tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878806998874405096.post1151597809607829550..comments2024-01-17T03:48:14.553-06:00Comments on B.S. Houston Art Blog: Artcrawl Wins! Best Art Festival in Houstonb.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00388023677187238908noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878806998874405096.post-87155218621448868722007-11-20T08:27:00.000-06:002007-11-20T08:27:00.000-06:00LOVE LOVE LOVE the Art crawl!Big UP!And after bein...LOVE LOVE LOVE the Art crawl!Big UP!<BR/><BR/>And after being the Art Car Director and Artistic Director at the Orange Show for the past five years - truly appreciate the art car smooches - but ...<BR/><BR/>Seriously, "Bayou City Art Festival seems to deal in trinkets and country-themed fare." Have you been lately?<BR/><BR/>I am the new Executive Director charged with producing both the Downtown and Memorial Festival - and I can say, weather is better for both fests than summer events - we have beer and margaritas mmmmmm!<BR/><BR/>AND both are top rated national fine art festivals - not a craft or trinket fair in the lot.<BR/><BR/>With only 300 slots per festival - we get over 900 applications. The jury is held at MFA and this years judges included:<BR/><BR/>Memorial Park Jurors – 2008<BR/><BR/>1. Bart Truxillo, ACA Board Member<BR/>2. Nancy Kopriva, Artist<BR/>3. Adrian de la Cerda, Program Manager, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art<BR/>4. Carolyn Rich, Artist<BR/>5. Julie Farr, Center for Contemporary Craft, Executive Director<BR/>6. Cindi Strauss, Curator, Modern & Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design<BR/>7. Sharon Kopriva , Artist<BR/>8. Karen Rezai, Booker Lowe Gallery<BR/><BR/>Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park is the Number 3 Fine Arts Festival in the nation - and the food and entertainment makes for quite the day!<BR/><BR/>Where have you been? ;-) Do come out! <BR/><BR/>As ever, thanks for playing!<BR/><BR/>Happy Day!<BR/><BR/>kim stoilisKimmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782406481713978227noreply@blogger.com