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Presented by ORANGE SHOW CENTER FOR VISIONARY ART

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art preserves, promotes and documents visionary art environments, provides opportunities for the expressions of personal artistic vision and creates a community where that expression is valued.

Now in its 35th year, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art owns and operates the Orange Show Monument, The Beer Can house, and Smither Park, provides art education outreach through the Orange Show Art Bus, and produces the Houston Art Car Parade – the world’s oldest and largest event of its kind.

Funding is provided in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, The Brown Foundation, Houston Endowment, Wortham Foundation, Silver Eagle Distributors, as well as private contributions, in-kind support, and volunteer assistance.

Board of trustees Lynn Mathre, President Marilyn Oshman, Founder & Chairman Beverly Braden Diana Espitia Caroline Fant Samina Farid Pamela E. George Franny Koelsch Jeffries Sharon Kopriva Gardner Landry Ashley Langley

Tracy Levit Larner Glenn R. Legge Don Mafrige, Jr. Michael Moore Sue Payne Will Robinson Bob Schultz Jackie O’Keefe Wallace Dr. Alvia Wardlaw

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

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Lynette Wallace EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jewelz Cody ARTIST LIAISON & SCOUT Jennifer Choate VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Elaine Dillard DEVELOPMENT & PROGRAMMING Ruben Guevara PRESERVATION DIRECTOR Lynette Henry ART BUS & EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH COORDINATOR Victor Moralez PRESERVATION ASSISTANT Wendy Schroell ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Barrelhouse Media PUBLIC RELATIONS Event Elementz EVENT LOGISTICS GrowthForce ACCOUNTING Alex Rosa GRAPHIC DESIGN

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Welcome from the 2015 Houston Art Car Parade Chairs Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Programs Mayor Annise Parker Houston Art Car Parade Weekend Events Map of Houston Art Car Parade Route The VIPit Experience Houston Art Car Parade Judges 2014 Houston Art Car Parade Winners 2015 Houston Art Car Parade Entries

Welcome

From the 2015 Houston Art Car Parade Chairs

Aliyya and Herman Stude Welcome to the 28th Annual Houston Art Car Parade presented by The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art! It is our honor to be chairing this beloved, unique event that is the first and largest Art Car parade in the world, and the largest free public event in Houston. For 28 years, the Houston Art Car Parade has grown into an internationally recognized destination for the expression of personal artistic creativity, giving the opportunity for anyone with the “drive to create” a forum to express their talents.

This year, the Houston Art Car Parade features 114 entries from across the nation that have never participated in the parade before, 29 schools and youth groups who under the instruction of their teachers have created fascinating mobile masterpieces, a slew of biking and skating entries, and for the first time a true Houston tradition – the SLAB. As art car owners and drivers ourselves, we understand the talent, perseverance and creativity it takes to create this type of rolling art, which is why the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art’s educational outreach initiatives are so important. Providing the opportunity for elementary, middle and high school students to express their creativity, learn new skills and present a final product that they’ve put months of effort into in front of a crowd of nearly 300,000 on parade day proves to be an empowering and motivating experience.

Make sure to check out new entries this year from famed art car maven and HISD’s first dedicated Art Car Teacher Rebecca Bass and her students at Reagan High School, as well as acclaimed artist Patrick Renner and his class at Sharpstown International High School – both have fabulous surprises in store for us!

We hope that while you’re enjoying this year’s Houston Art Car Parade you can find some inspiration of your own to take home because that’s what this is all about – discovering the artist in everyone! We also encourage you to visit the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art’s website to learn more about their exciting projects and upcoming programming – www.orangeshow.org In the words of Orange Show Monument creator Jeff McKissack, “Love Oranges and Live!”

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The world famous

Orange Show Monument 2401 Munger St.

The Orange Show Monument is a work of art, an architectural wonder and the hub of our community that celebrates the artist in everyone. It was build single-handedly from 1956 until its completion in 1979 by the late Jefferson Davis McKissack, a Houston mail carrier. The outdoor, 3,000 square foot space is constructed of concrete, brick, steel and found objects including gears, tiles, wagon wheels, mannequins, tractor seats, statuettes and colorful mosaics 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 Monument is one of the most important folk art environments in the United States and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2006.

The Orange Show Monument is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm to 5pm, and between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Wednesday through Sunday from 12-5pm. The Orange Show Monument is closed for restoration January through March.

