The Bob Ross inspired car is just one of the few creative cars that rolled into downtown Houston for the Art Car Parade.
Art Car Parade returned on Saturday for a day of beautiful mobile art driving through Downtown Houston.
The Art Car Parade, the largest celebration of art cars, featured nearly 250 cars from artists all over the nation this year. People got to line up on the side of the street and see the cars ride by in amazing designs and decorations. Some even had live music from artists playing in the back.Things to do in Houston this weekend, April 14 to 16: Art Car Parade, Tall Ships Festival
Jonathan Beitler with the Orange Show Center for Visionary Arts says, "Once the parade rolls you have performance, you have artists really showing off their art work to a huge crowd."Art car for Grand Marshal Marilyn Oshman The Grand Marshal for the parade this year was the founder of the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Marilyn Oshman."She has been a staple in Houston's art community for many decades and she was the impetus for the Houstons art car parade to be founded," Beitler adds.
Rebecca Bass, an art teacher at HISD has made 36 art cars with kids throughout the years, and this year she had help for at least 16."This one of the prettiest ones. The biggest part about doing art cars with kids in a group, is you become fore of a family. It's a real bonding experience," Bass says. "This is a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn. The students come up with the idea, they really love old music.
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