Bayou City Art Festival, produced by the Art Colony Association Inc. (ACA), has launched the Collegiate Art Collective, a new and unique exhibition featuring one-of-a-kind artwork from Houston area college art students.
Bayou City Art Festival invites Houston area college visual art students to apply for the opportunity to represent their school, and to showcase and sell their art at Houston’s signature art festival scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 2022.
The Collegiate Art Collective visual artist application deadline for the 50th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown is Friday, July 1, 2022.
Only six students representing six Houston area colleges and universities will be selected to participate in the 50th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown. College art students will have the opportunity to represent their school’s art program as one of the top college student artists, meet with potential art collectors and buyers, participate in one of the top juried art festivals in the country, and be part of Bayou City Art Festival’s 50th Anniversary celebration.
Bayou City Art Festival offers an outdoor gallery with Houston’s skyline as the backdrop for participating colleges and universities to raise awareness for their school’s art programs, and also support and cheer on top college art students.
To apply, college artists over the age of 18 and enrolled in their school’s art program can submit three artwork images and an online application by the deadline. The student who receives the highest judges scores from each college or university will be contacted and invited to participate by July 15, 2022. For more information email artist@bayoucityartfestival.com or to submit a Collegiate Art Collective application for Bayou City Art Festival, please click here.
Located in Sam Houston Park, and along Allen Parkway, Bayou City Art Festival will attract more than 20,000 attendees and feature 250 exhibiting artists representing 19 different art disciplines. The weekend art festival benefits local nonprofits and features live music, a food truck park, wine, and beer garden, two entertainment stages, art installations, an Active Imagination Zone, and much more.
About Bayou City Art Festival:
Since the founding of the Westheimer Art Festival, now known as Bayou City Art Festival, the Art Colony Association, Inc. has raised more than $3.6 million for local nonprofit programs from the proceeds of its festivals. Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park in the spring and Bayou City Art Festival Downtown in the fall has provided a venue for more than 20,000 artists to showcase their work to thousands of art lovers from all over the world. The festivals are funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, corporate sponsorships, private contributions, in-kind support and volunteer assistance.
Volunteer and sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, please visit www.artcolonyassociation.org.
