Bayou City Art Festival Downtown 2023

Bayou City Art Festival, produced by the Art Colony Association, Inc., will take place downtown, Oct. 14-15, 2023. The featured artist is Michelle McDowell Smith, a mixed media artist from Roanoke, VA. Smith, along with 250 artists from around the country, representing 19 different disciplines, will showcase their art at Bayou City Art Festival Downtown on Saturday-Sunday,

Michelle McDowell Smith is a Jacksonville, FL native, now living in Roanoke, VA. She strives to create pieces that have a familiar narrative yet still convey a fresh look and allow for the unexpected. She uses acrylic paint, mixed media materials such as paper, handmade linoleum stamps, sewing patterns, maps, old letters, pages from books, and more. Smith graduated summa cum laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a major in illustration and minor in art history.

Located in Sam Houston Park and along Allen Parkway, Bayou City Art Festival Downtown provides unique art experiences and education for the greater Houston area, while supporting local organizations and promoting the impact that art has on the Houston community.