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Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Forest hills sculpture stands tall for and by veterans
Nicole Langhorst keeps the memory of her sister, Michelle, alive in the form of a Corten steel silhouette, which stands 10 feet tall.
Michelle was a military policewoman in the U.S. Army. She was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 and 2006 during Operation Iraqi Freedom and spent 9½ years in uniform before a medical (and honorable) discharge ended her military career. Not long after, in 2015, Michelle died by suicide at age 31.
Pittsburgh Public Art Brings Recyclers and Veterans Together
When Randy Castriota, president of Castriota Metals & Recycling in Pittsburgh, Pa., spoke to Century Club members at ISRI2022 about the latest sculpture project he’s working on with the nonprofit Operation Valor Arts (OVArts), a nonprofit Veterans’ organization, he had no idea that a donation would come from a fellow ISRI member across the country.
new public sculpture honoring Veterans has wilkinsburg connections
Ground will be broken on Friday, May 13th, for In the Shade of Service, a public sculpture to be installed at 1844 Ardmore Boulevard later this year.
IN THE SHADE OF SERVICE
Forest Hills Sculpture Project
This 18 ft. high Corten and Stainless Steel interpretive public art sculpture will be installed at Forest Hills Veteran Housing at 1844 Ardmore Boulevard, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh, PA.
As opposed to memorialization, In the Shade of Service invites understanding of the military and family military experience. The OVArts Veteran Design Team envisions those sitting beneath the sculpture’s protective dog tag leaf canopy will recognize the efforts of our service men, women, and their families to ensure our freedoms.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MAY 13, 2022
10:00AM
FOREST HILLS VETERAN-DESIGNED SCULPTURE GROUNDBREAKING
JUNE 1, 2022
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