Steven Weitzman is a multi-disciplinary American fine artist. In 1995, he founded Weitzman Studios, Inc. (WSI) to manage his public art commissions, including commemorative and figurative sculptures, large-scale installations, highway corridors and bridge designs, interactive environments, and to showcase the wide range of fine artwork in his portfolio.
Founded in 1995, Weitzman Studios, Inc. was established to manage every commission awarded to Steven Weitzman for large-scale, site-specific public art installations, and to showcase the wide range of multi-disciplinary artwork in his portfolio.
In 2006, the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities commissioned Weitzman to create a statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Dedicated on June 19, 2013, the approximately seven-foot-tall sculpture was installed for permanent display in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
In 2017, Weitzman was again commissioned by the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities to design and fabricate an eight-foot-tall, heroic-scale bronze sculpture of Washington, D.C. ’s beloved “Mayor for Life, ” Marion S. Barry Jr. A lasting commemoration of Barry’s life and legacy, the sculpture was dedicated on March 3, 2018, and installed in front of the John A. Wilson Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.