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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:51:24 GMT

Sponsorships, Volunteering, and Donations - We have it All!

Sponsorships - Opportunities to sponsor the Orange Show Art Car Weekend, May 7-9, are now open! Learn how you can take part. Read more...

Volunteering - Volunteers joined together to learn John Milkovisch's skills of creating art out of beer cans. We processed hundreds of cans into replacement pieces for the house. Read more...

Donations - Do you believe in what we do? We sure hope so! We have several fundraisers and plenty of opportunities to donate! Donate Today!

California Pizza Kitchen - Eat at California Pizza Kitchen on a Monday or Tuesday after April 6th and CPK will donate 20% of your sales back to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art.

California Pizza Kitchen - No tastier way to promote a good cause!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:44:52 GMT

Eat at California Pizza Kitchen any Monday or Tuesday starting April 6th and CPK will donate 20% of your total sales will be donated to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art. Print out this ad and give it to your server- they'll take care of the rest.

VIPit Party - THE place to be on Parade Day

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:23:50 GMT

The official party of the Houston Art Car Parade, VIPit offers the absolute best views and features a deluxe picnic lunch from some of Houston’s best restaurants. Shaded bleacher seating, fun family activities, gift bags and live entertainment make VIPit THE place to be on parade day.

Individual tickets are $125
Tickets for children under 12 are $15.
Art Car Angel Packages for 10 are available for $1,250
Art Car STAR Packages for 25 are available for $3,750

Thanks so much to all for your support in helping to keep the Art Car Parade free for the Greater Houston Community!

The VIPit Party is the most lavish environment for viewing the 2009 Houston Art Car Parade. The VIPit Party provides some of the best viewing spots on the parade route and is held on the grounds of Houston's Historic Heritage Society. The party features delicious fare from Houston's best restaurants, ice cold beverages, bleacher seating, activities for children, gift bags, and live parade commentary with the inside scoop on all of the fabulous entries. Treat yourself, your family, and your friends to an unforgettable day viewing the world's oldest and largest Art Car Parade in style and comfort.

OSCVA - 2010 Board of Trustees

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:21:06 GMT

Mary Alderson
Beverly Braden
Fredricka Brecht
Jayme Cox
Diana Espetia
Dan Follette
Pamela E. George
Victor Gonzalez
Barbara Hinton
Caroline Huber
Sharon Kopriva
Gardner Landry
Glenn R. Legge
Don Mafrige Jr.
Lynn Mathre
Michael Mithoff
Michael Moore
Maria Moss
Maureen O'Driscoll-Levy
Marilyn Oshman, Founder and Chairman
Andrew Sansom
Bob Schultz, President
Stephanie Smither
Helen Vollmer
Jackie O'Keefe Wallace

Hours & Pricing

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:57:53 GMT

The Orange Show Monument The Orange Show Monument is one of the most unique & fun attraction in Houston, Texas Hours & Admission The Orange Show monument is open weekends Saturdays and Sundays from Noon – 5pm Admission to the monument is $1.00 per person Group tours, field trips, concerts and workshops may have other fees The Orange Show preserves, presents, and promotes the extraordinary artistic expressions of ordinary people. Your contribution helps to keep this vision alive and well. We will gladly accept donations. There is always a need for items for workshops, office equipment, and office supplies. Money is always good too! Contact Wendy Schroell, Development Dept to make an in-kind donation. The Beer Can House Hours & Pricing The Beer Can House is open weekends year-round Saturdays and Sundays from Noon – 5pm We are closed most major holidays Private group tours are available during the...

Art Car Entry Awards

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:45:34 GMT

Awards/Prizes

We have assembled an impressive panel of judges. They will make their decisions based on theme, craftsmanship, design and originality. Official judging takes place the morning of the parade from 9:00am—11:30 am and final judging occurs during the parade. The judging categories and awards are as follows:

Grand Trophy and $1500

Mayor’s Cup (Judges’ Choice)
Parade Participants’ Choice
Peoples’ Choice

Grand Trophy and $700

Best Art Cars (4) - decorated, embellished or augmented four or more wheeled vehicles. Judges may select as many as 4 winners in the Best Art Car category.

