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environmental art
Cemetery Trees Get New Life as Art
How do trees magically transform themselves into mushrooms? With the help of local artists, of course. A collaborative program in Pittsburgh's Homewood Cemetery pairs artists with felled and fallen trees for an art-inspired reuse event.
Making Mosaics From the Marcellus and Other Rocks Under Our Feet
The Marcellus shale is, of course, most notably tapped for its gas deposits. But one artist has found a very different use for the black gold underground: mosaics. Lynch blends shale with other rocks from our region and colorful glass to create work that is being purchased by gas companies and other aficionadoes of local geology.