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Airport art (and coincidence) at ATL and JAX

01/08/10

Over the holidays I spent a few hours hanging out at the (north) end of the International Concourse at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). When I wasn’t watching the TSA guys with the anxious-looking dogs, I was checking out all the art. I was intrigued by the set of sculptures stretched out on walls of →

Love the layover: slots at SFO

01/06/10

Most people try to avoid connecting flights when they’re flying from one part of the country to another. But if I can book a trip that offers the chance to spend an hour or two at San Francisco International Airport, I take it. That’s because, with an airport museum program that organizes a few dozen →

New art exhibits at Atlanta and Nashville airports

12/16/09

A couple of new airport art exhibits to explore: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s (ATL) Art Program has a new holiday-themed exhibit: “Angels of Virtue” features 15 collages of angels by Timothy Hedden representing different virtues, such as forgiveness, hope, joy, imagination, majesty and patience. “Angels of Virtue” will be on display through January 13, 2010. →

Classic games of chance at SFO International Airport

12/02/09

If Lady Luck is on your side, then your next plane trip will include a long layover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Thanks to the San Francisco Airport Museums program, SFO always has about two dozen temporary and permanent exhibitions on display to keep travelers entertained. Two of the current shows are thematically linked →

Cute alert at PIT, IAD and DCA airports

12/01/09

Many airports are already all gussied up for the holidays, and over the next few days loads more will join in. Students from the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland will celebrate the annual tree-trimming celebration at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport by decorating trees with “Winter Wonderland-themed ornaments they →

New mosaic art at Atlanta Airport

11/30/09

If you traveled to or through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) over the holiday weekend perhaps you saw them. Or walked on them. The airport recently unveiled new mosaic tile artwork in the centerpoints of concourses A, B and C. The images include an 1850’s map of the city traced with a labyrinth on Concourse →

Video game history on exhibit at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

11/20/09

A new exhibit at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is all about the history of the video game industry and includes some original video-game-related art and artifacts related to the Austin-based development of such video game classics as Wing Commander, The Black Gate and Thief: Deadly Shadows. (Pen and ink concept art drawing by Denis Loubet →

Art made from soil – yes soil – at John Wayne Airport

11/06/09

A new exhibition featuring artwork made from soil collected from 38 United Nations countries is now on display at the John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California. “Commonground191” includes 14 paintings that Gary Simpson created with soil collected from 38 different countries, along with samples of the soils and information explaining how the soil →

New exhibit at Miami International Airport’s mia Gallery

10/29/09

This looks fun: Free Arranger, a collection of works by five contemporary visual artists is on display until January 2010 at Miami International Airport’s Central Terminal mia Gallery. That’s post-security on level 2 of Concourse E. Pop-up Interior by Michelle Weinberg “Artists Dimitry Saïd Chamy, Theresa Hackett, Judith Robertson, Michelle Weinberg and Elizabeth Cheatham Wild →

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Tuscon International Airport’s new art brochure

10/28/09

From now through the end of December, 2009, the Center Gallery at Tucson International Airport (TUS) is featuring Lines.Space.Color, enamel paintings and sculpture by Tucson artist Steven Derks. The exhibit includes two of Derks’ steel sculptures made of items he’s rescued from junkyards and scrap metal bins and Gridspace (below) made of 52 12” by →

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