Grand Trophy and $250

Best Contraption—carts, chariots, constructions, couches, lawnmowers, wagons, wheelchairs, wheeled sculptures, oversized inchworms, vacuum cleaners etc.
Best Cycle—decorated uni-, bi-, tri-cycle, motorized or not, includes scooters.
Best Everyday Driver—any art car used as a daily means of transportation.
Best Lowrider—painted, hydraulic, chopped.
Best Music—ensemble on decorated vehicle with band.
Best Painted—any painted or airbrushed entry.
Best Performance—any entry that displays a performative element show on wheels.
Best Political Statement—any entry with political overtones, overt or otherwise.
Greg Blankenship Skater(s) Award — best decorated group or individual on skates.
Best Entry by Youth Group—entry created by 4 or more under age 18.

All winners receive a one of a kind handmade trophy created during our multiple trophy-making workshops throughout the Art Car Season. Total Cash Awarded $9,800

Orange Show staff, board, and judges are ineligible to win awards.

The Orange Show for Visionary Art

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:40:27 GMT

Vision: Encouraging creative self-expression. Mission Statement The Center preserves, promotes and documents visionary art environments, provides opportunities for the expression of personal artistic vision and creates a community where that expression is valued. Programs Stewardship We care for two of the most important American visionary art environments. The Orange Show Monument is maintained as a living work of art, the site of vibrant programs to help new audiences experience this work of art. Conservation and programming of the Beer Can House is being developed. Education Award-winning EYEOPENER tours share visionary art and community treasures with thousands each year. Tours are based on documentation and research housed in the largest visionary art archive in the southwest. Children experience the basic elements of art - color, line, texture and color -- at The Orange Show each year. Artist-led hands-on workshops,...

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:40:10 GMT

Vision: Encouraging creative self-expression. Mission Statement Love the Donations The Center preserves, promotes and documents visionary art environments, provides opportunities for the expression of personal artistic vision and creates a community where that expression is valued. Read More about The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art >> The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art preserves, presents, and promotes the extraordinary artistic expressions of ordinary people. Your contribution helps to keep this vision alive and well. Donate Now >> All members receive: Orange Show mailings 10% Gift Shop Discount Discount on all programs, including Eyeopener Tours Free Admission to The Orange Show and The Beer Can House ...

Orange Show Hands-On Art Workshops

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:39:56 GMT

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art believes that there is an artist within each of us.

We are all born with creative instincts that for many diminish over time. Through our Hands-On Art Workshops we help people reconnect with their creative spirit. An unending curiosity and unquenchable appetite for the drive to create fuels our diverse array of art education programs that encourages artists of every age and community.

Art-A-Peel Workshops

Field Trips for 3-5th Grade Students to create their very own works of art at the Orange Show! Past sessions have included workshops on Button Art, Trophy Making, Decorating, Recycling and Planting, etc. Workshops are subject to availability.

Center for Creative Expression

Art workshops designed to harness the healing power of creativity for adults striving to put the pieces of their lives together after experiencing life changing brain injuries.

About Eyeopener Tours presented by The Orange Show in Houston, TX

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:39:42 GMT

Mission - To create a community where artistic expression is valued. Tours For a full list of upcoming tours visit the Orange Show Calendar of Events History On our very first Eyeopener tour in September 1986, we visited John and Mary Milkovisch at the Beer Can House. We met Frank Mann, an unforgettable octogenarian who had flown the Spruce Goose with his friend Howard Hughes, and we saw the astonishing 1/5 scale working model of a Santa Fe steam rail car, built in six months to gain entrance to a steam enthusiasts' society. We saw Priscilla II relative to the world famous , life-saving swimming pig at her home, just blocks off Main Street at Pigdom. When the tour ended at Judge Roy Hofheinz's Celestial Suites at the Astro Village Hotel with a little reception in the mini-Astrodome, it was clear that something wonderful was underway. Eyeopeners, we called the tour, places that made you stop, look and look again. At our committee meetings, we tried to...

