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“Windows on St. Louis” at Lambert-St. Louis Int’l Airport

07/20/09
Six St. Louis-area arts and cultural organizations are strutting their stuff in a new 130-foot long exhibit in the Main Terminal baggage claim at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL). “Windows on St. Louis” includes panels filled with art, sculptures, photographs and memorabilia from various groups and attractions, including an interactive touch-screen promoting the Gateway Arch. […]

Phone book art at Philadelphia Airport

07/16/09
Yet another batch of phone books showed up on my porch today.  I dutifully threw the old set into the recycle bin and stuffed the new set under the telephone table. Even though I haven’t opened a phone book for years. But maybe I should have sent those phone books to Alex Queral, the Philadelphia […]

Greetings from: Albany International Airport

07/13/09
Last week, I had a great time touring New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB). There’s plenty to see:  in addition to exhibit cases filled with tantalizing treasures from area arts and cultural institutions, there are site specific installations and a wide variety of just plain fun exhibits, including Kenneth Ragsdale’s half-scale model of a 1965 […]

New art exhibits at Tucson International Airport

07/10/09
If you’ll be traveling through Tucson International Airport anytime soon, be sure to leave some time to check out three new art exhibits offered by the airport’s Arts & Culture Program. (Spring Bloom, by David Schwindt) In the airport’s main gallery, Scene in Arizona: Landscape Traditions presents paintings by Barbara Hill and David Schwindt that […]

New curvy artwork at O’Hare International Airport

07/07/09
This unusual curved freehand drawing of Anish Kapoor’s landmark  Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park is now on view at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. “Have No Narrow Perspective,” created by twin artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes is in O’Hare’s Terminal 2 , post-security, and a bit north of the Explore Chicago exhibit. The 20-something Oakes […]

Stuck at Atlanta Airport? Don’t forget about all the art.

07/06/09
If you’re traveling through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this summer, keep in mind (especially during long layovers) that there more than 250 works of art and several history displays throughout the airport. In addition to an exhibit about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. there’s an impressive of collection of more than twenty sculptures by a […]

Baseball exhibit at Philadelphia Airport

07/03/09
Philadelphia International Airport’s newest exhibit is all about baseball. “Philadelphia’s Baseball Legends: The Championship Teams,” includes b&w and color photographs that tell the stories of Philadelphia’s champion baseball teams and the individual players, including many who are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The exhibit is located post-security in Terminal A and officially opens […]
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