Art Workshops for Buffalo Bayou Park’s Grand Opening
This past June, Houstonians worked with visiting artists Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles of Processional Arts Workshop (PAW) to create 26 large-scale lanterns for Buffalo Bayou Park’s grand opening evening procession rescheduled for Saturday, October 3. All the visual elements pay homage to Houston and Buffalo Bayou: an art car, a margarita glass, egret, running shoe, and more!
BBP is excited to continue these arts workshops beginning Saturday, August 1 through Friday, August 14 with local artists taking the lead!
Workshops are free, all materials are provided, and no experience is required. Kids (ages 9 and up) working with an adult are welcome! Different techniques and tasks will take place each day (i.e., building the structure out of bamboo and rattan, papier-mâché, and adding color) as the collective work progresses. View photos from June’s art workshops here.
Sign up to volunteer at one (or more) art workshops!
Saturday, August 1 (9 – 11 am; 11 am – 2 pm; 2 – 5 pm)
Sunday, August 2 (11 am – 2 pm; 2 – 5 pm)
Tuesday, August 4 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
Wednesday, August 5 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
Thursday, August 6 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
Friday, August 7 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
Saturday, August 8 (11 am – 2 pm; 2 – 5 pm)
Sunday, August 9 (11 am – 2 pm; 2 – 5 pm)
Tuesday, August 11 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
Wednesday, August 12 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
Thursday, August 13 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
Friday, August 14 (2 – 5 pm; 5 – 8 pm)
About Confluence: A Journey in Five Movements
22 Bayous fan across Houston, converging lines that link neighborhoods, histories, ecosystems, and cultures – several gravitating toward the common arterial space of Buffalo Bayou. On October 3, we will gather to celebrate the restoration and re-imagining of Buffalo Bayou Park as multiple illuminated processions come together one-by-one along its storied banks. The final performance takes place in Buffalo Bayou Park between Carruth Bridge at the Houston Police Officers’ Memorial and Sabine Street Bridge. Confluence reflects upon a waterway and a city in perpetual motion – of bats, boats, bicyclists. As distinct “streams” of marchers come together from throughout the park, the growing procession will embody a place where the converging diversity of Houston flows into the shared space of Buffalo Bayou Park.