Transitions Homeless Center unveils art exhibit featuring client artwork at CAE
September 22, 2022
The Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) welcomed back to the airport longtime nonprofit partner, Transitions Homeless Center. Each year, Transitions works alongside CAE to highlight the outstanding, artistic talents of its clients in a beautiful and meaningful exhibit.
“This exhibit is reflective of the fact that the homeless in our community are not invisible,” said Vice President of Advancement, Elizabeth Igleheart. “When we bring the client artists out to the airport to see their art on display, it gives them such a sense of self-worth and pride.”
Each piece of art within the exhibit is as unique as the artist behind it, providing a glimpse into their lives, their current life stage and their future plans and goals.
“We’re thrilled to be able to continue our strong partnership with Transitions to bring such a powerful exhibit to our travelers,” said Director of Marketing and Air Service Development, Kim Jamieson Crafton. “By amplifying a marginalized group within our community in this way, CAE is able to ensure its focus of diversity, equity and inclusion remains woven into the fabric of everything we do.
About Transitions Homeless Center
The Midlands Housing Alliance (dba Transitions Homeless Center) opened on June 15, 2011. Since opening, Transitions has helped 3,300 clients transition out of homelessness and into permanent housing. Transitions is not a traditional shelter, so its 260 homeless clients are able to stay for the length of time they need to address their physical and mental health issues. As the only organization of its type to have remained fully open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization has made it possible for more than 267 clients to move out of homelessness in the past year. They continue to provide support services to help men and women secure employment and to serve more than 500 meals each day.
About the Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Now providing 26+ daily flights with nonstop service to 9 major airports in 8 cities including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami (seasonal on American Airlines), New York City (LGA), Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. (Dulles and Reagan National), Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), a two-time Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) STAR™ accredited facility, that 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. CAE is a regional cargo hub for UPS and is served by FedEx. For more information, please visit www.flycae.com.
