Enchanted Makeovers is celebrating its fifth year working in women's shelters to transform interior spaces -- drab bunks and windows -- with cheery designs, but, ultimately, the non-profit organization wants to transform the inner hearts of people by genuinely caring for their souls.
You can download hundreds of high-resolution posters from the New York City Public Library for free.
This 11-ton rubber duck is a show-stopper wherever she floats and she's headed to the Great Lakes this summer.
"Chase the Chill" has become a social media movement that inspires people to leave warm scarves, often with a note, in public places for anyone to take. Scarves draped on trees, posts, signs, and other public locations first appeared in downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 2010, but the practice has spread to cities throughout the US and Canada.
For the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving into the sandstone hills of New Mexico, sculpting his own exquisite caves, making them into works of art that he calls wilderness shrines. These intricate caves are created with manual tools only, like shovels and picks, and are illuminated by the sun through multiple tunneled windows.
An estimated $1.3 million worth of art from more than 130 international artists, mostly from Syria and Lebanon, is being auctioned at below-gallery prices in Beirut to raise money for Syrian refugee children, reports Reuters News.
Tacoma, Washington wants to give its old gray dome a facelift -- possibly by turning the arena's 5-acre roof into an Andy Warhol painting.
A 2,000-year-old gold treasure trove of Afghanistan's heritage was guarded for decades by a mysterious group of Afghans who patiently kept the secret of its underground whereabouts, at great personal risk during the time of upheaval and war with Russia and the Taliban.
In Mexico's deadliest city, an artist traded gift certificates for guns, then melted down those 1,500 weapons to create shovels for planting trees.
A pair of Dutch artists put party hats on surveillance cameras to celebrate the 110th birthday of George Orwell, who warned "Big Brother is Watching."
This California dad cooks up thousands of crayons in his own kitchen as part of a nonprofit initiative to make old crayons new again for kids in need.
A street sweeper was so moved by a little girl's roadside chalk drawing that he moved his brushes out of the way to preserve it.
A man who lived with a severe disability for decades in an Oregon nursing home created a collection of amazing artwork using only a typewriter. Paul Smith was born in 1921 with cerebral palsy, but could still type using one finger, and the 'paintings' he created are extraordinary.
Artist Christoph Brown needs only two minutes and a mini Etch A Sketch to draw detailed portraits of people.
Forget habits like drinking and over-eating–the newest wave in stress relief has arrived in the form of crayons and markers.
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's garden and studio will be recreated at the New York Botanical Garden. The exhibition, which will be the late artist's first solo show in New York for more than 25 year, opens May 16, 2015.
A video artist set out to create an animation using a 6-ft dummy. The laborious movements were really hard, so he let strangers do it while they passed by.
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