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Bayou City Arts Festival: Call for Entries

The Bayou City Art Festival Downtown (not to be confused with the Sping Festival in Memorial Park) has announced the call for entries for its third annual “Art on Water” floating art competition on the City Hall Reflection Pool at Hermann Square. This year’s theme is “Water in Motion.”

"We’re asking local artists to express movement through artwork either stationary or through kinetic nature of sculpture or installation,” said Kim Stoilis, executive director, Art Colony Association, producer of the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown.

"Art on Water" is open to professional and student artists alike, working either independently or as a team. Applications are due Friday, September 14, with a total of 15 works selected for exhibition.

The “Water in Motion” artworks will be the centerpiece of the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, Saturday and Sunday, October 13 and 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The two-day event is situated at 900 Smith Street, in front of City Hall’s Hermann Square on Walker, Bagby and McKinney Streets, and Sam Houston Park.

Artists must submit an application with a statement and rendering of their proposed work (colored pencil, watercolor or marker) to the Art Colony Association, according to Art on Water Chair Salli Babbitt. The floating art must be waterproof, non-biodegradable and weighted with plastic weights.

“Artists may use anything that floats, such as plastic, inner tubes, pool floats, cloth, or boats, for instance,” explained Babbitt. The maximum width of the base is six feet with no height restrictions. Use of any materials that will disintegrate, dissolve, or in any way damage the reflecting pool or stain the water or concrete, is prohibited.

For full details and guidelines visit www.bayoucityartfestival.com.

The event will mark the first project for former Orange Show Art Car Parade Director, Kim Stoilis, in her new role with the Bayou City Arts Festival.