This month’s edition of Nashville Arts Magazine features the work of Aerial Innovations of TN, Inc.  The article is in conjunction with the exhibit at the airport…glad to see the press is paying off!

Nashville Arts Magazine Article

Bridge in South Pittsburg, TN

Photo by Coral Smith, Aerial Innovations of TN, Inc.

Some images from our flight this week…fall is just beginning to show it’s colors here in Tennessee.  Now, if all of this rain would stay away, we can enjoy the vistas!

Wendy

Aerial Innovations of Tenn, Inc.

The Liberty Bell, a World War II era B-17, has been touring around airports in Tennessee.  We got a chance to catch her out at the Smyrna Airport this weekend.  Although I was not lucky enough to take it for a spin (what’s a ride in another aircraft??), those that did got to crawl around into the gunner seats and took a tour round the lake.

Here are some photos from their stop.  The woman pictured with the vintage flight hat is the granddaughter of one of many men who served on this flying fortress. Enjoy!

Wendy

Are we there yet???

Summer was made for road trips and this summer we hit the road!  The girls from Tennessee were seen in over 11 states from north & south to way out west.

Coral kicked back with Todd’s family in Ocean City Maryland..ohhh…the crabs!  And played surfer girl-friend in NYC, stopping off for some fine art at MOMA.

Deanna had a week long road trip from TN to SC back to KY.  They started at the Biltmore (Brady can build that!), built sandcastles in South Carolina (need an aerial, Eden??) and finished up in Kentucky with a belated wedding reception.

Lindsay did the western thing and brought back the most beautiful images by far (our budding photographer!) Starting in Boulder, she made her way through the Rocky Mountains, Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon and stopped for beers on the shores of Lake Powell.

Rachel and Robert headed to the outerbanks for some bike riding through Okracoke and past the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse…dogs included!

Phew…we’re almost done! just one more trip to go…

Wendy celebrated the fourth in Pittsburgh with family and a New England style clambake…the lobsters were divine.  Later in the summer, the photo girls from Atlanta headed down to Gulfport and Biloxi.  Everyone came back a winner (well…almost….).  With one last hurrah this summer, she’ll be heading out to Bald Head, NC for a family reunion…no hurricanes!!!

Hope y’all had a great summer, too. Check out the photos and stay tuned!

The Girls of AI Tenn

Wendy, Rachel, Coral, Deanna & Lindsay.

Monument Valley

Brady & Eden, Charleston

Project Manager Eden

Gulfport MS

Inside Hatteras Lighthouse

Eden, Brady & Deanna at Biltmore

Rocky Mt. High

Biking in Ocracoke

Lake Powell

Lindsay & Wendy at the Ball Game

Lobstah Dinnah!

Coral and Todd

Coral in NYC

Aerial Innovations of Georgia, Inc. would like to thank Benjamin C. Ridgeway for including our aerial photographs in his book documenting the history of  Ebenezer Baptist Church. Ebenezer (Stone of Help) was founded in 1886 in the old Fourth Ward of Atlanta. Michael Luther King moved to Atlanta from Stockbridge, Georgia in 1918, began his three-year minister’s degree program at the Morehouse School of Religion in 1926. He married Alberta Williams that same year at Ebenezer Church. After being assistant pastor from 1927 to 1930 he assumed the duties of pastor in 1931. Reverend King, Sr. changed his name from Michael Luther King to Martin Luther King Sr. after his fathers death in 1933.  In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. became the first co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Horizon Sanctuary at Ebenezer Baptist Church

The Atlanta architectural firm of Stanley, Love-Stanley was chosen to design the Horizon Sanctuary. It is modeled after an African tribal meeting hut. The roof ribbing is reminiscent of African thatch. The bell tower is a weave and glyph patterned obelisk. Placement of the Horizon Sanctuary on Auburn Avenue emphases Ebenezer’s strong commitment to its urban mission as a becon of hope for all citizens of Metro Atlanta.

