Artwork by Day
a celebration by night
People connecting with people to build a strong planet future.
About the Event:
This is a daylight, public opportunity to experience the final and fully assembled Firetree Project. Since its last showing 4 years ago, this large, outdoor sculpture has received extensive additions and decorative details that have almost tripled its size. Four commissioned artists working in painting, fiber art, glass, and assemblage have added their creative voices to the project. They are, respectively, Sara Tang, Erin Relac, SaraBeth Post Eskuche, and Alejandro Franco.
​Allora Wine Group will offer information and samples of their Italian wine selection as an eclectic mix of upbeat world music plays throughout the evening. Information about the symbolic significance of the artwork will be available and visitors can activate bells that hang within the sculpture and yes, …you can touch the tree! Experience, in person, this artwork’s impressive scale, remarkable detail, global symbolism, and of course, all that hand-worked polished copper.

Where to Go:
NIKO Contracting Company
2930 Penn Avenue, Pgh. PA 15201
In the Strip District
The venue will be outdoors in the construction yard of this copper roofing and fabrication shop, located directly across the street from Salem’s Market and Grill. 
​"Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long"
-Muddy Waters
This planet is our only home--let's have no regrets.
The original Firetree concept was developed in the fall of 2017 by Saige Baxter and Duncan MacDiarmid.
The following year, the first Firetree Celebration was held in partnership with Pittsburgh’s Society of Sculptors and the Borough of Millvale, Pennsylvania, USA.
Photo Credits: SteveGroves.com, LindsayCDill.com, and Duncan MacDiarmid
Copyright 2023, Duncan MacDiarmid