Folk Art Map

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:39:24 GMT

A tour of Houston’s most important sites of self-taught creation

In addition to preserving and operating two internationally know Folk Art environments, the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art promotes self-taught artists throughout the city as well as the many wonderfully quirky surprises that make Houston an “Outsider Art” lovers paradise.

Our Folk Art Map will take you on a tour of Houston’s most important sites of self-taught creation including: The Orange Show, The Beer Can House, The Flower Man and the Art Car Museum.

Orange Show Education Programs

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:39:07 GMT

Preserve and present works of extraordinary imagination and provide people the opportunity to express their personal artistic vision. The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is a non-profit organization, founded in 1980, to preserve and present works of extraordinary imagination and provide people the opportunity to express their personal artistic vision. Programs for Children and Adults Our programs for children and adults include hands-on workshops music storytelling performance, the award-winning Eyeopener Tour program and Houston's most popular public art event - the Art Car Parade & Festival. Our internationally acclaimed stewardship efforts preserve two of Houston's most famous cultural icons The Orange Show Monument and the Beer Can House. Our archive and library are used by students, scholars, the media and artists. Community Murals ...

History of the Houston Art Car Parade

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:38:26 GMT

Houston artist Jackie Harris transformed the car into a mobile work of art with a budget of $800 for paint and plastic fruit. In 1984, Kit and Carl Detering donated a 1967 Ford station wagon to The Orange Show Foundation to be auctioned at our annual Gala benefit. Houston artist Jackie Harris transformed the car into a mobile work of art with a budget of $800 for paint and plastic fruit. The Fruitmobile was donated back to the foundation by the group of six who purchased it. Also in 1984, Ann Harithas curated an exhibition called Collision at Lawndale Art Center that featured two art cars. All this activity resulted in a number of art cars seen on Houston streets. In 1986, Rachel Hecker and Trish Herrera organized a New Music Parade in conjunction with the New Music America Festival. Some 20 artist floats and art cars paraded down Montrose Boulevard, ending at the dedication of the MFAH sculpture garden. A few months later, Susanne Demchak organized a Road Show at The Orange...

The Houston Art Car Parade is fantastic, fun and FREE

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:38:09 GMT

It is also the Largest Art Car Parade around! The Art Car Weekend is the Orange Show's biggest outreach program, a vehicle for the message that art is an integral part of everyone's everyday life. The weekend's events are Part folk art, Part fine art, Part wholly artistic expression of every kind, Entirely monumental and Thoroughly spectacular! Spectators History of the Parade The Houston Art Car Parade is a free event, thanks to the generosity of our artists, sponsors and Orange Show donors. Any place on Allen Parkway between Taft and Bagby is a great view, but we encourage you to come to the party before the party as the cars line up at Taft and Allen Parkway beginning at 9am - view the magnificent works of art up close and meet the artists. Parade rolls at 1pm! In 1987, the Houston International...

History of The Orange Show Monument

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:37:44 GMT

Jeff McKissack created The Orange Show in honor of his Favorite Fruit Houston postman Jeff McKissack created The Orange Show in honor of his favorite fruit and illustrate his belief that longevity results from hard work and good nutrition. Working in isolation from 1956 until his death in 1980, McKissack used common building materials and found objects — bricks, tiles, fencing, farm implements — to transform an East End lot into an architectural maze of walkways, balconies, arenas and exhibits decorated with mosaics and brightly painted iron figures. When McKissack died, Houston arts patron Marilyn Oshman formed a non-profit foundation to preserve The Orange Show. The 21 original donors represent a diverse cross-section of Houston -- Dominique de Menil, Nina Cullinan, members of the legendary Texas rock band ZZ Top and East End funerary director Tommy Schlitzberger. In 1982, the restored site opened and newly hired staff began to integrate The...

