Airports are rolling out new COVID-fighting amenities faster than we can keep up with them. Here are few I’ll be talking about this week during the virtual Travel 2021 Summit taking place on October 7 and 8. We’ll be talking about airports and airlines on Thursday at 10 a.m. east coast time. The line-up includes […]
Next time you’re stuck at the airport don’t just sit there and be irritated. Look around. It’s a fair bet you’ll find some great artwork just around the corner. A few fresh examples: (Terry Bustamante Idolatry) From now through mid-August you can see work by Terry Bustamante and Jennifer Hill in an exhibit titled Exploring […]
If you happen to be traveling to or through Tucson International Airport (TUS) anytime soon, make sure to build in some extra time to see the art. Work by more than 40 regional artists is scattered throughout the airport and there are three galleries that display temporary exhibits. Two new exhibits recently opened. (Diana Creighton, […]
From now through the end of December, 2009, the Center Gallery at Tucson International Airport (TUS) is featuring Lines.Space.Color, enamel paintings and sculpture by Tucson artist Steven Derks. The exhibit includes two of Derks’ steel sculptures made of items he’s rescued from junkyards and scrap metal bins and Gridspace (below) made of 52 12” by […]
Airports are rolling out new COVID-fighting amenities faster than we can keep up with them. Here are few I’ll be talking about this week during the virtual Travel 2021 Summit taking place on October 7 and 8. We’ll be talking about airports and airlines on Thursday at 10 a.m. east coast time. The line-up includes […]
Next time you’re stuck at the airport don’t just sit there and be irritated. Look around. It’s a fair bet you’ll find some great artwork just around the corner. A few fresh examples: (Terry Bustamante Idolatry) From now through mid-August you can see work by Terry Bustamante and Jennifer Hill in an exhibit titled Exploring […]
If you happen to be traveling to or through Tucson International Airport (TUS) anytime soon, make sure to build in some extra time to see the art. Work by more than 40 regional artists is scattered throughout the airport and there are three galleries that display temporary exhibits. Two new exhibits recently opened. (Diana Creighton, […]
From now through the end of December, 2009, the Center Gallery at Tucson International Airport (TUS) is featuring Lines.Space.Color, enamel paintings and sculpture by Tucson artist Steven Derks. The exhibit includes two of Derks’ steel sculptures made of items he’s rescued from junkyards and scrap metal bins and Gridspace (below) made of 52 12” by […]
The newest art exhibit at Tucscon International Airport (TUS) is called Mystical Journey and features the work of three Tucson painters: Sue Betanzos, Catherine Eyde, and Janet Miller. Here are some samples, starting with this piece by Sue Betanzos called Canto de Sonora This is Catherine Eyde’s After the Rain, And here is Janet Miller’s […]
If you’ll be traveling through Tucson International Airport anytime soon, be sure to leave some time to check out three new art exhibits offered by the airport’s Arts & Culture Program. (Spring Bloom, by David Schwindt) In the airport’s main gallery, Scene in Arizona: Landscape Traditions presents paintings by Barbara Hill and David Schwindt that […]
My USA TODAY roundup column about some great art exhibits at airports right now generated lots of mail about artwork on display at other airports. At the Tucson International Airport, five new art installations were part of a recent concourse renovation project. One piece, Another Way To Fly, by glass artist Tom Philabaum, is suspended […]
(Illustration by MSNBC.com’s Duane Hoffman) Earlier this month, TSA officers scanning luggage at the Tucson International Airport (TUS) discovered a human skull inside a passenger’s suitcase. When pulled off the plane and questioned, the woman told police that the skull wasn’t technically hers (it belonged to her boyfriend), that it had been sitting in her […]