Janel Hawkins is the founder and owner of Sand Castle University, a sand sculpture business based in Gulf Shores, Ala. The team's creations can take anywhere from five hours to three days to build, ...

Unfortunately, sand sculpture enthusiasts will have to wait until 2025 for the next competition. This year’s event, originally scheduled for Aug. 3, was canceled due to “logistical challenges and a ...

GREENWICH — In keeping with a summer tradition, artists of all ages flocked to Greenwich Point Park on Saturday to dig into the sand and create sea creatures, fantasies and castles. The annual ...

As professional sand sculptor Lucinda Wierenga was at work on her 8-foot-tall, instrument-themed sand castle, a kid came by and called it the “House of Rock,” which is how the award-winning sand ...

For folks who dig the idea of creating quick and dirty sculpture, the City of Alameda's 56th Annual Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest on Saturday should be just the thing. A six-foot beer stein ...

One of the East Bay Regional Park District’s most popular and enjoyable events is scheduled for Saturday at Crown Beach in Alameda. It’s the 55th Annual Sand Castle and Sculpture Contest, always a ...

Ndricim "Jimmy" Bejko works on his sculpture at last year's Revere International Sand Sculpting Festival. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images) Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday ...

When Viola Connelly and her friend Casey Metzler, both 10, enter the annual Saltaire Sandcastle Contest on Fire Island, the girls from Manhattan and Brooklyn choose a timely theme — they craft an ...

The Sandcastle Man, whose intricately designed sand sculptures — from “Star Wars” to Emerald City to snowmen — have long graced the Hotel del Coronado beachfront, has been banned by the resort from ...