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Year-round poetry at Indianapolis International Airport

04/29/22

Indianapolis International Airport (IND) hosted a Poetry Day this week with poetry readings and live music in honor of National Poetry Month. But there’s poetry at IND year-round. A video exhibit on Concourse A features a selection of poems by Mari Evans, one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement. A poem by Mari →

Airport Amenity of the Week: PHL flight pins

04/22/22

The Airport Amenity of the Week is Philadelphia International Airport’s (PHL) celebration of summer flights marked by a collection of artist-made pins. We spotted them in a tweet a while back and admired them. And PHL was kind enough to send a batch to Stuck at the Airport’s headquarters. The package was larger than we →

Fresh airport art from SFO, PHL, & Albany Int’l Airports

04/20/22

SFO Museum presents an exhibit about art from pineapple leaves At SFO: From Pineapple to Piña: A Philippine Textile Treasure The newest exhibit from the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is about textiles made from pineapple leaves. “Unique to the Philippines, piña is an extraordinary textile made by weaving the fibers of →

Fresh art at Miami International Airport

04/08/22

Pollinators art exhibition at MIA celebrates South Florida plants Pollinators, the newest art exhibition at Miami International Airport, features watercolor and mixed media works that give a close-up view of plants from South Florida and their animal and insect pollinators. Focusing on these complex natural relationships, members of the Tropical Botanic Artists Collective illustrated birds, →

Dark skies, free pins & a giant flamingo

03/28/22

A Big Bird for Tampa International Airport A flamingo sculpture by Matthew Mazzotta depicting a flamingo gently dipping its head beneath the surface of the water is being installed in the center of rhe main terminal at Tampa International Airport. (TPA). Don’t worry – you can’t miss it. The sculpure is pink, 21-feet tall, and →

Spring has sprung – in art – at PHX Airport

03/24/22

The newest exhibition at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) offers an artistic look at the wide variety of plant and animal life in Arizona and the Sonoran Desert with work by 21 artists. The diverse selection of artworks, all from the Phoenix Airport Museum’s own collection, includes a realistic bronze tortoise family, an embroidered →

Memphis Airport apologizes to artist

03/23/22

In mid-February, Memphis artist Tommy Kha shared an Instagram post celebrating the fact that one of his pieces was included among the artwork installed at Memphis International Airport as part of the newly reopened Concourse B. “Termin[inal]s of Endearment,” the Asian American artist and Elvis fan wrote, “still kinda stunned to be part of this →

“Art of the Grain” on display at MSP Airport

01/20/22

A new exhibition at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) features a collection of work by Minnesota-based wood artists. The Art of the Grain exhibition highlights the work of 15 artists and, as you can see, they are all incredibly talented. The exhibition is in MSP Terminal 1, the Airport Mall, and is on view through September 30, →

Fresh art at LAX Airport

01/16/22

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has three new art exhibitions to look for next time you pass through. Presented in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the exhibits feature works by two solo artists and one group exhibition. The artwork includes large-scale printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, painting, and multi-media artworks across three terminals. →

4-hour layover at IAH airport? Lucky you!

01/11/22

Many people dread and try desperately to avoid long airport layovers. Not us. On our journey to the Galapagos, we swapped a stress-inducing 56-minute connection at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) for a four-hour layover at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Just so we could get a tour of the art. Alton DuLaney, →

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