Art Exhibition Takes Off at Milwaukee Airport

Kelly Alexander Wendorf s Lines That Connect Us, the fourth piece in her Threads of Flight installation at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. Photo by Lauren Hafeman on Nov. 10, 2026. Art should exist even in the most transient of spaces. At least that s the thinking behind a partnership between Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and the Milwaukee Institute of Art Design (MIAD) that recently placed a new art installation in Concourse D of the airport. Titled Threads of Flight, the installation features seven individual works by Kelly Alexander Wendorf, a papercutting artist and alumna of MIAD. The pieces draw on themes of wonder, transition, nature and flight to tell a story about connection, movement and changing perspectives. They are hung in a long horizontal line, encouraging visitors to slow down, take a journey through the series and contemplate what air travel means to them. To have artwork in an airport that so many people walk through every day is a b