2023 Houston
Art Bike Festival
A CITY-WIDE CELEBRATION OF HUMAN-POWERED ART ON WHEELS
Presented by
2022 Houston
Art Bike Festival Winners
For 2022, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston Parks Board, and HISD Fine Arts Department distributed awards to three community groups and ten HISD schools that exhibited exemplary Art Bikes in this year's Houston Art Bike Parade. Each HISD school winner received a $500 gift card for Art Supplies for their classroom.
Thank you to our sponsor who provided the awards, including Waddell Law Firm PC, Andy Lubetkin, Beverly Braden, Coné PLLC, Carolyn Colias, Melissa Dobrowski, Zabel Freeman, Lafayette Herring, Franny Koelsch Jeffries, Joshua & Corey Mermis, Andy & Nancy Pechacek, Douglas Welsh, Heidi Vaughn Fine Art, and Black Girl Meets World.
HISD AWARD WINNERS
You Call This School Spirit? Winner: Bastian Elementary
Repurpose with a Purpose Winner: Ray Daily Elementary
Colorfully Artsy Winner: Love Elementary
Biking Up STEAM Winner: Lantrip Elementary
It's Alive! Winner: Helms Elementary
Crowd Favorite Winner: Braeburn Elementary
We Made THIS Bike Winner: Benbrook Elementary
To Bike or Not to Bike Winner: Heights High School
Imagination Station Winner: S.C. Red Elementary
Recognize the Size Winner: Burbank Elementary
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COMMUNITY AWARD WINNERS
Wow the Crowd Winner: Cody Hovland
Spirit of Movement Winner: Slow Soul Cruizerz
Best Representing the Spirit of Art Bike: Winner: Flying Flamingoes
Saturday May 13, 2023
SCHEDULE
Houston Art Bike Parade & Festival is designed to showcase student and public art bikes and provide an opportunity for exploring Houston's bayou greenways system. Please read the information below carefully to ensure the best experience for you and your family.
10am - 1pm
Houston Art Bike Parade at MacGregor Park
5225 Calhoun, Houston TX 77021
Students, youth groups, families, and individuals are invited to both participate in the parade and cheer on hundreds of art bikes as they roll through MacGregor Park. Enjoy live music, community activations, food & drinks, and art bikes!
FREE TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND!
6 - 9pm
Houston Art Bike Festival & Concert at Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
2401 Munger St., Houston, TX 77021. ALL PARKING located at University of Houston Technology Bridge, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Entrance #23.
Head to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art for live music from Mononeon, exciting interactive art, food, drinks, and more!
FREE TO ATTEND!
9 - 11pm
50th Annual Moonlight Ramble
Starting at Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, 2401 Munger St. (ALL PARKING located at University of Houston Technology Bridge, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Entrance #23)
The Midnight Ramble celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a new look! Transform your bike into an ART BIKE and join us for an evening cruise from the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art to Saint Arnold Brewing Company and back.
REGISTRATION $20 PER RIDER and includes a complimentary beverage at Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Interested in participating in or attending any of the following events? Click the purple button below to register.
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Participation in the Houston Art Bike Parade & Festival is free and open to the public.
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Children 16 and under are required to have a parent, guardian, or teacher present at all times during the Parade and Festival.
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Alcohol is strictly prohibited inside MacGregor Park.
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Free public parking is available within MacGregor Park, as well as at the Orange Show World Headquarters.
Photos from the 2022 Houston Art Bike Festival
About the Houston Art Bike Festival
Houston Parks Board, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, and HISD Fine Arts Department are proud to present the Houston Art Bike Festival. This day-long arts and culture celebration brings together community members and youth programs from across the city as we explore our personal creativity, promote health and wellness, and celebrate the artist in everyone!
MacGregor Park and the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art come alive with music, food, art bikes, art cars, community groups, activities, and a special parade. Students from participating HISD schools proudly pedal and accompany their art bikes along a pre-determined path within MacGregor Park, as families and community members cheer them on from the sidelines. Later in the day, everyone is invite to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art campus for an evening concert and Art Bike celebration with a special performance from Grammy-award winning legendary bassist, experimental musician, and former Prince bandmate MonoNeon.
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In addition, the Houston Art Bike Festival & Parade will be presenting the 50th Anniversary of The Moonlight Ramble, a group art bike ride through Houston's East End starting at the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and traveling to Saint Arnold Brewing Company and back.
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We welcome you, your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors, to design and create an Art Bike of your own. Everyone will have a chance to participate as we celebrate diversity through artistic interpretations of how the outdoors connect us - embracing our health, our environment, our families, our friends, our civic pride, and our creativity.
For more than 40 years, Houston Parks Board has advocated to improve the lives of all Houstonians through equitable access to green spaces. Our vision is ambitious. We are committed to ensuring that every single person in our city lives close to parks and trails, creating a greater quality of life for all. That vision means our work isn’t close to done. It isn’t easy. But it’s worth it. The initiatives below take important steps in reaching our goal, and we’ll get there together.
Learn more at www.houstonparksboard.org
Now in its 40th year, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is a non-profit organization with a mission to preserve, promote and document visionary art environments, provide opportunities for the expression of personal artistic vision, and create a community where that expression is valued. The Orange Show owns and operates The Orange Show monument, The Beer Can House, and Smither Park, as well as produces the annual Houston Art Car Parade.
Learn more at www.orangeshow.org
Sponsors
Interested in being a sponsor for the inaugural Houston Art Bike Festival and showcasing your brand to a diverse audience? Contact the Houston Parks Board at partner@houstonparksboard.org or the Orange Show at oranges@orangeshow.org