When artist Marcel Diallo was looking for a new home for the Black Dot Artists Collective, the Lower Bottom neighborhood in West Oakland seemed perfect. "What better place than the Lower Bottoms? It ...

The American artist is known for her rhythmic abstract works made from salvaged metal and paint skins; these creations hover enchantingly between sculpture and painting and have a visceral presence.

What you may find in a junkyard, Shelly Gilmore takes and turns into art. Gilmore, a North Idaho artist, said she calls it scrap metal art. She takes metal others have discarded and uses it as parts ...