BRIGHT SPOT AT AIRPORT CHILDREN'S ART LIVENS UP TERMINAL.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - When 10-year-old artist Paris Baillie finished her watercolor of a grazing grazing, n See irregular feeding. grazing 1. actions of herbivorous animals eating growing pasture or cereal crop. 2. area of pasture or cereal crop to be used as standing feed. See also pasture. pig, she hoped that it would be put up on the wall of Larry Gluck's Mission: Renaissance studio in Sherman Oaks. She had no idea that her painting would be hung in the terminal at the Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); . ``It feels kind of strange,'' she said. ``I'm proud.'' Hers was one of 72 pieces of art featured as part of a new rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. student art exhibit at the Bob Hope Airport. The artwork, drawn and painted by children taught by artist Larry Gluck, was put into place at the Burbank airport in hopes of easing travelers' post-9-11 anxiety. The airport is making the artwork a permanent feature, with works to be changed regularly. Airport officials said they've even had queries from the public about whether the pieces can be purchased. ``Children's artwork is alive and fun to look at,'' said Gluck, 74, who teaches 4,000 students a week at 20 studios across Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . ``They have so much fun. You wouldn't believe how long a small kid could sit and just keep focused on a creative piece of art. It's fun to watch.'' The artwork adds splashes of yellows, pinks, blues and greens Blues and Greens, political factions in the Byzantine Empire in the 6th cent. They took their names from two of the four colors worn by the circus charioteers. Their clashes were intensified by religious differences. to the drab walls of the airport. ``It's attractive to look at,'' said airport spokesman Victor Gill. ``It attracts people's attention, especially those waiting in line to go through the security checkpoint (programming) checkpoint - Saving the current state of a program and its data, including intermediate results, to disk or other non-volatile storage, so that if interrupted the program could be restarted at the point at which the last checkpoint occurred. .'' Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Jorgi Zimmatore, 5, smiles as mom Jasmin Espada-Zimmatore looks at her picture of a red robin at Bob Hope Airport on Thursday. (2) A traveler passes the creations in the terminal. The airport is making artwork a permanent feature to relieve fliers' anxiety. The works will be changed regularly. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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