There is The Girl with the Airstream Earrings and Noah’s Airstream. There is Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World with the woman crawling in the field toward a distant Airstream and Georges Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon with the iconic travel trailer in the background.
Since then, he’s created hundreds of humorous mash-ups of famous works of art. He eventually switched over to digital which opened new creative worlds for him.ĭibona will be doing a presentation of some of his works of art - which he doesn’t call art - on the court square.Ī retired physician, he said one day he was looking at the famous Michelangelo painting called The Creation of Adam with God reaching down pointing a finger at the first man and decided to replace Adam with a silver Airstream. Dibona said he has loved photography since he was a child and had a darkroom at 11 years old. Holland said most of the people are older, and it attracts all kinds of unique and interesting characters.įrank Dibona, from Asheville has gained fame and admirationh in the Airstream world and beyond for his Photoshop mash-ups of famous pieces of art with Airstreams. Others came from Asheville, the Raleigh area and Virginia. One couple drove from the very far reaches of the Outer Banks. The attendees have all kinds of airstreams, including three rare motorhomes and a 1970 Airstream that has been fully restored.Īll of the participants are part of the Carolinas Airstream Club. He said it’s also good for the uptown area as the visitors dine and shop at local businesses. “There is no expense to the city, it’s all privately done, but they allow us to do this.” “The city has been very, very receptive,” Holland said. The rally started in Hanna Park and received a police escort to the court square Saturday morning. “It’s like a classic car club,” Holland described it. He said half of the people at this year’s rally have also attended the past two and loved it so much they returned this year. Holland and his wife parked their Airstream - the smallest one there at 19 feet - along the court square under the shade of the trees. He said this year, there are 29 attendees, the most they’ve had yet with a waiting list of 15 more. COVID-19 postponed it a year, but the rally was a success in 20. The iconic American-made travel trailer, which debuted in the 1930s, has attracted a loyal fan base who travel all over the country from Key West to the California coast and even into Canada.įor the past three years, they have converged on Shelby during the Shining in Shelby rally to enjoy the historic uptown area, listen to a concert on the Earl Scruggs Center’s lawn, and dine and shop at local establishments.Īn avid Airstream fan and a member of the Carolinas Airstream Club, local architect Roger Holland organized the rally with plans to hold the first one in uptown Shelby in 2020. Friday afternoon a fleet of silver trailers, like a school of fish, were circled around the court square for the third Shelby Airstream rally.
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