Steel Imaginations

Wilfredo Morel is a highly acclaimed Hudson Valley Region artist known for his sculptures utilizing recycled materials, related to the communities where materials are found. As such his work provides a powerful symbolic model for art as a focal point in urban renewal, emphasizing a revitalization of discarded and neglected resources. Wilfredo has been creating metal sculpture installations throughout the Hudson Valley since 1991. His creations range from semi-abstract images, to representational bronze sculptures and metal wall reliefs. He has developed a series of community art projects, specifically Arts10566, One World One Peekskill & the Culture Club, that use art as a tool to facilitate community participation and dialogue within vulnerable and disenfranchised communities.