Art Exhibit Celebrating WASPs Open at Nashville International Airport

Artwork celebrating the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) is on display at Nashville International Airport (KNBA) in Tennessee.

Meg Godlewski

Monday, November 06, 2023 at 06:08 PM ET

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The “Fly Girls: The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II” exhibit is on display at Nashville International Airport. [Credit: Alison Fullerton]

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Alison Fullerton's "Fly Girls" exhibit, featuring encaustic wax portraits honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II, is currently on display at Nashville International Airport.
Inspired by women in the military, Fullerton created the artwork to educate the public about the WASPs' crucial non-combat contributions and their decades-long struggle for veteran recognition, which was granted only in 1977.
The exhibit, which incorporates historical details like embedded newspaper headlines, is designed to travel to various museums after its Nashville showing to continue raising awareness about these pioneering female pilots.

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If your travels take you through Nashville International Airport (KNBA) in Tennessee, be sure to take a look at the artwork on display through the Arts at the Airport program. Among the works to grace the walls is “Fly Girls: The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II,” done in encaustic wax (beeswax) by Alison Fullerton. You’ll find the exhibit consisting of 30-by-40-foot panels on display on the first floor of the international terminal.

Fullerton says she was inspired to create a piece reflecting women in the armed services after she married into the military in 2016 and went to Germany, where she embraced that life. She met many women who were serving and was so inspired she decided to develop a portrait series about women in the military, especially those who came first, such as the WASPs, because so few are aware of what these women did for their country during World War II.