Visit The Orange Show Monument

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:37:26 GMT

The Orange Show Monument is one of the most unique & fun attraction in Houston, Texas Hours & Admission The Orange Show monument is open weekends Saturdays and Sundays from Noon - 5pm Admission to the monument is $1.00 per person Group tours, field trips, concerts and workshops may have other fees The Orange Show preserves, presents, and promotes the extraordinary artistic expressions of ordinary people. Your contribution helps to keep this vision alive and well. We will gladly accept donations. There is always a need for items for workshops, office equipment, and office supplies. Money is always good too! Contact Wendy Schroell, Development Dept to make an in-kind donation. The Orange Show is closed for major repairs mid-December through mid-March as well as the month of August. Access to the monument may be available during these times, for self-guided tours only. Please call the office at (713)...

The Beer Can House in Houston, TX

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:37:10 GMT

Ripley's Believe It or Not estimated that over 50,000 cans adorn this monument to recycling. John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, started his project now known as the Beer Can House in 1968 when he began inlaying thousands of marbles, rocks, and metal pieces into concrete and redwood to form unique landscaping features. When the entire front and back yard were completely covered because he got sick of mowing the grass, he turned to the house itself and began adding aluminum siding - aluminum beer can siding, that is. Over the next 18 years the house disappeared under a cover of flattened beer cans for both practical and decorative reasons. Garlands made of cut beer cans hanging from the roof edges not only made the house sing in the wind, but also lowered the family's energy bills. Ripley's Believe It or Not estimated that over 50,000 cans adorn this monument to recycling. Read the Complete History of the Beer Can House >> ...

The Orange Show is a Folk-Art Environment

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:36:52 GMT

A Monumental Work of Handmade Architecture The Orange Show is a folk-art environment - a monumental work of handmade architecture - located in Houston's East End. It was built single handedly from 1956 until its completion in 1979, by the late Jefferson Davis McKissack, a Houston postal worker. The outdoor 3,000 square foot environment is maze like in design and includes an oasis, a wishing well, a pond, a stage, a museum, a gift shop, and several upper decks. It is constructed of concrete, brick, steel and found objects including gears, tiles, wagon wheels, mannequins, tractor seats and statuettes. Jeff McKissack's creation extols the virtues of his favorite fruit and encourages visitors of all ages to follow his theories relating health and longevity to good nutrition, hard work and eating oranges. The Orange Show is one of...

Video Gallery for The Orange Show

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:47:02 GMT

The Orange Show is a Folk-Art Environment

A Monumental Work of Handmade Architecture

Dengue Fever perform at the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art in Houston, TX on March 29, 2008. Visit http://www.BreakfastOnTour.com for more music-focused content!

Allen Oldies Band plays "I fought the law" at Orange Show

Home Page - Become a Member

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:56:12 GMT

Make an Impact by Becoming a Member of the Orange Show

By becoming a member, you will be able to join the Orange Show team in being a part of the art movement in Houston. You'll get inside information and exciting opportunities to be a part of our biggests events.

Ready? Then join today!

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**Home Page - Sponsorship, Volunteering, Donations **

Sponsorships, Volunteering, and Donations - We have it All!

California Pizza Kitchen - No tastier way to promote a good cause!

VIPit Party - THE place to be on Parade Day

Thanks so much to all for your support in helping to keep the Art Car Parade free for the Greater Houston Community!

OSCVA - 2010 Board of Trustees

Hours & Pricing

Art Car Entry Awards

Awards/Prizes

Grand Trophy and $1500

Grand Trophy and $700

Grand Trophy and $250

The Orange Show for Visionary Art

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Orange Show Hands-On Art Workshops

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art believes that there is an artist within each of us.

Art-A-Peel Workshops

Center for Creative Expression

About Eyeopener Tours presented by The Orange Show in Houston, TX

Folk Art Map

A tour of Houston’s most important sites of self-taught creation

Orange Show Education Programs

History of the Houston Art Car Parade

The Houston Art Car Parade is fantastic, fun and FREE

History of The Orange Show Monument

Visit The Orange Show Monument

The Beer Can House in Houston, TX

The Orange Show is a Folk-Art Environment

Video Gallery for The Orange Show

The Orange Show is a Folk-Art Environment

A Monumental Work of Handmade Architecture

**Home Page - Become a Member**

Make an Impact by Becoming a Member of the Orange Show

Home Page - Sponsorship, Volunteering, Donations

Home Page - Become a Member