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Tibits for travelers: Free Wi-Fi at Nashville Airport; new exhibits at John Wayne and Atlanta airports

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Free Wi-Fi at Nashville International Airport

Free Wi-FI at airport


Someday there will be free Wi-Fi at all airports.

In the meantime, we keep score and take what we can get.

Here’s one to add to the list: “Soon,” says the October 2010 newsletter from Nashville International Airport, passengers will be able to get 20 minutes of free Wi-Fi access in the food courts, meeter-greeter waiting areas and in some restaurants.  The airport is also planning to add charging stations for electronic devices.  If you’re a member of BNA’s Frequent Parker Program or a valet parking customer, however, you can get free Wi-Fi anywhere in the terminal – for 15 minutes.

Add that to the 20 minutes of free Wi-Fi everyone gets and you’re getting somewhere…

New photography exhibits at Hartsfield Atlanta and John Wayne airports

JWA exhibit Witches House built by Vernon Baker

A new exhibit at John Wayne airport on display through January 2011 features images of classic architecture around Orange County, California.  The images are taken from architect Richard Dodd’s book “Architectural Styles – Orange County”, and display historical homes and buildings from Mission San Juan Capistrano to the famed Witches House in Laguna Beach, which is pictured above.

For more photos from the exhibit, see the slide show on the John Wayne Airport‘s website.

The Airport Show at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

In honor of Atlanta Celebrates Photography Month, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s Art Program has teamed up with the Atlanta Photography Group for The Airport Art Show, an exhibit of traditional, documentary-style and modern photographs in the airport atrium.

ATL ART Show

Want to see more photos? In addition to the exhibit at the airport, there are more than 150 photographic exhibitions and events showcasing the work of more than 400 photographers taking place this October throughout metro Atlanta.

“The Airport Show” is in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atrium Gallery through November 17.

See airport guides for these airports and 47 others on StuckatTheAirport.com.

Tidbits for travelers: Free Wifi at Toronto airport; fresh art at SNA; contraband at JFK

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Here at StuckatTheAirport.com we’re a big fan of free wireless Internet at all airports. Slowly but surely we’re moving in that direction. In July, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) began offering free Wi-FI to all travelers and now comes word that Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) began offering free Wi-Fi at the beginning of this month (August, 2010).  Hooray!

Free Wi-Fi at Toronto Airport

Hooray! Free Wi-Fi at Toronto International Airport

There’s also some fresh art at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, California.

Mt. Moran by Steven Gilb

Mt. Moran by Steven Gilb at John Wayne Airport

Photographs by Steven Gilb, who has been a contributing photographer for Arizona’s Highway Magazine since the 1970s are on display through September 7, 2010 on the Departure (upper) Level near the security screening checkpoints and on the Arrival (lower) Level near baggage carousels 1 and 4.  See more of Gilb’s photos here.

And through September 20, 2010, look for the collection of paintings depicting the Jazz Age that are on display in the Terminal A Vi Smith Concourse Gallery across from Gates 11 -14.

John Wayne Airport. Don't Eat Joe by Dong Moy Chu Kingman

Don't Eat Joe by Dong Moy Chu Kingman

The exhibition includes work by 12 California artists who explored geometric and angular abstraction during the Post WWII era. See more photos here.

And.. check out these photos by Taryn Simon that were published in the New York Times magazine on July 29, 2010.

Contraband confiscated at JFK Airport

Contraband becomes art

The photos – including one of a pitcher of salami – are from a set of more than 1000 photos of prohibited items taken from passengers – or discovered in express mail – over a five day period last year at JFK Airport.  (On-line, you can click on an image to see what’s what.) The photos will be part of an exhibition and a book (now on my wish list, Santa) titled “Contraband.”

You can learn more about this project on the New York Times Lens blog.

Tidbits for travelers: SNA gets free Wi-Fi; travelers get great art

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Today the folks at John Wayne International Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California announced a partnership with FreeFi Networks to provide free wireless internet access at the airport.

You’ll need need to watch a short commercial before getting to that free Wi-Fi service, but that’s a small price to pay for a service most of us would rather not be without when we’re stuck at the airport.  Thanks, SNA!

And there are several new art exhibits at a few airports around the country:

At Miami International Airport (MIA), photos by architect and award-winning photographer James Palma are on display in the mia Central Terminal Gallery, just past the security checkpoint on Concourse E. The 20 photographs in the exhibition were winners chosen by the National American Institute of Architects over 10 years.

At Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), a new art exhibit up through August 12, 2010 explores the theme of twilight with works from the Multicultural Artists Partnership of Austin. One nice example is Kay Hughes’ “View with Song Bird.”

And the summer installment of the art showcase at Nashville International Airport (BNA) has opened, with works by more than a half dozen local artists, including Pieces from the Past by Mike Andrews

And quilts by the The Zuri Quilting Guild of Nashville, Tennesse.


Tidbits for travelers: airport art exhibits & an Air Hogs promotion

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Here’s a heads up on a couple of new art exhibits at two airports:

At the John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, Ca., work by Anna Friesen will be on display through June 10, 2010 in the pre-security departure (upper) level near the security screening areas and on the arrival (lower) level near baggage carousels 1 and 4.

