【時報訊】在明年春天以前，聖路易林白國際機場A與C行李轉台走道將換上最新之玻璃藝術品，而不再祇是飛機圖案而已。林白機場將裝上九件由聖路易本地區選出之九位玻璃藝術家作品。
華盛頓大學教授Joan Hall是九位入選藝術家之一，她是在五十位申請人中入選，九位入選的作品都是創作在玻璃平面上之藝術作品。
據機場主任Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge表示，加裝藝術品是機場整建七千萬元預算之一，大約花費二十萬元，整個整建計劃第一期還包括行李轉盤處換新，機場大廳機票櫃台上天花板重新改善及70號高速公路到機場出口之新的交通標識。
下一期工程則有A和C行李轉台處地板、天花板的照明換新，廁所整修，最後飛機售票台換新，改善乘客入關檢查區和加強機場指示標識。
聖路易地區藝術委員會執行長Jill McGuire說，飛機旅客都期望在機場看到不同的藝術展品，在美國前40名機場中就有35個機場設有公共藝術區和文化節目，即將裝上之九片玻璃藝術展品的屏幕將帶給林白機場極大的視覺效果。
Lambert rolls out new art concept
By next spring, passengers strolling through the A and C concourses at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport will have one more thing to look for besides flight display boards.
The airport will introduce nine new pieces of public art on a series of glass panels within the two concourses.
"I'm really excited that St. Louis airport is starting this with artists from the region," said Joan Hall of St. Louis, one of the nine artists chosen from more than 50 applicants to design the glass screens. "There are a lot of good artists who live and work in the city."
Hall, a professor at Washington University, and other artists have done preliminary designs so far. She would not discuss the theme of her own artwork, which will be transferred by craftsmen to a cluster of three side-by-side glass panels.
Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said cultural art is a little-mentioned piece of Lambert's Airport Experience Program. At roughly $200,000, it will cost less than 1/2 of 1 percent of the project's overall $70 million budget. The project also will involve private fundraising.
During the first phase, the airport has replaced baggage carousels, renovated the dome ceiling above the ticket counters and new road signs between Interstate 70 and the airport terminals.
The next phase, which gets under way in the next couple of weeks will involve restoring the A and C concourses. Flooring and ceiling lights will be replaced, and the restrooms will be renovated. Later, the airport will replace ticket counters, relocate checkpoints and upgradedirectional signs.
Jill McGuire, executive director of Regional Art Commission, said the flying public has come to expect art at its airports. Thirty-five of the top 40 airports in the U.S. have some form of public art and cultural programming.
"The nine art glass screens will make a bold statement and have a very strong visual presence,"McGuire said.
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