CALL FOR ENTRIES - BAYOU CITY ART FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN, OCT 10 & 11, 2009

Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, Houston Texas

October 10 & 11, 2009

 

Fall in Houston, the weather cools and Houstonians come out to celebrate at the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown.  The Festival, set against the dramatic skyline of the nation's fourth largest city, was ranked the #3 art festival in the country in AmericanStyle Magazine's "TOP 10 Festivals" in February 2009, named “Best Gallery in Houston” in March of 2009 by readers of Click2Houston.com, named “Best Festival in Houston” in the 2008 Houston Press “Best of Houston” magazine and is consistently ranked in Sunshine Artists Top 50.

 

“It’s rated one of the top shows in the country and the Texas economy is far stronger than the rest of the country. I’m giddy about the sales, I’m giddy about the attention and I’m giddy about the weather because I’m from Minnesota!” –Kimber Fiebiger, First Place, Bayou City Art Festival Downtown 2008, Minneapolis, MN

 

“I love coming to Houston – there’s no doubt. I love the city. I love to come to Houston because Houstonians interact so well with the artist. They really appreciate the artists. They love art here in Houston and I love the Bayou City Art Festival!” –Stephen Potts, Best in Show, Bayou City Art Festival Downtown 2008, Palmetto, Georgia

 

• Bayou City Art Festival Downtown has a demonstrated history in strong sales for artists.


• National studies show Houstonians consistently have twice the discretionary income that workers in similar industries have around the country.


• With a median household income of over $50,000 and an income growth since 2000 of 13.1% as reported in Kiplingers.com, Houston has been ranked the Number 1 city in the U.S. in which to live, work and play in July of 2008.

 

Bayou City Art Festival Downtown showcases works representing 19 media formats.

 

Winners receive:

• Best of Show: Ribbon and $1500 – jury exempt status for two years


• Second Place: Ribbon and $750 – jury exempt status for two years


• Third Place: Ribbon and $500 – jury exempt status for two years


• Best Booth: Jury exempt status for two years

 

http://www.bayoucityartfestival.com

 

Applications are currently being accepted via ZAPP: https://www.zapplication.org

Deadline: May 2, 2009

Entry Fee: $30

 

Bayou City Art Festival Downtown 2008 winners:

 

Steven Potts                 Wood                           Best in Show

JD Hillberry                   Drawing                        Featured Artist

Kimber Fiebiger             Sculpture                      First Place

Stephanie Rubiano        Mixed Media 2D            Second Place

Lucy & Mel Mendez       Fiber/ Textile                 Third Place

Fred Conlon                  Metal                            Best Booth Display

 

Past jurors have included:

• David Brown, Founding Director of Spacetaker, an artist resource center


• Jereann Chaney, named one of the top 200 art collectors in the world in 2008 by ArtNews Magazine


• Richard Fluhr, Houston-based artist who has bought art, sold art, owned a gallery in Houston, shown work in other galleries and has work in permanent collections at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi and the British Museum in London


• Christine Gervais, Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at Rienzi, the European decorative arts collection and gardens of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


• Jonathon Glus, CEO of Houston Arts Alliance


• Christine Jelson West, Executive Director of the Lawndale Art Center, which is dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art with an emphasis on work by Houston artists


• Stephanie Smither, folk art collector


• Gina Sonderegger, Development Director at DiverseWorks, a nonprofit art center dedicated to presenting new visual, performing and literary art


• Cindi Strauss, Curator Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


• Bart Truxillo, preservation architect, designer and developer

 

Contact Info: Kelly Kindred

kelly@bayoucityartfestival.com

Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau Display

Local artists Ping Irvin, Jim Keller, Joan Edelstein, Ted Ellis and Steve Harris generously loaned us pieces to display at the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau promoting Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, March 27 - 29, 2009. We have a large poster on display as well as a full tower display of the artwork. The displays were installed at the beginning of March and will be up until after the festival.

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park Billboards Are Up!

The Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park billboards went up last week, and they look awesome! Virginia Ariza with choreo-graphic-art did a great job working with elements of Larry Stephenson's featured art piece "A Day at the Airport" to create eye catching outdoor advertising. Ten billboards are positioned around Houston. Have you seen them yet?

We are starting to get excited here at Art Colony Association. Only 23 days left until Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park! We look forward to seeing you all there very soon.

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2009 Emerging Artists Call for Entries

An Invitation to Houston Area Art Teachers & Students!

To support emerging artists in Houston-area high schools, the Art Colony Association invites your students to submit art installation proposals for the only program of its kind in the country – the 2009 Emerging Artist Program, featuring outdoor, site-specific student work. Selected applicants will display their work at the Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, March 27 – 29, 2009.

The Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park Emerging Artist Program provides an exceptional opportunity for emerging artists to exhibit their work in a professional venue, interact with successful professional artists, and experience the professional jury process.

