CAE announces artists selected for the 2022 – 2023 Art in the Airport Program

Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE hereafter) announced the four local artists that have been selected to participate in the 2022 – 2023 Art in the Airport program. The selected artists, an all-female slate, represent some of the outstanding talent and creativity found throughout the region.

The four artists selected to exhibit their artwork in the airport for the upcoming season include:

Emily Ward (March 2022 – May 2022)

Marie Boyd (June 2022 – August 2022)

Cait Maloney (September 2022 – November 2022)

Laura Rohlfing (December 2022 – February 2023)

About the Artists:

Emily Ward is an artist from Columbia, S.C. and has had a passion for all things art related since kindergarten. Ward’s love for art continued in college and into graduate school where she earned a BA in Art History from the College of Charleston. Ward enjoys painting places and things that bring her joy – and the South Carolina low country has been a reoccurring subject for her many landscape paintings.

Marie Boyd is a writer, illustrator, artist, educator and scholar. She creates quilled illustrations and art from colorful pieces of paper that she collects, cuts into narrow strips and designs modern, bold, bright images that leap off the page. In addition to being an artist, Boyd is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, and now lives in Columbia, S.C. with her husband and two young children.

Cait Maloney is a published illustrator, award-winning graphic designer, muralists and exhibition artist. In 2008, she earned her bachelor’s degree with a focus in illustration from Syracuse University. Maloney says that her recipe for her work is, “… a mix of a little real, a little surreal, a good helping of humor and a lot of color.”

Laura Rohlfing hails from Leesville, S.C. but spends several months out of the year traveling and exploring with her wife to new places. A graduate of the Harris School of Art in the early 80s, she focused her time there studying oil painting. She now prefers graphite and loves shades of gray and the effects of shadows and light on pictures.

“CAE’s Art in the Airport program provides a fantastic opportunity and picturesque platform for local artists to showcase their works of art and unbelievably creative minds,” said Kim J. Crafton, CAE’s Director of Marketing and Air Service Development. “Additionally, this program enhances our travelers’ experience, while simultaneously creating a sense of regional place within the airport. Once a traveler lands, these works of art will be the first artistic and cultural touchpoints they have to Columbia, S.C. and the region.”

Each exhibit will be located in the connector of the terminal, the walkway between the security checkpoint and the departure/arrival gates.

CAE would like to thank all of the artists who submitted works to be a part of this second season of Art in the Airport. The entire team here at CAE looks forward to more opportunities in the future, through the Art in the Airport program, to showcase this region’s multi-talented art community.

For more information about the Art in the Airport program, as well as other happenings around the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, please visit www.flycae.com.

 

About the Columbia Metropolitan Airport

Now providing nonstop service to 9 major airports in 8 cities including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami (beginning May 2022), New York City (LGA), Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. (Dulles and Reagan National). Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), a Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) STAR™ accredited facility, now two years in a row, continues to be a major economic driver for the Midlands region. Welcoming over 1.3 million passengers in 2019, CAE is served by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, is a regional cargo hub for UPS and is also served by FedEx. For more information, please visit www.flycae.com.