Albany Int’l Airport

Travel Tidbits from Airports Near You

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Here’s a quick roundup of fun posts and new amenities recently spotted at airports.

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) is getting ready for all the travelers who will be arriving for the Belmont Stakes horse race in Saratoga on June 8.

They’ve set up a selfie station with a horse statue just past the security checkpoint.

Party on!

Airports often put together a gate-side celebration when an airline kicks off a new route. But Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) does it especially well.

We’ve been watching these Jabbrrbox workspace pods sprout at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) over the past few months and have yet to try them out. Given how busy the airport is this season, though, we’re sure travelers with work to do or important calls to take will find them useful.

We’re keeping an eye out for the colorful posts from airports in support of Pride Month.

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is lighting up its tower with a two-fer in support of Indigenous History Month AND Pride Month.

And we got a kick out of this TSA post recognizing National Hug Your Cat Day. Is that even a real thing?

Albany Int’l Airport: Some Assembly Required

Art,

Yet another intriguing exhibition – this one called Some Assembly Required and featuring the work of sixteen artists – is on display through September 8, 2013 in the gallery space at New York’s Albany International Airport.

Albany GLORIANA

Gloriana – by China Marks, made of fabric, thread, lace, fusible adhesive

“In this exhibition, the principles of collage are expressed through traditional cut paper techniques, as well as hybrids of photography, film, painting and sculpture. The elements within this work are rarely brought together at random, but determined with great attention to the meaning associated with images and objects, and their ability to evoke new insights and stories.” 

Here are few more images from the show:

ALBANY A Deer And a Raccoon Walk Into a Bar-

By Allen Bryan: A Deer and a Raccoon Walk Into a Bar, Archival digital print, 2012

 

Albany CABIN FEVER

Kirsten Hassenfeld, Cabin Fever, Paper with mixed media, 2012