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Sweetheart jewelry at Atlanta Airport

02/04/10

Valentine’s Day is coming up and that makes it a good time to check out the exhibit of necklaces, bracelets, lockets, pins and “Sweetheart jewelry” on display at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to the airport newsletter: During World War II, sending mementos known as sweetheart jewelry to soldiers was a popular tradition, which had […]

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Love the layover: straight to the moon from Düsseldorf Airport

01/29/10

Next weekend, February 6 and 7, 2010, visitors to the Düsseldorf International Airport will be entertained by skiers and snowboarders performing stunts and jumps on a 130-foot long ski slope set up right in the shopping arcade of the terminal. Pretty impressive by itself, but if you’re heading to Düsseldorf to see the world’s first […]

Two new art exhibits at Tucson International Airport (TUS)

01/27/10

If you happen to be traveling to or through Tucson International Airport (TUS) anytime soon, make sure to build in some extra time to see the art. Work by more than 40 regional artists is scattered throughout the airport and there are three galleries that display temporary exhibits. Two new exhibits recently opened. (Diana Creighton, […]

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Tidbits for travelers: YVR’s Olympic rings & Air New Zealand’s Skycouches

01/26/10

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics kick off in just a few weeks and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is getting ready to welcome more than 230,000 athletes and Olympics-bound visitors. Actually, the airport has been sprucing up for quite a while. In addition to its swanky new Observation Gallery, the airport has had these giant Olympic […]

Love the layover: airport adventures on Oahu and the Big Island

01/22/10

Snowstorms, mudslides, rain, more rain, and tornadoes. Sounds like a good time for a trip to Hawaii. If you go, or just want to dream a bit about going, be sure to check out the slide-show I put together for MSNBC.com – Cheap and Offbeat Oahu – about activities that are free, cheap or bit […]

Fresh art at LA/Ontario Int’l Airport (ONT) & at Austin-Bergstrom Int’l Airport (AUS)

01/21/10

No time to go the museum? No problem. Plenty of airports have great art and cultural exhibits you can catch on the fly. At LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) Art Saving Lives, put together by the non-profit Art Aids Art non-profit organization, displays elaborate beadwork, sculptures, dolls, animals and wearable accessories made by artists from South […]

Found, discarded and recycled materials: art at Albany International Airport

01/18/10

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) may be unique among airports in having a gallery space open to the public and an on-site curator who is also an artist. So it’s always a treat when a new exhibition kicks off. The newest one, Material Witness, is no exception. (Model City, 2009, Assorted study models, cardboard, […]

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 […]

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