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Lots of garbage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

04/22/10

I prepared for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by spending the afternoon with garbage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). First up: an exhibit featuring artwork by Dorothy Rissman made from trash she found on city streets, construction sites and beaches. Next: an introduction to the airport’s six pair of shiny new, computer-monitored trash compactors, […]

Saguaro-inspired art at Tucson International Airport

04/20/10

There’s been a lot of talk about fire and ice and volcanoes this past week, so how about a side-trip to the desert? A new exhibit at Tucson International Airport features a wide variety of art depicting the iconic Saguaro. What’s a Saguaro? “Carnegiea gigantea is native to the Sonoran Desert that extends from Tucson […]

Get a Clue: toy exhibit at Toronto Pearson Int’l Airport

04/17/10

Two new exhibits at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) are all about toys. Exploring the Toy Box and Boosting Business: Companies Team up with Toys includes dolls, games, trucks and even a few musical instruments from the 1940’s to today. The toys are on loan from the Canadian Toy Collectors Society and most every toy […]

Vintage movie posters at Atlanta International Airport

04/13/10

Movie fans: If you’re traveling to or through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) between April 23rd and May 23rd, make your way to the airport’s Atrium Gallery, where a collection of original, hand-painted, vintage movie posters featuring Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich and other stars will be on display. “Atlanta’s famed Loew’s Grand Theater […]

Tidbits for travelers: Junk to Funk at PDX; Dillinger at BWI

04/12/10

Here’s some fun stuff to look at airports on either side of the country: At Oregon’s Portland International Airport the Junk to Funk exhibit features couture fashion made from recycled and reused materials – and trash. “Kitty litter bags become a suit; vinyl records are reborn as sequins; coffee filters have an afterlife as the […]

LAX art exhibit: Strangers’ Luggage

04/07/10

When you’re standing in line waiting to go through the security checkpoint at the airport, aren’t you just a little bit curious about what the TSA folks are seeing on those x-ray screens as everyone’s carry-on bag passes by? Los Angeles artist Juanita Meneses must have wondered, because she created a series of paintings, Strangers’ […]

Fossils at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

04/05/10

It’s the 50th anniversary of the Beatles being “The Beatles” so I’m planning a visit to the Liverpool John Lennon Airport, where the slogan is “above us only sky.” Poking around the airport’s website this weekend, I discovered that it’s really easy to get to JLA from Amsterdam and that the Liverpool airport has a […]

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More artwork from Burlington International Airport

03/29/10

Poke around the Burlington International Airport website and you’ll find out about the free wireless Internet access, the free charging stations (in the North concourse only), the gift shops, the snack bars, and the pre-security One Flight Up Restaurant. Sadly, you won’t find anything about the public art and changing exhibitions at the airport. For […]

Tidbits for travelers: art at LAX & Burlington Int’l Airport