Next time you pass through Nashville International Airport (BNA), check out the snazzy leopard-print woodwork on the piano in Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge.
Made by Baldwin Piano, a division of Nashville-based Gibson Guitar, “The Leopard” also has hard rock maple cabinetry, virgin wool hammers and ebony wood sharps.
And it’s not just for show: the piano is an in-house instrument for an airport arts program that features daily musical performances.
Some travelers had a tasty time at Nashville International Airport (BNA) yesterday. The airport threw a party to celebrate the opening of a dozen new food, beverage and retail vendors in the terminal.
Free food samples included meatloaf and peach cobbler from a branch of local favorite Swett’s, and cheesecake and turkey Reuben sandwiches from a New York-style deli named Noshville (as in “I’m hungry. Let’s nosh when we land in Nashville.”)
The food give-away is over, but the expanded dining options remain.
Photo courtesy: Devi Sanford
Nashville International Airport (BNA) has an ambitious live music schedule and, it seems, a fine art program.
Through June 1, 2008, the airport’s exhibition series (Flying Solo) features the work of four Tennessee artists, including T. Michael Martin who describes his work this way:
“I create quirky, vibrant worlds where geometries are manipulated to represent sci-fi fascinations combined with concerns of advancing technologies. My paintings and installations start from found blueprints, maps, diagrams, and schematics. Then I isolate seemingly mundane events from my daily life and incorporate them to invent unusual structures that question utopian or dystopian societal views.”
I bet this image on display in the south end of the ticket lobby was inspired by something Martin saw on the x-ray machine at an airport security checkpoint.
T. Michael Martin: Codes of Connection, 20′ x 9,’ mixed media digital collage on Tyvek.
Photo: courtesy Nashiville International Airport