Tour Dates:
Saturday, April 23, 2022
10:00am – 10:45am
11:30am – 12:15pm
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Visit the underground working studio of Pittsburgh artist Thad Mosley, 1 of 32 artists featured in the 2018 Carnegie International, who reworks salvaged timber into biomorphic forms.
Thad Mosley is originally from New Castle, PA, and moved to Pittsburgh in 1946. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, and earned his degrees in English and Journalism. He served in the US Navy, and spent most of his career working for the U.S. Postal Service. He also worked for the renowned Black American newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier.
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His art, woodcarving, is truly a rare form of sculpture now; more popular these days in sculpture are assemblage, lights, and computer-generated pieces. He is self-taught, and has been exhibiting since 1959. His work is held in several public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney in New York. Thad had a solo exhibition at Karma in NY in 2020, and most recently an exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2021.
TOUR STARTS/ENDS: Casey Industrial Park, 1800 Columbus Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Upon arrival, guard at gate will direct you to building with blue awning
There are parts of this tour that are not wheelchair-accessible
Restrooms are available
Photography is allowed
Other: Children are not recommended because of the precarious nature of the sculptures
This tour is brought to you in part by PublicSource.
