Parente selected to be a Juror for the 40th Anniversary – Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2011

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2011 will hold its projected jury at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on November 18, 2010. Over 1200 artists applied, and the top 300 will be invited to participate in the upcoming festival. 

This years panel of juror include: 

• Linda Darke - Owner, Darke Gallery
• Richard Fluhr - painter and Bayou City Art Festival Board Member Emeritus
• Nicola Parente - painter/visual artist and Bayou City Art Festival Board Member
• Alex Rosa - Art Director at 002houston Magazine
• Cindi Strauss - Curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Fletcher Thorne-Thomsen, Jr. - FotoFest Board Member and Founder of Vine Street Studios
• Bart Truxillo - preservation architect, art collector, Bayou City Art Festival Board Member
• Karen Turner-Smith - Director of Bulgari in the Galleria

During the past 39 years, the Bayou City Art Festivals have raised more than $2.6 million for local organizations, and continue to increase their biannual donations with each festival. As a result of October’s successful Bayou City Art Festival Downtown presented by Capital One Bank, ACA will present its current Nonprofit Partners with a total of $126,000.

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 nonprofit organizations. During the past 39 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. Visitwww.bayoucityartfestival.comfor more information.

Parentes artwork part of Gambol, Juried Exhibition, Art League Houston, Nov 19-Dec 17, 2010

One of Nicola Parente’s artworks, Illuminare,  was accepted in this years Gambol juried exhibition at Art League Houston. This years juror was Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, Museum of Art in New Orleans. Over 500 entries were submitted and only 55 artists were selected. The exhibition runs November 19, 2010 – December 17, 2010.

2010 SELECTED ARTISTS:  Kelly Alison, Cody Arnall, Last Ashen, WM Kelly Bailey,Elli Barnwell, Tania Botelho, Daniel Brents, April Bushnell, Mel Bydalek, Doug Cason, Rafael Castanet, Kristin Cliburn, Julio Crews, Andrew Cunningham, Judy Dekan, Robert Douglas, Jane Eifler, Toyin Folorunso, Josh Garcell, Helen Gerritzen, Lee Ann Gorman, Michelle Guyod, Hakeem Hassan, Luke Haynes, Sarah Hazel, Gemma Herrero Barclay, Maria Hughes, Antonio Hurtado, Peter Janecke, Charlie Jean Sartwelle, Jeff Jennings, Lindsey Maestri, John Manes, Mark Masterson, Emily Mitchell, Kia Neill, Anita Nelson, Patrick Nguyen, Christopher Olson, Crystal Owens, Nicola Parente, Kristy Peet, Mason Rankin, Sue Reeves, Caroline Roberts, Wiley Robertson, Lynn Ruoff, Magid Salmi, Kay Sarver, Caroline Sharpless, Shirlette Thompson, Patrick Turk, Vernon, Angela Whitford, Samuel Wukusick

Opening reception Friday, November 19, 2010 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine, November 2010

Nicola Parente pictured in the November issue of Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine during Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, inaugural exhibition in Dallas. Parente pictured with Rebecca Lightfoot and Barbara Bernstein.

To celebrate the new cool-kid digs at 2251 Vantage St., gallery owner Ron Gremillion hosted a cocktail reception that capped off a day packed with creative scenes--the Dallas Art Dealers Association's Fall Gallery Walk. Crowding Gremillion's industrial chic space, art aficionados mulled over intrepid pieces while mingling with a host of artists in attendance. The inaugural exhibit features must-see material from national and international artists represented by the gallery over the past 30 years.

Nicola Parente to exhibit at Red Dot Art Fair during Art Basel week in Miami, December 1-5, 2010

See the work of Allan Rodewald, Ted Lincoln, J. Coleman Miller, Andrew Schrock and Nicola Parente at the RED DOT Art Fair during Art Basel week in sunny Miami Florida, December 1st thru the 5th. AleatoricArt is a Houston based gallery of selected international artists who allow the laws of physics to guide their creative vision, seeking out art born of natural causes and daring to leave some things purely to chance. By developing a deeper artistic understanding of the forces that have governed our universe since the beginning of time, these courageous innovators have discovered unique ways of collaborating with nature to produce some of the most beautiful and compelling chance-based images in contemporary art.


Red Dot Art Fair is located across the street from Art Miami and next to Scope and Art Asia. Photo Miami is also a few blocks away... At this Midtown Miami location there is ample parking and amenities to serve the art public, creating an art fair mecca. Last year, Red Dot Miami had over 15 thousand visitors, and this year traffic will increase with the perfect addition of Scope and Art Asia to their lot. Red Dot Art Fair is a 30 thousand square foot venue, hosting fine photography, painting, sculpture and works on paper, as chosen and presented by USA and international art dealers.