The beer can House

222 Malone St.

In 2001, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art acquired another Houston landmark, the famous Beer Can House, located in Rice Military. For over 20 years, retired railroad upholsterer John Milkovisch used every part of almost 50,000 aluminum beer cans to cover his 20’s-era bungalow. With garlands of beer can tops hanging from the eaves, and a yard filled with thousands of marbles, rocks, and figurines, The Beer Can House quickly became a notable landmark in a rapidly changing neighborhood.

After careful restoration, The Beer Can House was opened to the public for the first time in 2008 and since then has inspired hundred of thousands of visitors, and is often named one of the top destinations to visit in Texas.

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Art Bus

The Beer Can House is open Saturdays and Sundays, from 12-5pm, and between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Wednesday through Sunday from 12-5pm.

Built from a 1970’s mobile x-ray unit, The Orange Show Art Bus brings exciting art education to children in inner city Houston elementary and middle schools who have had their arts budget cut. Thanks to generous contributions from Texas Women for the Arts, IKEA, Texas Commission on the Arts, the Houston Arts Alliance and United Airlines, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art in collaboration with City ArtWorks produces an entire semester of arts curriculum, focusing on creative thought, art history and personal inspiration. Additionally, The Orange Show Art Bus travels to area festivals and special events providing art activities for the public.

A fun green space

Smither Park

2441 Munger St.

The newest project from The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art sits on a half-acre adjacent to the Orange Show Monument and is the city’s first folk art-inspired green space, providing an exciting new destination in Houston’s East End. Designed by artist and architect Dan Phillips in memory of the late John Smither, the first phase of Smither Park is complete and includes The Lindley Fish for musical and theatrical performances, The Vinson & Elkins Pavilion for family and community gatherings, swings for relaxing, a meditation garden for reflecting, and a beautiful 400-foot long memory wall adorned with mosaic images hand-placed by local artists. When the park is fully completed, each structure will be embellished by the same type of mosaic art.

Smither Park is open 7 days a week.

Houston art Car parade In 1984, Kit and Carl Detering donated a 1967 Ford Station Wagon to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art to be auctioned at their annual gala. With a budget of $800 for paint and plastic fruit, artist Jackie Harris transformed the car into a mobile work of art and called it “The Fruitmobile.” That same year, Ann Harithas curated an exhibition called “Collision” at Lawndale Art Center that featured several spectacularly decorated cars. All this activity resulted in the explosion of “art cars” on the streets of Houston and for the next few years, small gatherings of art cars began to pop up around the city. In 1986, as part of New Music America, the Orange Show produced a parade organized by Trish Herrera and Rachel Hecker that led to the opening event of the Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Two years later, the Houston International Festival asked the Orange Show to produce an event dedicated to art cars and the Houston Art Car Parade was born.

In its first year, the Houston Art Car Parade saw 40 entries and about 2,000 attendees. Twenty-eight years later, it is considered the largest gathering of its kind on earth – attracting over 250 of these mobile masterpieces to roll in front of 300,000 spectators along Allen Parkway leading into downtown Houston. Community groups, public and private schools, and professional organizations

have become regular participants along with trained and untrained artists of all ages who are inspired by what they see year after year and decide to create art cars of their own. The New York Times even proclaimed the Houston Art Car Parade as “a retina-saturating extravaganza.”

Now, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art celebrated the Houston Art Car Parade by producing an entire weekend of events, including the Sneak Peek at Discovery Green, Main Street Drag, the Legendary Art Car Ball and the Houston Art Car Parade Awards Ceremony, where $15,000 in prize money is awarded to artists.

For more information about all of these events, and to learn more about the history of the Houston Art Car Parade, visit www.TheHoustonArtCarParade.com

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Mayor Annise Parker Mayor Annise Parker is Houston’s 61st mayor and one of only two women to hold the City’s highest elected office. Parker has spent many years in service to the people of Houston, with six years as a City Council member and six years as City Controller. She is the only person in Houston history to hold the offices of council member, controller and mayor.

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is pleased to feature Mayor Annise Parker in the 2015 Houston Art Car Parade, honoring her decades of commitment to the city of Houston and support for our thriving arts scene.

Mayor Parker is a second generation native Houstonian. She graduated from Rice University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In the private sector, Parker spent 20 years working in the oil and gas industry, including 18 years with Mosbacher Energy Company.

