Artists from the Sloss Metal Arts Program Display Works at the Birmingham Public Library
Rack , Virginia Elliott, handwoven fabric cast in iron, 2022 An exhibition featuring works by artists of the Sloss Metal Arts program is currently on display at the Birmingham Public Library (BPL). The show features pieces by Virginia Elliott, Hugh Patton, Kara Theart, Alexandra Rose Weaver, and Ajene Williams. The exhibition will be on view through Friday, May 31, at the Central Library , where it is installed in the glass cases on the first floor. Media include cast iron, steel, fabric, a large-scale drawing, pales from the Iron River in Michigan, a lightbulb, and more! The public is invited to a reception honoring the artists on Saturday, May 4. It will take place from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in BPL’s Fourth Floor Gallery. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Sloss Metal Arts is a cast iron art program operating out of Sloss Furnaces’ historic No. 2 Casting Shed. The programming is dedicated to teaching and expanding metal casting as an art form that ho