Students must submit their proposals to their teachers, and the teachers must then submit the student’s proposal to Art Colony. The deadline for proposal submission has been extended to Friday, February 20, 2009, and notification of acceptance is Friday, February 27, 2009. The selected ten (10) installation artists will receive a $200 stipend. Installations must withstand inclement weather or have proper covering in case of wind and rain. Wood, stone, bricks, rocks, found objects, and other organic material are recommended. Please note that installations cannot be attached to park trees or disturb the natural surroundings of the park. Art classes of the selected artists will receive complimentary festival passes.

The judges for the Emerging Artist Program will be the same as the festival jurors – panel is composed of gallery artists, arts professionals, curators and gallery owners. Selected applicants must install their original works between noon on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, and 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2009. Installations must be removed from the park by Monday, March 30, 2009.

Participating artists will receive the following:

• designated installation area within the festival grounds
  
• artist badge, two (2) complimentary festival tickets, and a commemorative festival t-shirt
  
• acknowledgement in the Emerging Artist program
  
  

Awards will be presented for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The award ceremony will be held at noon on Sunday, March 29, 2009, at the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) performance stage. First prize: $200 for the artist and $200 for the school. Second prize: $150 for the artist and $150 for the school. Third prize: $100 for the artist and $100 for the school. Winners will also receive a certificate, VIP passes, signed poster, and a t-shirt.

For Additional Information and an entry form, please click here.

DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY! Call for Entries for Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, Houston Texas
March 27 – 29, 2009
Juried at MFAH by invited panel of artists and collectors

Winners receive:
• Best of Show: Ribbon and $1500 – jury exempt status for two years
• First Place: Ribbon and $1000 – jury exempt status for two years
• Second Place: Ribbon and $750 – jury exempt status for two years
• Third Place: Ribbon and $500 – jury exempt status for two years
• Best Booth: Jury exempt status for two years

Bayou City Art Festivals are among the top 5 art festivals in the nation by American Style Magazine and Top 50 by Sunshine Artist Magazine. Festivals have consistently been ranked in ArtFair SourceBook and Sunshine Artist Magazine's 200 Best.

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park showcases works representing 19 media formats.

http://www.bayoucityartfestival.com/

Applications are currently being accepted via Zapplication: https://www.zapplication.org/
Deadline: November 7, 2008
Entry Fee: $30

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park winners:

Joe DeCamillis Mixed Media Best in Show
Bruce Holwerda Painting Featured Artist
Yan Lee Drawing Peoples Choice
Kevin Peterson Painter First Place
Andrew Carson Sculpture Second Place
Jerry Fuhriman Painter Third Place
Lena Echelle Jewelry Best Booth Display

Contact Info: Kelly Kindred
kelly@bayoucityartfestival.com

Announcement: 2009 Residency Season at the Artists' Enclave at I-Park

Application Deadline: January 5, 2009 (postmark date)

I-Park announces its ninth season hosting The Artists'Enclave. Artists' residencies, self-directed/projectoriented, will be offered from May through November 2009, withpossible off-season sessions in April and December. Mostsessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies will beoffered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers,environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creativewriters and architects. Work samples will be evaluated througha competitive, juried process.

There is a $25 application processing fee required and artistsare responsible for their own transportation to and from thearea. They also provide for their own food and work materials.The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to acceptedartists.

I-Park is a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in rural EastHaddam, Connecticut. Accommodations include comfortable privateliving quarters in an 1850's era farmhouse, shared bathroomfacilities and a private studio on the grounds. An electrickiln, music equipment, wireless internet and library facilitiesare provided.

International applicants welcome. To defray the cost of travel,three $1,000 grants will be offered in 2009 to internationalartists whose work is held in particularly high regard by theselection committees (details on the website).

For additional project information and to download 2009application materials, including an in depth FAQ, go to thewebsite: http://www.i-park.org/ (Residency Section).

Important notice: for music composers, the application deadlineis January 17, 2009. Also, I-Park is hosting a specialenvironmental art program in late summer/early autumn 2009.Details of this program will be announced separately in October(application deadline: February 16, 2009).

E-mail: ipark@ureach.com. Phone: 860-873-2468.

Bayou City Art Festivals Voted Best Festival in Houston by Houston Press

Best Festival - Bayou City Art Festival

The Bayou City Art Festival isn't just the best in Houston — it's among the best events of its kind in the country, frequently ranking among the top five festivals in Sunshine Artist magazine, the result of a vote by participating artists. BCAF is actually two festivals, or rather one festival that happens twice a year, once downtown and once in Memorial Park. Both are juried fine-art events that attract more than 300 artists working in 19 different media, including glass, photography, sculpture and painting. There are plenty of performing artists as well, with two stages that have a full ­schedule of dance and music. There's also a Creative Zone where budding Rembrandts can try their hands at making masks, wax hand sculptures and painted rocks. While it's a lot of fun, BCAF is also serious business. During the past 37 years, the festival has raised more than $2.5 million for local charities. -Houston Press