Birmingham, AL Various Artists

Sloss%u2019s Metal Arts program is rooted in Birmingham%u2019s 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%u2019s economic life and offer tremendous resources for the production of metal sculpture.

Sloss 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. In doing so it replicates the industrial processes that took place in Birmingham for more than 100 years.