Micah Roufa Sculpture

"9/11 Grogger" a sculpture designed and created by artist Micah Roufa

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI -- The 9/11 Memorial Museum that opens at ground zero in New York in 2012 will include the work of a suburban St. Louis artist.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the museum collection will include a sculpture by Naomi Fishman of Creve Coeur (KREEV' kor) and Micah Roufa, a former St. Louis artist now working in New York.

The 20-inch-long sculpture is partly made from the mangled steel from the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

"9/11 Grogger" designed and created by artist Micah Roufa. The sculpture has been accepted into the permanent collection of the national 9/11 Memorial Museum CQ in New York City. Roufa grew up in west St. Louis County and is an artist and architect now living in Brooklyn. His work encompasses sculpture, architecture and construction. He has taught glass art at Washington University and in Jerusalem. He has a master's degree in architecture from Columbia University and a fine arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design.