Copies of the ’Images of Americia, Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church’ can be obtained from Arcadia Publishing and is in the Library of Congress (control # 2009923608)

I always knew I liked Louisville, Kentucky. I had spent most of my time there breezing through the Palace Theater for three seperate concert occasions. When asked to go for an event for work I gladly signed myself up. And it was my first out-of-town trip with Rachel which made it special. One very common theme we couldn’t help noticing was the amount of ‘po po’ on our journey up 65. We lost count somewhere around 10 or 12 so be careful if you are traveling that stretch because the cops are out in full effect. After touring the city a while I was surprised at our progressive Louisville is. There is so much art and invention going on. They have a set up where you can rent a bicycle to get around downtown during the day which I found delightful. We visited the Muhammid Ali Center which has some very cool architecture going on and the 21c Hotel which is unique and innovative. I suggest anyone traveling through Louisville to stop and check it out. Probably the biggest perk we enjoyed was staying at the Brown Hotel. I have to give a shout out to priceline for hooking us up! The Brown is a historic 4 star hotel downtown. I would describe it as whimsical and classic at the same time. I could go on but I’ll stop here and leave the pictures to tell the rest of the story. Oh, and the work event, ICSC, was a blast too….but we wrote all about our time there in our Emmas so I reserved the blog to rock and roll a little bit. Cheers!

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Comments about Arts at the Airport Exhibit

The Nashville International Airport has just installed their latest exhibit, “Aerial Innovations” in the C Concourse Food Court.  The images are by Aerial Innovations of TN, Inc. photographers of Nashville, Middle Tennessee and the Icon Project.  There is also a wall of our favorite Aerial Abstracts.

We began this morning with a last minute dash to Dury’s Framing to replace a wire hangar with d-rings (always something last minute!) then off to the airport to drop off.  The Marty Stuart Exhibit was going out and we were coming in.  The hanging crew worked fast!  Many thanks to Dawson, Duncan and Mike for making it happen.  And upstairs at the airport, Karen was printing the signage…they look great, too.  Caroline and Wendy supervised, made a few changes but for the most part, all went as planned.

If you are traveling through Nashville in the next year, come by and check it out!  Show will be up until July 2010.

Aerial Innovations of TN, Inc.

Arts at the Airport

Installing the “Building at Icon” Wall

Installing the “Cityscapes” Wall

Installing the “Aerial Abstract” Wall

Hanging the Tennessee River Gorge

The “Landscapes” Wall

View of the Food Court

Final View of the “Cityscapes” Wall

Final View of the “Building an Icon” Wall

Caroline, Mike, Duncan, Dawson

Jackie and Serenity

Aki and Serenity

Aerial Innovations of Georgia, Inc.

June 9, 2009 at 6 a.m. Sheri welcomed her great-niece. Serenity is the daughter of Aki and Jackie Sauceda and the grand-daughter of Rebecca (Sheri’s sister). Weighing in at 4lbs. 16ozs. she is ready for the helicopter. Sheri is planning a visit soon this summer. If she brings her back we can put a camera in her hand. Congratulations……

Wendy, Will & Lindsay had a great time at Bonnaroo 2009. Some highlights…running into Will at the That Tent (random!), Lindsay on another wild chase after her phone (at least she made it to the silent disco), and Wendy third row at Bruce Springsteen (we traded in these wings for some rock & roll!)
This is one of the best things Tennessee has to offer, we enjoyed meeting people from all over the U.S…can’t wait until 2010!

So on Tuesday our VP, Julie, came in with a horror story of how her eight-year-old son, Jared, cracked his head on the edge of the sidewalk the night before while playing tackle football in the neighborhood.  Doing what head-wounds do, blood was pouring down his head and back while a neighborhood dad tried to stop it with a handful of gauze.  Julie took Jared to the emergency room where he received five staples to close it up.  And um, yeah, with no local anesthesia.  He later said that the first two didn’t hurt too bad, but he cried during the last three.  It’s OK though, he’s a tough little guy. 

Of course, being the creative photographers that we are, we couldn’t pass up a photo-op.  When Julie picked Jared up from school the next day we did a nice close-up shot of the staples – gore and all.

To make him feel better we decided to make him a special present.  We thought he could use a motivational poster to commemorate the event.  You know, just in case the scar wasn’t going to be enough of a memory.

We heard he liked it so much that he took it around with him and showed all his friends and neighbors.  Go Jared!!!