Shanda Wright, 17, paints a bench under a studio light at Van Go, Inc. Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Young Lawrence artists will debut 20 benches as part of the Benchmark 2010 program. Van Go artist Anna ...

There’s no rest for the wicked. A beloved painted bench – the crown jewel of a quirky gnome-themed garden in Queens embraced by locals for more than a decade – was bizarrely stolen from outside its ...

A group of artists are embellishing Bay Ridge benches along Fifth Avenue with hand-painted designs as part of a long term project to beautify the commercial corridor, said the initiative’s leader. “We ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Hours of work and emotion shattered. Terry Ratliff‘s bench along the river greenway is now in pieces. “It took me about two weeks of nonstop six hours a day,” he said. A few ...