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Fun art program at Port Columbus Airport

09/02/09
Ohio’s Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) currently has this fun-looking artwork by Helma Groot installed in the exhibit space on the ticketing level of the airport. Titled ‘Not My Baggage,’ the work is a collection of two and three dimensional pieces inspired by a series of kids books called ‘A Family From…’ in which families […]

New art exhibit at BWI airport: Stories of Home

08/24/09
Stories of Home, a new exhibition in the International Terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) features artwork by international alumni, students and faculty of  MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art. Here’s a sample: (Courtesy: Maria Karametou: FRAGMENTED) The work in Stories of Home examines “the bearings of memory, identity, cultural affinity, politics, creativity […]

Dancing with luggage at San Diego Airport

08/18/09
Why pull your luggage behind you when you could dance with it instead? Today, August 18, 2009, between 11:00am -1:00pm, San Diego International Airport’s Performing Arts Program – known as ã brève – will present a free improvisational performance of Rolling Luggage by the San Diego Dance Theater. Appropriately enough, the performance will take place […]

Flawed artwork at San Diego International Airport

08/10/09
San Diego International Airport has a new permanent art installation; and it’s flawed. Christie Beniston’s new piece, Time Interwoven, is in the elevator lobby of the Commuter Terminal.  A grid measuring 8′ x 6′ x 15′, the work is designed to resemble a Native American weaving. A metaphor for time and travel, the piece is […]

Don’t eat the art at Austin-Bergstrom Airport

08/03/09
“To: Austin, From: Austin,” the new multi-media art exhibit on view at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), includes “spiraling stalks of glistening steel, free poured bronze sculpture in amorphous shapes and the gentle grace of a ceramic winged foot.”  While the exhibit includes Austin-made works using traditional media such as metal, clay and wood, there’s […]
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