Most art is housed in and sold from a museum, a gallery, or studio, found on the walls of a restaurant or displayed in a garden or public space. So one place you might not expect to find it is being dispensed from a refurbished cigarette vending machine. The concept is called Art-o-mat, and with $5.00 and a sense of curiosity, a piece from an Art-o-mat can be yours.
From wearable art to wood block landscapes, Polaroid photos, handmade miniatures, even a mini robot made from capacitors - the possibilities for the art you can find in an Art-o-mat are endless (as long as they fit into a 3x2 inch box). Art-o-mat and the artists behind it aim to produce progressive art that's both personal and accessible. Winston-Salem based Clark Whittington is the man behind the Art-o-mat and he stopped by WFDD to tell Bethany Chafin more.
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