Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

12/22/2023

Exciting News - We have moved!

Follow us at our official Orange Show Center for Visionary Art page at https://www.facebook.com/theorangeshow/ for the latest on the Orange Show's 37th Annual Houston Art Car Parade & Festival, as well as our anticipated 2024 art programming.

01/05/2023

Applications to submit your Art Car entry for the 2023 parade are open! Join us on April 15th for the world's largest celebration of art cars - all you need are a set of wheels and the drive to create!

April 10-16, 2023 - Houston, TX - presented by Team Gillman - The world's largest gathering of Art Cars returns for the 36th year, featuring over 250 mobile masterpieces and an entire week of events celebrating innovation, imagination, and the drive to create!

08/16/2022

The Orange Show Study Center contains its curatorial office, library, and a micro-gallery of unusual fancy and particular potency, accessible during scheduled events and by appointment. We are thrilled to introduce this space with the recent work of Carol Sandin Cooley, an active participant in Houston’s creative community at least as far back as her involvement with the 90s-era psychedelic noise outfit Sad Pygmy. This is her first solo exhibition and it features works on paper, cardboard, and ceramic. Artist-curated performances take place on opening night and most Saturdays throughout the month within Sonia Flores’ held-over ‘Ascendants from the Future’ in the OS World HQ dock space. Absolutely do not miss.

06/11/2022

What a pleasure to meet two descendants of the McKissack family, Diane Ferguson and Betty Drda. We toured the show and looked at some family correspondence in the archives. Keep in touch!

05/05/2022

Relive this year's Houston Art Car Parade by checking out our awesome 2022 recap video, featuring our new anthem "Strong Together" from Bayou City Comeback Chorus.Huge thanks to Team Gillman for all their support, and a very special thank you to all the artists who participated this year, and all the spectators that came out to cheer them on. Mark your calendars for April 15, 2023 when we celebrate #36!

04/13/2022

THANK YOU HOUSTON for an incredible 35th Annual Houston Art Car Parade Weekend, proudly presented by Team Gillman and the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art! While we let our engines cool, make sure to tune into ABC13 Houston on Saturday, April 23rd at 1pm for an hour-long special about this year's parade!

Photos by Danitza Ladwig

04/05/2022

Iconic Art Cars throughout the decades🤩 Get ready to see them back in action after a 2 year hiatus 12-4 THIS Saturday!! The world's biggest celebration of art cars and the largest free public art event in Houston presented by ! Check out more at the link in our Bio ➡️
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04/03/2022

The 2022 Legendary Art Car Ball is only five days away! Grab your tickets now at www.artcarball.com and don't miss out on music + art from:
Golden Dawn Arkestra
Bayou City Comeback Chorus featuring Kam Franklin and an all-star lineup
Houston's A S S
Boogie Soul
Free Radicals
Kara Dion
Dessie Love-Blake
Input Output
Hannah Bull
and over 100 incredible illuminated art cars!!!