The first Art-o-matt was built by Clark Whittington in 1997. He refurbished an old cigarette vending machine after it became more or less illegal. He displayed it at an art exhibition, and it ...

A repurposed cigarette vending machine ... The unveiling of the machine was a homecoming of sorts for ArtWorks. Having installed its first Art-O-Mat in 2004, the organization returned the machine due ...

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, cigarette vending machines could be found in nearly every restaurant, bar, convenience store, and gas station. At the time I was an enthusiastic bar-hopping chain ...

SEATTLE — One of the coolest vending machines you’ll ever see is inside a longtime Seattle shop. The Art-O-Mat is a vintage cigarette machine ... It’s located in Old Ballard at 5408 22nd ...