportunity of design, conception and completion of public art.  Upon completion of the workshop, student apprentices will understand the basic fundamentals and terminology of welding and metal fabrication, including safety procedures, and learn to efficiently work within a team to recognize the importance of organizational cohesion.”

Adds new Awesome Pittsburgh trustee Robert Young, “I don’t think there is any better way to foster the learning and creativity of children than to guide them in the process of making something. Not only do they gain a true sense of accomplishment but their skills in science, technology, engineering, and math are enhanced through the process.”

The 2014 summer workshop concludes on September 6.  This summer, MSW project representatives have appeared at the Polish Hill Festival, in Braddock at Chef Kevin Sousa’s Superior Motors community cookout, in Munhall at the Rivers of Steel Sunday Heritage Market at the Pump House, and will be in Rankin on August 16 at the Save the Deer Fundraiser at the Carrie Furnace.

To read more, the Mobile Sculpture Workshop keeps up-to-date posts and news at www.facebook.com/mobilesculptureworkshop.