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About Bayou City Art Festival:
Now in its 48th year since the founding of the Westheimer Art Festival, now known as Bayou City Art Festival, the Art Colony Association, Inc. has raised more than $3.6 million for local nonprofit programs from proceeds of its festivals. Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park in the spring and Bayou City Art Festival Downtown in the fall has provided a venue for over 20,000 artists to showcase their work to thousands of art lovers from all over the world. A percentage of the proceeds support local art organizations and nonprofits. The festivals are funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, corporate sponsorships, private contributions, in-kind support and volunteer assistance.
Art Colony Association Announces Featured Artwork for 2019 Bayou City Art Festival Downtown
The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA) has announced the featured artwork for Bayou City Art Festival Downtown 2019 – titled “The High Road” by this year’s featured artist Clifton Henri. Bayou City Art Festival Downtown will be held on Saturday and Sunday October 12-13, 2019, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and benefits local nonprofits.
The featured artwork is a photograph that consists of two overlay images photographed by Henri in 2018 while in Accra, Ghana. The boy standing tall on top of the tire has made an adjustment in his perspective while seeing a different point of view. The yellow wall with depth and texture represents the environment, which Henri believes affects the individual’s upbringing. For the title, Henri was inspired by Michelle Obama’s “When they go low, we go high” quote.
Henri is an award-winning photographer and visual artist from Chicago. His work is rooted in identity, under representation and self-declaration. Henri visually illustrates and narrates the African diaspora using personal experiences and feelings as fuel for his portraits. Henri’s photography has taken him on a path of defining moments. His journey has helped him define his place in the world and find a stance on how he wants to be seen. Henri’s photographs are based on personal and shared experiences of humanity. With his art, Henri challenges his viewers to find themselves, but also the poetry within the photograph.
Houston’s largest art festival will transform the streets of Downtown into artistic avenues bursting with colors and culture. Bayou City Art Festival will showcase the work of 300 artists from around the world, representing 19 different disciplines. As one of the top art festivals in the country, the weekend event will provide patrons with the opportunity to personally meet artists, view original works, and purchase world-class art, prints, jewelry, sculptures and more.
Bayou City Art Festival Downtown will feature live music throughout the festival along with entertainment, beverage stations, food trucks and much more for patrons to enjoy. In the Children’s Creative Zone, the festival’s nonprofit partners will host hands-on art activities for all ages.
Online tickets are now available at www.artcolonyassociation.org. Tickets online are $12 for adults and $5 for children 6 – 12; children five and under are free. Also available online are two-day passes for $20 and family passes (two adults, two children tickets) for $30. Adult tickets at the gate are $15 cash; $16 credit card.
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Volunteer and sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, please visit www.artcolonyassociation.org.
