sculptors

Profiles the personal and professional life and career of Japanese American artist, sculptor, and landscape architect, Isamu Noguchi, focusing on his childhood in Japan, mixed heritage, and his talent for combining both Eastern and Western influence into his designs.

Presents the story behind the building of the colossal statue in New York Harbor, France's gift to the U.S. commemorating friendship and symbolizing freedom, and describes its current renovation.

Presents the life of the young architect-sculptor who designed the controversial memorial honoring United States soldiers who served in the Vietnam War.

Lincoln Borglum, whose father came up with the idea to carve Mount Rushmore, takes over to complete his dad's endeavor.

A biography of the sculptor of the buffalo nickel, who grew up in the Dakota Territory where Sioux children were his playmates, buffalo robes were his blankets, and the town whittler was his art teacher.

Tells the story of Vinnie Ream, an aspiring artist living in Washington D.C. during the Civil War, who gained a reputation as a sculptor and succeeded in persuading President Abraham Lincoln to sit for her--an honor that led to her winning a government commission to create a statue of Lincoln after his assassination.

An illustrated biography of Patience Wright, a woman born into a Quaker family in 1725 who grew up to be a celebrated wax sculptor, and whose talent led her to England in the pre-Revolutionary War years where she was able to learn information about England's intentions toward the colonies and send the intelligence to America.

Jane wishes she were more like her friend Pyg the sculptor until Pyg's statue of a beautiful goddess comes to life and teaches them both to be careful what they wish for.