Industry and art merge when the Grohmann Museum at MSOE hosts a first-of-its kind museum exhibition that blends historic steel mill artifacts with painting and sculpture. “Patterns of Meaning: The Art of Industry by Cory Bonnet” features salvaged pieces that are monuments to industry created from glass, ceramics and other materials. These massive objects honor the innovators and workers that built our modern world.

The exhibition includes 22 pieces from large scale paintings to monumental sculpture and chandeliers, all made from enormous wooden casting patterns used in steelmaking during the late-1800s and early-1900s. Collaborating artists featured include Angela Neira, Nate Lucas, Brian Engel, AJ Collins, Mia Tarducci, and Andrew Moschetta, and specialize in wood, furniture, design, abstract painting, glass, ceramics, and light.