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Besides religious and residential use, stained glass can make an excellent addition to public spaces. Just check out this article about stained glass artist Guy Kemper. Kemper recently completed a 110-foot-long colored window for a new terminal at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Kemper has done a great deal of other religious windows, and is also part of a project to do memorial art at Ground Zero in New York City.

Airport authorities at BWI commissioned Kemper to create Celestial Passage as an "architectural enhancement" - contemporary buzzwords for artistic pieces that break up the monotony of public spaces. Unlike a painting in a museum, an artwork in a public space must fit in with its surroundings while simultaneously standing out. Kemper's piece works because of the traveler's own movement on the escalator: As the stairs descend, the bright orange and blue swashes of color also seem to move - toward the sky.

"BWI has joined other major airports in providing architectural enhancements that help create a strong sense of place," says airport spokesman Jonathan Dean. "This particular enhancement reflects the airport's commitment to providing a positive and memorable travel experience."

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