{"id":850727,"date":"2026-09-17T07:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850727\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:46:09","slug":"springfield-branson-national-airport-debuts-the-life-i-choose-photo-exhibition-in-sky-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850727\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield-Branson National Airport debuts \u2018The Life I Choose\u2019 photo exhibition in Sky Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) &#8211; With terminal flooring renovations complete, Springfield-Branson National Airport has unveiled a new visual art exhibition celebrating the diverse voices and stories of southwest Missouri residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The airport officially debuted \u201cThe Life I Choose\u201d on Wednesday afternoon inside the Sky Gallery, one of the Ozarks\u2019 most prominent public art venues located within the commercial terminal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Presented by nonprofit organization Abilities First in collaboration with local photographer and filmmaker Randy Bacon, the multi-panel exhibition pairs portraiture with personal narratives from individuals of varying abilities. The project aims to provide each featured subject with a dedicated platform to share their personal journey and perspective in their own words.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The installation will remain on display in the Sky Gallery through December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">To report a correction or typo, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ky3.com\/2026\/09\/17\/springfield-branson-national-airport-debuts-life-i-choose-photo-exhibition-sky-gallery\/mailto:digitalnews@ky3.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">digitalnews@ky3.com<\/a>. Please include the article info in the subject line of the email.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KY3. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) &#8211; With terminal flooring renovations complete, Springfield-Branson National Airport has unveiled a new visual art&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-850727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}