At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) “a cornucopia of art” by artists from the Pump Project Art Complex are on display through June 24, 2010 in the East Airside Gallery, post-security by the Austin Article bookstore.

The work includes Matt Wester’s Mercy and Jai Cochran’s Double Arch.

Jai Cochran Double Arch

And here’s an interesting event for baseball fans: the Grand Prairie AirHogs have teamed up with FlyerRights.org (Kate Hanni’s air passengers’ rights organization) for a “Hogs Fly Free” night on Wednesday, June 2nd at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

In a press release that had me checking to see if it was April 1st, the Air Hogs announced that on June 2nd they’d be taking a cue from Spirt Airlines and Ryanair and charging “carry-in” fees for purses, backpacks, blankets, jackets and anything larger than the size of a baseball and also charging fans for each visit to the restroom.

They’re joking of course.  A long list of “Hogs Fly Free” Fee Exemptions says all fees are voluntary and any money collected will be donated to FlyersRights.org. Cute!

Packards at John Wayne Airport & a salute to women in aviation at the C.R. Smith Museum

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From now through June 1, 2010, a collection of photographs and accessories from the classic Packard automobile will be on display in Terminal A at John Wayne Airport (JWA).   The items are on loan from Orange County’s Packard International Motor Car Club and include hood ornaments, Packard ephemera, and photos of Packards, including this 1932 Twin Six Packard Phaeton owned by actress Jean Harlow

And this month, in recognition of Women’s History Month, the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum near DFW International Airport, is hosting a photo exhibit honoring the contributions of women who have worked for American Airlines and, on Saturdays, showing a series of movies featuring women in aviation.

New art exhibit at John Wayne Airport (SNA)

Art

A new exhibition at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California includes 56 paintings that became cover art for Westways, the magazine of the Automobile Club of Southern California.  The work includes California watercolor, Pop Art and most of the major movements of California art in the 20th century.

jwa-dixon_clipper (Maynard Dixon’s Clipper Ship)

The club began publishing its member magazine in 1909, as Touring Topics, and changed it names to Westways in 1934.  Original cover art was being commissioned as early as 1928.

jwa-phil-dike-balboa

(Phil Dike’s Balboa)

Ticketed passengers who have passed through security will find the collection across from Gates 1 – 4 and 11 – 14.  The show will stay up through October 19th, 2009.

Hang gliders on display at John Wayne Airport

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File under: alternative travel ideas.

Four hang gliders and a variety of local hang-gliding memorabilia are on display at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, Ca.

“Orange County: The Birthplace of Modern Hang Gliding” includes video and photography celebrating hang gliding and is guest curated by Owen Morse, an avid hang glider and a professional juggler who has a unique appreciation for how things fly through the air.

Turns out there’s quite a bit of hang gliding history in Orange County.  Back on May 23, 1971, local flight enthusiasts gathered together with some home-made flying devices to celebrate the 123rd birthday of Otto Lilienthal, a German flight pioneer.   And, as we learn from the exhibition:

“Using the ocean breezes of Newport as fuel, the birth of hang gliding commenced.  Shortly thereafter, brothers Bob and Chris Wills of Orange County designed and built the first “Wills Wing” hang glider. In 1973 they launched their own business with the same name and now it’s become the largest hang glider manufacturing company in the world.

jwa-hangglider

Intrigued? The exhibit will be at John Wayne Airport through May 15th and can be seen in display cases across from Gates 1 – 4 and 11 – 14; the hang gliders are above the baggage carousels in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal and can be seen by both passengers and visitors.

New art exhibit at John Wayne Airport (SNA)

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John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, California features the work of many Orange County artists.  For example….

Paintings by Michael Ward are on display now through January 22, 2009.  Ward’s images are based on photographs the artist has taken himself and depict scenes of the ever changing landscape of Southern California.

The paintings are on display in the departure (upper) level near the security screening areas and on the arrival (lower) level near baggage carousels 1 and 4.

jwa-rollin-down-pico

(Rollin Down Pico, courtesy Michael Ward and John Wayne Airport)

A little bit-o-Paris at John Wayne Airport

Photos

A series of photographs by artist Evelyn Morris are on display at the John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, California.

Morris’ images depict the beauty of flowers in one series and the spirit of Paris – where she was born and raised – in another. The photographs are on display in the departure (upper) level near the security screening areas and on the arrival (lower) level near baggage carousels 1 and 4 through December 15th.

Vote early – and often – at John Wayne Airport (SNA)

Voting

OK. Now that the last presidential debate is over, don’t you want to cut to the chase and just vote already?

Starting on Sunday, October 19th, you can. That is, if you’re registered to vote and traveling through John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, California.

The airport has teamed up with the Registrar of Voters to give travelers a head start on voting in the 2008 General Election. Voting booths will be open from Sunday, October 19th through Tuesday, October 28th from 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m, Monday through Saturday and from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. on Sundays.

The voting booths will be beyond the security checkpoint, in Terminal A, (between Sunglass Hut and Caterina’s, across from Gate 9) so you can only take advantage of this service is you’re a ticketed passenger.

So Vote!