ARTS Nanette Wiser & WADA President Mark Aeling/MGA Sculpture Studio

RadioStPete.comINSIDER news director Nanette Wiser chatted with Warehouse Arts District (WADA) President Mark Aeling/MGA Sculpture Studio about his phenomenal artist's journey and city icon sculptures. MGA Sculpture Studio specializes in large-scale art for the public to enjoy freely. For more than 25 years, Mark Aeling and MGA have provided iconic and site-specific art in public and private spaces across the United States. These large - often monumental - sculptures require a team of skilled fabricators and the guidance of a Master Sculptor to bring to them life. In St. Pete, he has created downtown's Sundial & Dolphins (removed during recent construction as well as sculptures commemorating the first commercial flight, 9/11 and law enforcement in St. Pete. His first public art commission in Austin many years ago was a monumental game of horseshoes called Ringers. His newest piece - a giant strawberry - is taking shape in his studio for Wimauma. "We sometimes have 60 RFPS out for art installations," says Aeling, who credits his fabrication and design team plus years honing his skills in theater scenery construction and design as the backbone for work. 

Internationally acclaimed artist, Mark Aeling, established MGA Sculpture Studio, LLC in 1996 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2005, he relocated MGA to Saint Petersburg, Florida, where it stands as an anchor studio within the Warehouse Arts District Association’s ArtsXchange campus. Featuring 5,000 square feet of studio space with 25-foot ceilings, MGA can accommodate projects of any scale, specializing in metal fabrication and most cast mediums. Art is a family affair in the Aeling family; brother Jeff is a well-knowned landscape artist and his wife and artist Carrie Jadus runs Soft Water Gallery
LEARN MORE:  MGA Sculpture Studio, LLC   727-327-3473  mgasculpture.com  mark@mgasculpture.com
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