The downtown skyline serves as a vivid backdrop for art, music, dance, and interactive activities at the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown. The annual, juried, fine art event boasts a unique outdoor gallery experience brimming with 300 top galleried artists representing 19 artistic media. The festival takes place Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The 40th Annual Capital One Bank Bayou City Art Festival Downtown is an award-winning one-of-a-kind outdoor art gallery that you won’t want to miss! Cadillac is a proud sponsor and will be on hand for test drives of a true luxury experience
The downtown skyline serves as a vivid backdrop for art, music, dance, and interactive activities at the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown. The annual, juried, fine art event boasts a unique outdoor gallery experience brimming with 300 top galleried artists representing 19 artistic media. Adding to the festive art walk are a wine café, the Gexa Energy interactive creative zone for children, restaurants, and a performing arts stage with on-going multicultural musical and dance entertainment. New this festival: Daily outdoor performances of “String Theory,” transforming Downtown into a musical instrument one string at a time.
Established in 1972, the Art Colony Association (ACA) is a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to producing high quality art festivals and events to provide financial support to local non-profit organizations. Over the past 40 years, the Art Colony Association, producer of Bayou City Art Festival Downtown in the fall and Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park in the spring, has raised more than $2.6 million for local nonprofit organizations. The Festivals are funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
The festival takes place in Houston, Texas in front of City Hall and around Hermann Square on the streets of Walker, Bagby, and McKinney, as well as Sam Houston Park and Tranquility Park. The Festival celebrates the vitality and diversity of Houston and enriches the city’s arts environment and reputation. In 2011, both Festivals moved into Sunshine Artists’ Top 10 of the Best 200 Festivals in the country- Downtown #7 and Memorial Park # 8! Over the past 40 years, the Bayou City Art Festivals have raised more than $2.6 million for local nonprofit organizations.
The biannual Bayou City Art Festivals – in Downtown Houston in the fall and at Memorial Park in the spring – are produced by the Art Colony Association, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to producing high quality art festivals and events to provide financial support to local non-profit organizations. Over the past 40 years, the Bayou City Art Festivals have raised $2.6 million for local non-profit organizations. Visit www.bayoucityartfestival.com for more information.
Parking is available on city streets and for the usual event fee in the City Hall Annex, Hobby Center or Theater District Parking under Tranquility Park.
What’s Happening This Year?
The Bayou City Art Festival announces printmaker Kreg Yingst as the Featured Artist for the 40th Annual Capital One Bank Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, which takes place Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Both a painter and self-taught printmaker, Yingst’s work predominately evolves from an idea-based or narrative concept. As his grandfather was a magician and his father was a mathematician, Yingst’s works merge the science of perspective with geometry and optical illusion. Initially trained as a painter, Yingst received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity University in San Antonio and his master’s degree in painting from Eastern Illinois University. After graduation, he taught art for 13 years and has been a full time artist for almost ten years.Yingst currently lives and works in Pensacola, Florida. He recently participated in the 40th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park in the spring as well as last year’s Downtown festival. His work can be seen at www.kregyingst.com.
Prior to each Bayou City Art Festival, a judging committee solicits artwork from five potential artists of which one is honored as the featured artist. The featured artist is then asked to produce the festival’s featured artwork, which is used to create a consistent theme across the festival’s billboards, posters, programs and T-shirts.
This year’s featured artwork, titled “Night and Day,” draws inspiration from Yingst’s interest in the circus and music. Illustrating a juggler with the skyline of downtown Houston as the backdrop and featuring lyrics from “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” the piece expresses the energy and diversity of our great city.
Carving his blockprints out of linoleum, Yingst cuts and pulls all of his prints, running them through the press multiple times for colored editions, or painting them individually. His work can be found in numerous private and corporate collections, including Purdue University and Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.
The Capital One Bank Bayou City Art Festival Downtown has gained national recognition from AmericanStyle Magazine and the International Festival & Events Association. The downtown skyline serves as a vivid backdrop for the one-of-a-kind outdoor art gallery brimming with 300 top galleried artists representing 19 artistic media.
Adding to the festive art walk are wine cafés, an interactive creative zone for children, restaurants, and a performing arts stage with on-going multicultural musical and dance entertainment. New this festival, String Theory will transform Downtown Houston’s architecture into a larger than life instrument during daily performances.
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