Newport News Public Art Foundation

10/02/2026

In Port Warwick, sculpture is woven into the experience of walking, dining, gathering, and spending time outdoors.

This month, the 22nd Annual Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival returns to Styron Square on October 10th and 11th, bringing artists from across the country to Newport News for a weekend of art, music, performances, family activities, and more!

09/28/2026

September is ending soon, but there is plenty more art ahead.

October is one of our favorite times to explore public art in Newport News — with cooler weather, changing landscapes, and a citywide collection of sculpture that's free to experience every day.

Whether you spend the weekend discovering new artists or simply take the long way home to visit a familiar sculpture, make a little room for art this October!

📸 Alexander Kravets

09/25/2026

The time has come to enjoy the beautiful sculptures of Port Warwick in a comfy sweater while sipping a hot coffee (perhaps from ).

What better opportunity than the 22nd Annual Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival coming up from October 10th to the 11th!

As a reminder, we will have our same booth with coloring books galore and our annual scavenger hunt (fun for all ages)!

📸 Stacy Whiting

09/22/2026

Today marks the first day of fall!

Because outdoor sculptures are always in conversation with their settings, each artwork can look entirely different from season to season.

What sculpture are you looking forward to seeing this fall?

📸 John Crawley

09/18/2026

In public art, site is part of the artwork’s experience.

A work beside water changes with reflections, weather, and shifting light. A sculpture in a neighborhood becomes part of everyday routines. A monumental work encountered from a moving car operates differently from one you can approach or touch.

Over time, the relationship works both ways. Not only does sculpture change how we understand a place, but the place also changes how we understand the sculpture.

That is one reason public art can turn space into place, creating landmarks, memories, gathering points, and moments of discovery throughout a city.

Think about a sculpture you know well. Would it feel like the same artwork somewhere else?

09/14/2026

What do you see first?

A flower?
A flame?
A figure?
Something unfolding?

Part of the pleasure of abstract sculpture is that prolonged looking is rewarded. Helaine Blumenfeld's Spirit of Life rises upward through a sequence of organic forms, allowing solid material to suggest growth, movement, and transformation.

Instead of telling us exactly what to see, abstraction gives us room to bring our own interpretations to an artwork.

Try looking at Spirit of Life for thirty seconds before deciding what it resembles. Then look again.

09/10/2026

Owen Morrel’s Starfinder rewards movement.

Walk around it, and the sculpture continually reorganizes itself. Concentric forms overlap, openings appear and disappear, and its center reflects the surrounding architecture, sky, and viewer.

Installed at Tech Center in 2024, Starfinder brings together sculpture and place in a work that feels simultaneously mechanical, celestial, and playful.

Next time you visit, try walking a full circle around the sculpture. Which view is your favorite?

09/07/2026

As we celebrate Labor Day, we want to remind everyone that we are closed for the holiday.

This time of year is about community and connection, and we encourage everyone to engage with local activities.

Share your Labor Day plans with us, and let’s inspire each other!

09/04/2026

Save the date!

The 22nd Annual Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival is just around the corner. We can't wait to see you at our booth!

07/24/2026

In our July Newsletter, we highlight summer projects for NNPAF, including the maintenance of María Gamundí's sculpture Selene and a plaster sculpture course for NNPS students. These initiatives reflect our commitment to preserving public art and fostering the next generation of artists.

Join us in celebrating community engagement and the transformative power of art.



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