Abby Henry is pictured with her recycled artwork, “Paper Plate Dress,” made with paper plates and sewing pins. Century High School students entered sculptures made from recycled materials into a ...

Humphries made these, and other sculptures, out of items that would normally end up in a landfill. He says ‘junk’ became his medium in college. He says he was already interested in art, and the only ...

The Earth and how we have treated it takes center stage in the latest exhibit at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. “The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America ...

There is no truer example of the idiom “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” than junk art, where creative minds use discarded material to make something that inspires wonder or curiosity.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1995. Image on file. (Inscribed and painted text on some pieces) signed The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian ...

Installation view, ‘Peter Buggenhout: Caterpillar Logic II’: left, “The Blind Leading the Blind #67” (2014), mixed media (polyurethane, epoxy, foam, polyester ...