If you pass by Madison Square Park you'll notice about 100 wooden elementary school-style desks sprouting tree branches—a somewhat eerie scene. It's part of Artist Hugh Hayden's new installation ...

Wood and iron school desk, with the desk attached behind the seat. The chair seat is constructed of four (4) tightly fitted wooden boards. There appears to be a missing board at the front. The seat ...

“Just watch your eyes,” sculptor Hugh Hayden warned as he circumnavigated the wooden school desk he had made from cedar logs, their branches still attached. The limbs erupted from the seat and desktop ...

The founder of a local nonprofit has been making desks for students learning from home, and business has been booming, he said. Jon Potter, 30, of Shaler said his nonprofit, Pittsburgh Good Deeds, has ...

Anyone who has been through earthquake drills in school knows the standard defense against falling debris is for students to crawl under their desks. Unfortunately, while this might block a few pieces ...

The smell of fresh-cut wood swirls around the garage as Jerson Ramirez’s circular saw cuts through another board. This garage is his happy place. “I really enjoy the time that I have here,” said ...

When it comes to kids trying to learn as best they can during the current pandemic, 90-year-old Batavia resident Ron Hecht, formerly of Elgin, believes some things are just plain essential. “I think ...

There’s a set of his crutches, and his old wooden school desk still bears his initials — “JFK.” Those two items are among many never before displayed in “Young Jack,” a new exhibition at the John F.

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