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Travel tidbits from airports near you

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The Stuck at the Airport team is in Vancouver, B.C. this week eating oysters, visiting museums and galleries and going shopping for valentine gifts.

We’re keeping an eye on the airport beat, though, and sharing (below) some fun tidbits from airports in Pittsburgh, Houston and Denver.

Pittsburgh’s new airport terminal gets a new play area for kids

(Photo courtesy PIT Airport)

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has a shiny new Kids Play Area located near the Core of the airside terminal.

The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh helped design the new space, which replaces the smaller Kidsport, which first opened in 1984.

This new play area invites climbing and spinning and has a custom “runway” rug, scenic wallpaper with aviation themes and an interactive art installation with the moon and stars.

There’s also a nursing lounge, a restroom, picnic tables and plenty of places where adults can charge devices.

Good work PIT!

Houston Airports ready for Valentine’s Day

Traveling through Houston this week?

We love that the both Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) have Valentine’s Day photo spots all ready to go.

Happy Birthday, DEN Mustang

The 32-foot-tall cast-fiberglass Mustang scultpure by Luis Jiménez at Denver International Airport (DEN) is always impressive, and can be a bit scary.

But we’re happy to join in and wish the artwork a happy 18th birthday.

(Mustang photos by Luis A. Jimenez, Jr.)

Flying this week? Look for this airport art

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Cool Clay exhibit at Denver International Airport

Artist: Dean Goss

We’re not sure how we missed the announcement of this cool exhibit at Denver International Airport (DEN). But if you’re passing through DEN this month, be sure to take a moment to visit the Colorado Clay exhibit near the A-Bridge checkpoint.

Visual Artists at Work at IAH & HOU Airports

Houston Airports owns one of the country’s largest public art collections. Now it has an Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program.

During a three-month-long residency, visual artist and educator Jaymes Earl will work with textiles at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Visual Artist and educator Mathieu JN Baptiste will paint at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU).

Houston Airports will provide each artist with an easel, a workstation, and a monthly stipend to cover their art supplies. And the traveling public will get to see artists at work. Both artists will be working in prominent spots in the airport and, to maximize interaction with travelers, they’ll be doing much of their work in the evenings and during weekends.

“As air travel returns to pre-pandemic levels and with these artists in the airports during the holidays, our travelers will have an extraordinary experience to enjoy art and culture without ever having to leave the airport,” said Alton DuLaney, Curator of Public Art for Houston Airports.