She also co-owned a retail bookstore for 10 years.

Parker and her wife Kathy Hubbard have been together for more than 23 years and are advocates for adoption, with three daughters and a son.

10th Anniversary Celebration - Free entry! -

Join us April 11 after the parade at Discovery Green

Local Live Music until 7pm Green Vendors - Children’s Activities Tree Giveaway - Food, Beer, Wine Official Partner of the Houston Art Car Parade 4

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Weekend Events

MAin Street Drag Bringing the Parade to the People Thursday, April 9 9am to 1pm

Main Street Drag visits 30+ elementary schools, senior living, and special needs organizations, bringing the parade to the people, allowing those that may be unable to attend Saturday’s parade an opportunity to preview some of the participating Art Cars, meet the Artists, and experience first-hand the “Drive to Create!”

Sneak Peek @

Discovery Green Featuring

Aaron Neville, courtesy photo

Grammy Award winner

Awards Ceremony

Sunday, April 12 Noon to 2pm

AARON NEVILLE Thursday, April 9 6 to 10pm

Sneak Peek at Discovery Green is an evening of outdoor fun, kids entertainment, food, drink and live music at Houston’s beautiful Discovery Green Park! Over 100 of the art cars participating in the Houston Art Car Parade will be on display. All are welcomed to this free lively celebration of artistic freedom and the community that supports it!

Smither Park 2411 Munger St.

Each year, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art along with the help of our sponsors, is proud to award $15,000 in prize money to participants in the Houston Art Car Parade.

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Parade Day Events 10am

Get up close and personal with all the entries in this year’s parade, meet the artists and get excited for the main event!

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Free Press Houston Presents

Starting Line Party at Taft & Allen Parkway Art Car Judging Begins

Melvin the World’s Only Wacky Wheeler

by Robert Summerbell

Live Music, food, drinks and fun right at the start of the Houston Art Car Parade route! After the music, stay as the one and only Mills-McCoin and Friends announce the parade entries as they pass by!

Kids Zone at Sam Houston Park

Art activities, entertainment and more!

The Kids Zone in Sam Houston Park opens at 11am and will feature kids entertainment, a performance by the Young Harmonies of Houston, interactive arts and crafts from City ArtWorks, a mini bookmobile from Houston Public Library, specialty food and drinks, and shade. It’s free to attend and a great way to beat the heat with the whole family

Fusion of Contradiction

by Brandi Rene Hammond

2pm The parade rolls!

Reserved, shaded grandstand seating

Available in front of Sam Houston Park for optimal viewing of the parade and easy access to food, beverages and restrooms – plus you’ll get to hear the parade lineup commentary from local celebrity announcers.

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Lemon Line

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Katherine Whaley, Lily Jang, Chris Wadley

Asset Management Advisors / Lynn Mathre Mafrige Building Company / Mithoff Family Foundation Aliyya and Herman Stude

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Gretchen McFarlane, Andrew McFarlane

Terry Wayne Jones, Don Mafrige, Jr.

Arts Brookfield Eagle Global Advisors / Eddie Allen Caroline Fant, Samina Farid, Sue Payne Madeline Maude Haenggi Ann and Jim Harithas Houston Arts Alliance / City of Houston Tracy and Glen Larner Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown, LLP Marc Melcher Marilyn Oshman

Cabrina and Steven Owsley Quantlab Financial LLC RBC Wealth Management / Steven Herzog The Radoff Family Will Robinson Lane and Bob Schultz Silver Eagle Distributors The Simons Family United Airlines

ARt car Angels

Lane Schultz, Bob Scultz

Laurie and Randy Allen Laura and John Arnold Vicki and Brad Beitler CenterPoint Energy Disco Divas Mrs. Jenny Elkins Karen Hanebrink

Dobrowski, Larkin & Johnson, LLP Mary Morrison Redbud Gallery / Ortman Place Shelley and Jim Rice Will Robinson

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Luke Wrobel, Ernie Manouse, Helen Mann and St.John Flynn

Spectators watching the parade

Tiffany Alagarsamy Barbara Atkins Ferdinand Boudreau Harry L. Bowles Nicole Caver Jereann Chaney Betty Cody Romayne and Bill Cox Marita and J.B. Fairbanks Mary Fischer Wayne Gilbert Robert Huntley

John Illeman Victor Juarez & Wayne Blosat Kathryn & Michael Moore Robert Nowak Ronda Perguson Charlotte Procter Gayla and Jeff Maynard Minette Robinson Regina Rogers Leslie and Shannon Sasser H. Irving Schweppe, Jr., MD Elizabeth Smith

Fayez Sarofim & Co. Star Pizza TETRA Technologies, Inc.

