{"id":893024,"date":"2026-10-24T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893024\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:38:09","slug":"sculptor-steve-tobins-homecoming-at-medias-tyler-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculptor Steve Tobin\u2019s \u2018homecoming\u2019 at Media\u2019s Tyler Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? <a href=\"#Section1\">Let us know!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Tyler Arboretum, near Media, Delaware County, has installed 50 large-scale outdoor sculptures by the Quakertown-based artist Steve Tobin. The yearlong exhibition is the largest art show the 650-acre open green space has ever attempted.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tobin is perhaps best known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.911memorial.org\/connect\/blog\/tree-gone-its-roots-enduring\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTrinity Root\u201d<\/a> in Manhattan, a bronze cast of the roots of a sycamore tree that protected St. Paul\u2019s Chapel at Trinity Church from flying debris when the World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. His 2024 solo exhibition \u201cEarth to Sky\u201d on Maui Island, commemorating the devastating 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/09\/nx-s1-5495368\/two-years-after-wildfires-how-is-lahaina-rebuilding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lahaina fire<\/a>, was Hawaii\u2019s largest sculpture show ever.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-757253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-16-e-lee-steve-tobin-media-pa-tyler-arboretum-steve-tobin-sculptures-syntax-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Steve Tobin poses for photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/>Sculptor Steve Tobin stands beside his sculpture, \u201dSyntax\u201d at Tyler Arboretum, which is hosting an exhibition of his works, \u201dSteve Tobin: In the Light.\u201d (Emma Lee\/WHYY)\n<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Arboretum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/tylerarboretum.org\/steve-tobin-in-the-light\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSteve Tobin: In the Light\u201d<\/a> is less about trauma and more about wonder. The temporary show is the most extensive the artist has ever installed, and the one closest to home.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up half an hour from here. I went to Haverford School,\u201d Tobin said. \u201cThis is a real homecoming for me.\u201d\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-893024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}