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October 13, 2009

Signature Art Piece Installed in RDU’s Terminal 2

RDU Airport, NC – Local residents have left their mark on Raleigh-Durham International Airport's Terminal 2.


Last week, RDU unveiled Signature Art, which features the signatures of visitors to the airport's Terminal 2 open house celebration last year. The work was designed to capture the community's excitement and support for Terminal 2, RDU's first new terminal in nearly 20 years.

At the event, held Oct. 11, 2008, attendees were invited to sign their name to sheets of paper. Each signature was then electronically scanned and etched onto a piece of 6 ft. by 4 ft. sea foam glass. The artist, Dunne Dittman, interpreted each signature to represent sparkling jewels.

LED lighting illuminates the piece, which is encased in a contemporary stand made of reclaimed ambrosia maple and walnut. See photos.

The work was unveiled last Friday at RDU's annual Customer Appreciation Day. The piece has been moved to its permanent home in the window front of the Heritage Room located in the Terminal 2 ticketing lobby.

Dittman is also the artist who created Earlier Flight, which hangs in RDU's parking garage atrium.

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Signatures collected as part of the Terminal 2 opening celebration were electronically scanned and etched onto a piece of sea foam glass. The piece, entitled “Signature Art,” is now on display in the Terminal 2 ticketing lobby.
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Nearly 5,000 attendees of the Terminal 2 Open House left their mark on the new terminal with their signatures, which would later be transferred to a 6 ft. by 4 ft. piece of sea foam glass.

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“Signature Art” features nearly 5,000 signatures from visitors to the Terminal 2 Open House held on October 11, 2008. The piece is encased in a contemporary stand made of reclaimed ambrosia maple and walnut and is on display in the Terminal 2 ticketing lobby.
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RDU unveiled “Signature Art” at its annual Customer Appreciation Day, which was held on Friday, October 9. The piece features nearly 5,000 signatures from attendees of the Terminal 2 Open House leading up to the opening of the new terminal on Oct. 26, 2008.