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Bayou City Art Festival presented by Capital One.

Art on Water
Bayou City Art Festival Downtown

 

ART ON WATER CALL FOR ENTRIES

October 9 - 10, 2010

Install your original floating, stationary or kinetic piece in Houston’s City Hall Reflection Pond (Hermann Square) 901 Bagby between Walker St. & McKinney St.
 

 

Open to individuals, groups (up to five people per group), and students, pieces will be on display for three days to over 30,000 art festival patrons.
Art on Water, presented by Art Colony Association, invites artists to submit a rendering and description of their Art on Water project for consideration now through September 17, 2010.  Fifteen (15) pieces will be chosen for the exhibit by festival staff and invited outside jurors.
Sunday, October 10, the Festival art jurors will award cash honors to the 1st ($500), 2nd ($250) & 3rd ($150) place artists.
 

REQUIREMENTS

Deadline:  Application form/rendering by September 17, 2010

Download the 2010 Art on Water Application Form Here


Size:  Maximum 6’ base; no height restrictions

Materials: Must be waterproof and non-bio-degradable. All artworks must utilize the pool aesthetic or water and must be floating. Floating works must be weighted with approved weights.
 

Use of any material that will disintegrate, dissolve,
or in anyway damage the reflecting pool or stain
the water or concrete is strictly prohibited.
No advertisements or name recognition allowed on art work.

 

Launch Time

Tentatively, Friday, October 8, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. (this date and time may change due to TV Coverage schedule) at Hermann Square Reflection Pool.

Questions? Email: sarah@bayoucityartfestival.com

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