Katy artist Stephen Dickerson will be among the 300 artists participating in the
Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park from March 27-29. The fine juried art
festival, ranked the No. 3 festival in the U.S. by the readers of
AmericanStyle Magazine (Feb. 2009), received 1,100 artists’ applications from all over the U.S. and Canada—the most in festival history.
A past Bayou City Art Festival featured artist, Dickerson uses an abstract style
in painting landscapes, seascapes and urbanscapes. He works with acrylic paint
and pencil on canvas in a colorful, geometric interpretation.
“My aim is to present images of contemplation, calmness, harmony and balance. It’s my way of dealing with a world of sound bites, chaos, conflict and inequality,” said Dickerson, who recently created a commissioned piece of the skyline of
Sarasota, Fla.
Starting with Legacy at Memorial First Look Friday on March 27, the
award-winning Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park welcomes more than 300
visual and performing artists from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. through Sunday, March 29. The
juried fine art event, the only festival to take place in Memorial Park,
showcases 19 media formats, transforming the park
’s tree-lined, 1.1-mile loop into a canopied outdoor art gallery, bursting with
fine art and multi-cultural music and dance.
The colorful offerings include clay, drawing/pastel, fiber/textiles, furniture,
glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, painting, photography,
printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and wood creations.
Admission is $10 for adults and free for children 12 and under.
The festival’s Emerging Artists program invites area high school students to create and
exhibit their 3-D installation and 2-D art in the park. Younger children will
enjoy the Capital One Bank Creative Zone, an interactive area designed for
children and families to explore the fun of art. All proceeds of donations made
in the Capital One Bank Creative Zone are divided equally among the festival
’s participating nonprofit partners.
