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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.

SCRAP Pittsburgh Public Art Recycling

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

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE


Scholarships

OVARTS To AWard Veteran Scholarships

Projects

McGarity Army Reserve Center

Design Team

veteran design team

 

 
 

A Special Message To All Those Who Support OVArts

& All The Hard Work We Do For Our Veterans

 
 
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