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Chattanooga Music Man- Dedication

Chattanooga Music Man- Dedication

James Simon's Chattanooga Music man dedication Dec 18th Continue reading

James Simon Chosen To Create A Sculpture for Chattanooga Tennessee' s Award Winning Public Art Collection

James Simon Chosen To Create A Sculpture for Chattanooga Tennessee' s Award Winning Public Art Collection

James Simon chosen to create a sculpture in Chattanooga, TN Continue reading

Cleveland Museum OF Art Members  Discover James Simon's Trumpet Man

Cleveland Museum OF Art Members Discover James Simon's Trumpet Man

Thirty-four Cleveland Museum of Art members discover James simons Trumpet man Continue reading

Urban Ghosts Blog

Urban Ghosts Blog

Urban Ghosts Media Blog is best described as an offbeat international online magazine about abandoned places, hidden history and alterna... Continue reading

Pop City Shows James Simon's Gist Street

Pop City Shows James Simon's Gist Street

Pop City Shows what James Simon has created on Gist Street In the Uptown Neighborhood of Pittsburgh Continue reading

James Simon : Front Page Nice- France, Newspaper

James Simon : Front Page Nice- France, Newspaper

James Simon created work shown at the AIR artist in residency international gallery in Vallauris, France. Continue reading

Sculpture pays tribute to three police officers slain two years ago Monday

Sculpture pays tribute to three police officers slain two years ago Monday

James Simon gathered lumps of clay and molded them by hand. Slowly, he fashioned a 6-foot-tall statue of St. Michael the archangel and ca... Continue reading

The Future for Architects

The Future for Architects

The Future for Architects Continue reading

Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

Dynamic Changes: Sculptor James Simons “Liberty Avenue Musicians in the Pittsburgh’s Cultural District  Continue reading

Dwell Magazine

Dwell Magazine

If Eve Picker knew how to take no for an answer, the sleek, three-story loft building that she slipped into a narrow lot in the heart of ... Continue reading

American Eagle Magazine

American Eagle Magazine

The new tile mosaic that ‘appeared’ over the winter holidays on the sixth floor of AEO’s 77 Hot Metal corporate offices is fun to look at... Continue reading

Big Gig on Libery Avenue

Big Gig on Libery Avenue

They're supposed to be a secret until a week from tomorrow, but have you ever tried to keep three 15-foot musicians a secret on Liberty A... Continue reading

Pittsburgh Art in Public Places

Pittsburgh Art in Public Places

These animated figures were created as a sculptural entryway into the courtyard of a three story building designed by EDGE studio. The fi... Continue reading

The Andy Warhol Museum opens up opportunities for local art collectors

The Andy Warhol Museum opens up opportunities for local art collectors

From the article: Among the works in a variety of media, visitors will find some unique, even powerful pieces, such as James Simon's "Gue... Continue reading

Brasils Trip Magazine

Brasils Trip Magazine

In Vila Madalena our art director of editorials describes an artist sulptor son of the North American Counter-culture-By Ricardo Cruz ... Continue reading

Memorial to slain Pittsburgh officers dedicated

Memorial to slain Pittsburgh officers dedicated

When the skies poured rain just as the Rev. John Dinello sprinkled holy water on the new memorial to three police officers slain two year... Continue reading

Uptown Mosaic Puts Neighborhood On Map

Uptown Mosaic Puts Neighborhood On Map

Pop City Visits James Simon's Uptown Mosaic Welcome Sign Continue reading

Best Neighborhood Artwork

Best Neighborhood Artwork

The Pittsburgh region is a bastion of local pride.You’ll see a glimpse of it as you cross the Rankin Bridge to enter the borough of Bradd... Continue reading

Neighborhood Leader Award

Neighborhood Leader Award

Uptown resident and artist James Simon has been pivotal in his contribution to the Uptown community's evolution. In 2007, as a volunteer,... Continue reading

Cleveland's Public Art Hot Spots

Cleveland's Public Art Hot Spots

A giant trumpet player, sculpted in concrete, towers over the intersection of Buckeye Road and East 118th Street, blasting his horn while... Continue reading

Heinz Magazine

Heinz Magazine

The 9’x25’ relief sculpture stretches up a wall of the Forbes Avenue Garage in Pittsburgh’s Uptown Neighborhood, and is one of the latest... Continue reading

Artist unveils sculpture as Uptown looks to become 'outdoor art gallery'

Artist unveils sculpture as Uptown looks to become 'outdoor art gallery'

James Simon wasn't sure whose lipstick kiss stained his cheek yesterday. A lot of people were enamored -- his Uptown neighbors, his mothe... Continue reading

Pittsburgh Magazine

Pittsburgh Magazine

Using Concrete as his medium, James Simon sculpts larger than life characters for public marvel.  Continue reading

Welcome To Braddock

Welcome To Braddock

Until a year ago, James Simon, the Pittsburgh sculptor well-known for his larger-than-life impressions cast in concrete, had no reason to... Continue reading

Point Park News Service-James Simon By Allie Wynands

Point Park News Service-James Simon By Allie Wynands

Allie Wynands-James Simon: Bringing his worldly travels back to Pittsburgh with lively artworks Continue reading