torvald Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 i saw the art car parade list on the forum calendar and wondered if anyone here has an at car or helped out with one throughout the years...2006 art car parade link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 i saw the art car parade list on the forum calendar and wondered if anyone here has an at car or helped out with one throughout the years...2006 art car parade linki know several owners and have ridden or assisted them during the parade for over 10 years. They always need volunteers as well. You can contact the orange show.Orange Show Homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 yeah, it is alot of fun - i used to work at the orange show, and volunteers are greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Given the number of cities that have copied Houston with art car parades, is nice to see the NYT give credit given where credit due. Alternative Cars Indeed: A Parade for Whatever Moves You By RALPH BLUMENTHAL Published: May 21, 2006 HOUSTON IF you had a yellow 1977 Ferrari 308 GTB, would you have your second grader dip her hand in purple paint and leave palm prints beside the proud emblem of the prancing stallion? You would if your name was Alan Leach and you had entered your treasure in the world's oldest and largest parade of art cars. Every spring since 1988, this oil town of great fortunes built on the internal combustion engine has gone counterculture with a zany tribute to the automobile as anything but transportation. "Our message is that everyone is an artist and we should celebrate the artist in everyone," said Allen Hill, spokesman for the spectacle, officially called the Everyone's Art Car Parade. The gathering was sponsored by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a folk-art confabulation of mazes and towers created from 1956 to 1980 by a postman, Jefferson Davis McKissack, in honor of his favorite fruit.The art cars, 266 of them this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted May 27, 2006 Author Share Posted May 27, 2006 Given the number of cities that have copied Houston with art car parades, is nice to see the NYT give credit given where credit due. honestly, i was a bit disappointed in the houston chronicle coverage. the article was minimal and only mentioned two specific cars which were political. the orange show and ev1 have enough press releases to make a decent story possible. i'm not saying there was anything wrong with political cars, i am saying that there were many wonderful cars from houston and beyond worth mentioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 honestly, i was a bit disappointed in the houston chronicle coverage. the article was minimal and only mentioned two specific cars which were political. the orange show and ev1 have enough press releases to make a decent story possible. i'm not saying there was anything wrong with political cars, i am saying that there were many wonderful cars from houston and beyond worth mentioning. The most wonderful was from my high school, Waltrip, garnering the $1500 grand prize!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted May 27, 2006 Author Share Posted May 27, 2006 The most wonderful was from my high school, Waltrip, garnering the $1500 grand prize!!! exactly, it's the constructive projects like that car and others by community groups and artists (whether political or not) that i would assume the chronicle would want to promote. the parade is only once a year and is a news story on a silver platter, with eye catching photos to boot! the only two cars they mentioned got one sentence each. in fairness: i did just find this article leading up to the parade though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 The most wonderful was from my high school, Waltrip, garnering the $1500 grand prize!!! That car is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 yes, the waltrip car was my favorite too. i believe they may have raised the bar for what is considered an art car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Who watched the parade today? It was excellent. To me the Art Car Parade is something Houston should really be proud of. We had the original, and although other cities have stolen the idea, the Houston one is still the biggest and best. Is great to have something so unique and so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 yes it is a great event. i was in it with a friend's entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 I'm jealous!! Which entry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 I'm jealous!! Which entry?the tribute to the 60th anniv of roswell incident. there were quite a few artists there that i like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 the tribute to the 60th anniv of roswell incident. there were quite a few artists there that like! The black 59 Chevy? I loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 The black 59 Chevy? I loved it! she's very creative. weather was too hot though. wish they would move it to april. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Who watched the parade today? It was excellent. To me the Art Car Parade is something Houston should really be proud of. We had the original, and although other cities have stolen the idea, the Houston one is still the biggest and best. Is great to have something so unique and so much fun. I was on the sidelines, and yes, it really is something unique. My favorites were the more minimal designs and the feats of engineering; they were refreshing breaks from others that were overwhelming to the senses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 I was on the sidelines, and yes, it really is something unique.My favorites were the more minimal designs and the feats of engineering; they were refreshing breaks from others that were overwhelming to the senses.those wood ones are works of art IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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houstonfella Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Thanks for the pics. Didn't go this year ... now I wish I did. I loved that pic of the Hyatt nestled between the skyscrapers; but a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Ripped, tattoo free and good heads of hair. You don't see many guys like that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Thanks for including photos of the culture as a whole too. good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 But has it become too commercial? From the Chronicle. ay 13, 2007, 12:17AMIs commercialism driving off fun of the Art Car Parade? A few say sponsors detract from the event's counterculture vibes By SARAH VIREN Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Patrick Stanley exhausted his supply of souvenir hard hats an hour before Houston's Art Car Parade started Saturday. Each bore the name of the construction company he works for, SpawMaxwell, just like his art car, a 1958 Edsel Pacer. The Edsel, redone to look like a construction truck, even has a front-end loader and backhoe. ... But the sight of corporate sponsors has some longtime art car supporters worrying that commercialization will take some of the funk out of the traditionally counterculture parade. "The problem is that any time you have something like this that starts out as an outlaw thing, it's all totally cool and everybody wants to be involved with it 'cause it's cool,'" said Jackie Harris, one of the parade's originators, who drives a vehicle known as the Fruitmobile. "But then it gets bigger and bigger. It's just like a snowball, and the bigger a snowball gets the more cling-ons you get." Link to the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Great photos. Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 This one was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. The photos don't do it justice. It was playing Handel's The Messiah on the stereo, and as the chorus kicked in with "HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLE-e-UJAH!" every one of those lobsters and basses would stand up or turn to the side on individual servos. Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 But has it become too commercial?Nah, commercialization is good. Not only has it produced a few really unique peices, like the Chronicle's star car, which I didn't even realize was advertising for the Chronicle until I read the Chronicle article about the parade, but it creates a whole new client base for local artists (and they need clients!) and could allow the event to continue growing in scale....having said that, a couple of the commercial art cars weren't sufficiently arty, like the C&D Scrap Metal truck. They do need some minimal guidelines for entrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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