The Woodlands, TX – The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival is set to hold its fourth annual event April 4 and 5, 2009. The festival is a juried fine art show featuring 200 national and regional artists of 14 various mediums selling their original creations. Festival hours are 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults. Children 12 and under are admitted free of charge. Proceeds from the festival benefit local partners including The Pavilion Partners, The Woodlands Art League and The Woodlands Town Center Theatre.
Rod Garrett, an acrylic sculptor from Grant, FL, is the featured artist for the Fourth Annual Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival set for April 4 and 5, 2009. The festival is a juried fine art show featuring 200 national and regional artists of various mediums that takes place along The Woodlands Waterway.
The event takes place along the Waterway from The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center alongside The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and culminates at Town Green Park. This beautifully landscaped site in the heart of The Woodlands features ample free parking, water taxi and trolley service, concessions within the festival site and an array of eateries and shops within walking distance of the festival. Features of the festival include interactive art activities for children in Town Green Park, student art exhibitions from public and private schools in Montgomery County, entertainment on two stages, dining selections at the “Palette Café” featuring cuisine from P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and Jasper’s Gourmet Backyard Cuisine. On Saturday morning, area businesses and organizations get into the creative act as art floats of their own design parade down the Waterway.
The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival has announced the selection of Rod Garrett, an acrylic sculptor from Grant, FL, as the featured artist for the fourth annual event. For the past 35 years, Garrett has worked with acrylic creating sculptures with the illusions of continuous movement and coloration that reveals itself differently with every angle. Rod carves, colorizes and shapes each sculpture entirely by hand in his studio, rendering wonderful one-of-a-kind creations.
"Rod was selected as our featured artist for 2009 because we wanted to highlight three-dimensional works of art created in an engaging, joyful spirit. Rod has many fans in the Houston area that collect his work and has been a previous Best of Show award winner at our festival as well as many others in the United States,” said Brenda Gottlieb, festival director.
The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival is currently accepting artist booth applications for participation in the 2009 festival set for April 4 and 5. The application deadline is Dec. 5, 2008. Artist applications for The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival are available online at www.zapplication.org.
Artist booth spaces are 10’ x 10’ on concrete or natural surfaces with fees beginning at $375. Single, corner, island and double booths are available. Electricity is provided for an additional fee in most areas of the site. Jury selection of the top 200 artists takes place Dec. 16.
For more information about The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival, visit www.woodlandsartsfestival.com, send an e-mail to info@woodlandsartsfestival.com or call 281-507-0343.
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