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While in the past we’ve touched on the booming art culture Pittsburgh harvests within its city’s streets, recently Pittsburgh’s art culture has been turning heads and, well, stopping cars. If you haven’t yet seen or heard, last weekend a tight “knit” community of Pittsburgh artists closed down Andy Warhol Bridge in order to come together after months of preparation and “yarn bomb” the Andy Warhol Bridge in a spectacular array of vibrant colors and patterns. And quite frankly, it’s incredible.
If you’re unfamiliar with the term “yarn bomb”, not to worry, most people are. Spawning from the street art and contemporary craft movement, yarn bombing is a creative and beautiful way to celebrate public spaces. It is a way for avid knitters to share their world with others as they knit away to fit vivid colors and patterns to public spaces ranging from entire tree trunks and branches to entire bridges. And the best part? Unlike some other street arts, yarn bombing is completely harmless and easy to remove!
If you haven’t yet found time to walk or drive across the Andy Warhol Bridge, we here at Vibrant Pittsburgh suggest it. This once in a lifetime display will only blanket the bridge until September 6th, 2013 when these Pittsburgh fiber artists have agreed to take it down. So take a short break while you still can, and go take some time to appreciate one of Pittsburgh’s most ambitious and creative art projects of all time to date.
For more information on the Knit The Bridge project, visit their website here: http://knitthebridge.wordpress.com/
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