var nopreviewimage = "1"; if (nopreviewimage == ""){ document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } From ashtrays to art. Thursday is the Great American Smokeout. A day where smokers are encouraged to put out their cigarettes and turn to a healthier lifestyle. Smokers making a commitment to quit aren't the only ones making a transformation Thursday, a sculpture of ...

At the beach, Sally Stephenson's four kids from Waukegan like making a mound of sand and digging paths to roll balls down. A new interactive sculpture at the Early Learning Center takes ball rolling to a new level by teaching children about physics and the transference of energy.

The “Porto Futurus: Gateway to Rome” sculpture at the A.W. Ledbetter Interchange is finished, with the exception of landscaping. The project is a re-creation of the famous Roman aqueducts from ancient Italy, with intersecting archways. The sculpture is made of steel and rough ashlar stone.Click here to see a previous report about the “Gateway to Rome” sculpture, including an early artist’s ...

JENNIFER BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGERClose, but not complete... The massive Tony Smith sculpture 'Tau,' remains partly covered Wednesday as the installation continues. What's a few hours delay when it's taken six years to get the Tony Smith sculpture to South Orange?...

“Eagle” by Alexander Calder at the Olympic Sculpture Park. DOWNTOWN Seattle may have a Space Needle that pierces the clouds, a Monorail that whizzes above the streets and, most recently, the bloblike Experience Music Project designed by Frank Gehry . But until recently, it offered little else to draw Seattleites.

The idyllic gardens of Waitakaruru Arboretum near Hamilton are enhanced by its sculpture park, an exhibition of sculptures set along a 2km trail. Exhibitions change regularly, with the next one scheduled for November 22 to February 28.

When you toss something off, you never know who’s going to take it seriously.

By Nirmalendu Majumdar/The Tribune Paxton Williams, an actor impersonating George Washington Carver, poses with a sculpture of Carver unveiled in front of Iowa State University's Seed Science Center on Tuesday. Carver was a groundbreaking researcher in botany, and ISU's first black faculty member.

A life-sized sculpture of George Washington Carver, an iconic figure at Iowa State University, will be dedicated at a ceremony outside Iowa State's Seed Science Center at noon, Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the corner of Wallace Drive and Osborn Road on campus. The event is free and open to the public.

From ancient sculpture to Van Gogh's night inspirations, the best of this season's art.