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.
1 comment:
You are a very good choice for this jury. You see from your heart, and you will choose art that is heart-felt. Good work
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