April 1, 2003
Exhibiting Artists:
Matt Eaton, John Stewart Jackson, Joe McCreary, Vaughn Randall, Julie Ward, Anthony Williams, Antoinne Williams
Sloss Metal Arts is rooted in Birmingham’s historic connection to iron and steel. The city owes its existence to these metals and to the forming and processing industries that grew up around them. Although such industries are no longer the dominant forces they once were, they are still an important part of the city’s economic life and offer tremendous resources for the production of metal sculpture. The Metal Arts has used these local resources to develop a unique sculpture studio, art foundry, and education program that promotes the creation of metal art in all the basic metal forming processes. The aim of the Metal Arts is to help artists work, to provide the physical space and technical resources they need to create sculpture on a scale they could not achieve or afford.
