 Bayou
City Art Festival Memorial Park Slated for
March 18-20
HOUSTON (January 13, 2005)-- The lush greenscape of
Houston's Memorial Park will be awash in
color, music, vibrant entertainment and
interactive art at the Bayou City Art
Festival Friday, March 18 through Sunday,
March 20, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., all three days.
The
33rd annual juried fine art event
boasts 300 acclaimed artists from around the
world, including Hungarian-born Agnes
Rathonyi, selected the Spring 2005
festival's featured artist.
Her painting "Inspirations"
will grace the festival's commemorative
poster.
Ranked in 2004 as the #2 favorite art festival in America
by AmericanStyle magazine, the Bayou City Art Festival presents a
stress-free outdoor gallery brimming with
eye-catching creations.
"We
have 15 artistic media represented including
installation art, a new addition to our
'Emerging Artists Program' for Houston-area
high school students," said Bart
Truxillo, board president of Art Colony
Association Inc., producer of the Festival.
The Bayou City Art Festival's panoply of artistic media
include clay, drawing/pastel,
fiber/textiles, furniture, glass, jewelry,
leather, metal, mixed media, painting,
photography, printmaking, sculpture,
watercolor and wood.
Adding to the festive outdoor gallery
ambience are wine cafes, an interactive
Creative Zone for children of all ages,
restaurants, the Broadway in Houston's
Broadway Café and
the performing arts stage with ongoing
multi-cultural musical and dance
entertainment presented by the Cultural Arts
Council of Houston/Harris County.
Award-winning
artist Agnes Rathonyi's
"Inspirations" is like a
geological excavation of the world,
uncovering the past and exposing the
present. Rather than depending on a linear
narrative, her painting uses the surface to
present real Italian villages in which past
and present are independent.
She seeks to evoke the weathering
process of older works of art, particularly
frescos, marking the depth and richness of
the passage of time.
She thus layers her paintings’
surfaces with extremely thick oil paints and
by the fragmentation of various natural
elements to ultimately create an aging
masterpiece.
The Festival's Creative Zone is an interactive area for
children and adults to create their own
individual take-home art projects. Fun-filled projects include costume photos, picture frame
decorating; fancy pinwheels; rock painting;
plant a flower; paper marbling; potato die
stamping; wax hands; face painting; airbrush
art; and giant bubbles.
Five charity partners, Alley Theatre,
Lawndale Arts Center, MECA, Museum of Fine
Arts Houston and YMCA Downtown Youth and
Urban Services, will oversee the area and
benefit from donations made by the Creative
Zone artists and their parents or guardians.
Over the past 32 years, the Festival
has raised more than $1.9 million for
charity.
Admission is $8 for adults and free for children
12 and under.
Free METRO shuttle service is
available from area lots. For schedules and
further information check www.bayoucityartfestival.com.
or call (713) 521-0133.
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