A historic century-old carousel in Greenport will remain shuttered to the public until at least Memorial Day after officials discovered lead paint on several of the vintage horses, according to ...

Thus Liepman earned a Cal degree in American folklore carousel art and history — an independent major she created for herself — before launching her own career in carousel restoration.

Judy Baker’s completed works of art are used differently than most art is. Baker, 75, is the head of the restoration department at the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol. The Simsbury res… ...

Two Ithaca artists have teamed up to paint the horses at the Stewart Park Carousel.

(Another restoration of the horses took place from 2017-18.) While completing the touch up work, she composed a series of black and white sketches of the horses along with her first carousel painting.

That included discovering that Pefferly had written 2006’s “How to Carve and Paint a Carousel Horse.” “So I pretty much followed his instructions,” Luster said. “He had some great ...

Albany woman restores carousel horsesLise Liepman’s backyard is normal-sized for an Albany home. Hardly a pasture, then, for her horses. They’ve accepted their environment, though. They don ...

News 8's Hannah McDonald reports on a new look for the Hersheypark carousel.

This column on the art of the carousel is in response to readers who asked how volunteers actually carved the horses on the Berkshire Carousel. Figure carving for carousels became a lost art in 1930.

While wooden carousel horses can bring a fair amount of money, especially with intricate 19th or early 20th century carving, metal horses bring less.

Earlier this year, Heider reached out to Luster for an important project. Luster’s name kept coming up when she asked around for just the right artist to paint the carousel horse. Heider was ...