Affordable Local Art From a Vending Machine: Flamango Vending
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Repurposed snack vending machines are stocked with affordable mini masterpieces from artists.
West Palm Beach is home to Flamango Vending. These repurposed snack vending machines are stocked with affordable mini masterpieces from Palm Beach County artists. The machines activate otherwise unused space and spark joy and nostalgia. Founder Meghan McKenna shares the inspiration behind the project and a peak into some of the artists.
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Affordable Local Art From a Vending Machine: Flamango Vending
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West Palm Beach is home to Flamango Vending. These repurposed snack vending machines are stocked with affordable mini masterpieces from Palm Beach County artists. The machines activate otherwise unused space and spark joy and nostalgia. Founder Meghan McKenna shares the inspiration behind the project and a peak into some of the artists.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipHi, my name is Megan McKenna and I am an entrepreneur in West Palm Beach.
And I'm the founder of Flamingo Vending, an affordable art vending machine featuring local artists.
I really wanted art to become accessible.
I wanted to activate space, and I wanted people to feel good, feel value, feel nostalgia, feel joy.
And I feel like art is the best way to make that connection.
It also supports local artists, so that was a big draw for me there.
These are actually hand-painted canvas magnets from a local artist named Jess Kirby.
She's a surrealist.
These are two-inch canvases and these are citrus butterflies.
We have strawberry jellyfish.
You can have your art gallery wherever you go and your mini fridge or wherever you need it.
When I first started, I had a list of art that I wanted to own, and I approached them and I said, look, I'm a huge fan.
I would love I'm working on this project, I'd love for you to be involved.
And they kind of took a leap of faith with was me.
Since then, since we've grown and people got word of it.
People have been filling out an application on my website, and then I curate from that list folks that are interested.
Currently I have, I think, 51 artists.
So I either have a piece of their art on consignment, or it might be in one of the machines, or we're working on it.
These are prints done on canvas of hand-painted art by a local artist, Melissa.
So she's she does a lot of Florida scenes.
The Jupiter lighthouse, underwater creatures.
She's really inspired by our local sea life.
Some artists have the tiny art already.
They might make something small that they would like to put in the machine, but a lot of times we work directly with the artists to create something special, something unique, just for the art vending machine.
With the affordable art in the vending machine, we're really trying to have people feel the joy, the emotional connection of art within their budget, within their time.
It's available to everybody.
It's right here.
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