Olive Spitzmiller Carolyn and Joe Staus Mike Stude Caryn Tebbe Dr. and Mrs. William Thorsell Edda and Phillip Tinis Kaye and Tom Tynan Bart Truxillo Hilary Vaughan Christine and Ramon West Laura Williams Lori Workin

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2015 houston art car parade Judges MICHAEL RAY CHARLES

Michael Ray Charles was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1985. In college, he studied advertising design and illustration, eventually moving to painting, his preferred medium.

Charles also received an MFA degree from the University of Houston in 1993. His graphically styled paintings investigate racial stereotypes drawn from a history of American advertising, product packaging, billboards, radio jingles, and television commercials. Charles draws comparisons between Sambo, Mammy, and minstrel images of an earlier era and contemporary mass-media portrayals of black youths, celebrities, and athletes—images he sees as a constant in the American subconscious. “Stereotypes have evolved,” he notes. “I’m trying to deal with present and past stereotypes in the context of today’s society.”

ANN HARITHAS

Ann Harithas is an artist, collector, curator and patron, and with her husband James, founded the Art Car Museum in 1988, a private institution with an emphasis on artists that are overlooked by other cultural institutions. She is a longtime supporter of the Orange Show Foundation, Art Car movement and Houston Art Car Parade.

Ann brought her love of the Art Car to her hometown of Victoria, Texas and The Nave Museum with several exhibits of Art Car artists.

Now in its fourth year, The Nave presents Art Car Parade & Festival, Saturday, April 18 in Victora. Ann has served as a Houston Art Car judge for many years, and continues to be an important part of Houston’s art car family.

MICHAEL ROQUE COLLINS

Michael Roque Collins is the current artist in residence and Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies at Houston Baptist University. Michael explains, “My philosophy of education in the arts revolves around several fulcrums of thought which have made me better able to represent my life’s thoughts and feelings in a more creative way. Technical excellence, the training of hand eye facility, mastery of the human form, exploring self and the cultural horizon all are central thoughts which drive my desire to aid others through their creative journeys.”

Michael is recognized as producing some of the most profoundly affecting figurative Post Symbolic paintings seen in contemporary art.

MARILYN OSHMAN

Marilyn Oshman is the founder and chairman of The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and is deeply committed to all its activities, which include preservation of The Orange Show. Marilyn and Ann Harithas, along with Walter Hopps, envisioned and implemented the art car judging and awards program as a way to encourage and celebrate the art form locally and nationally.

PEDRO FRIEDEBERG

In Pedro’s own words… …“I was born in Italy during the era of Mussolini, who made all trains run on time. Immediately thereafter, I moved to México where the trains are never on time, but where once they start moving they pass pyramids. My education was first entrusted to a Zapotec governess and later to brilliant mentors such as Mathias Goeritz, who taught me morals, José González, who taught me carpentry, and Gerry Morris, who taught me to play bridge. I have invented several styles of architecture, as well as one new religion and two salads. I am particularly fond of social problems and cloud formations. I admire everything that is useless, frivolous and whimsical. I hate functionalism, postmodernism and almost everything else.

My work is always criticizing the absurdity of things. I am an idealist. I am certain that very soon now humanity will arrive at a marvelous epoch totally devoid of Knoll chairs, jogging pants, tennis shoes and baseball caps sideway use, and the obscenity of Japanese rock gardens five thousand miles from Kyoto.”

Pedro Friedeberg’s work is in a number of Houston’s impressive art collections and has been aquired over the past thirty years.

Marilyn is driven by her passion and long-term interest in Houston’s art scene and has always been dedicated to the creation of a vibrant and interesting cultural climate. She currently serves on the board of The Menil Collection and The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art.

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Houston Public Media: The Cast of “Manor of Speaking” Ernie Manouse St. John Flynn Helen Mann

KTRK Channel 13 Katherine Whaley Kaitlin McCulley

CW39 Newsfix Craig Hlavaty Ky Meyer

90.1 KPFT

Bryan Taylor and Joanie King

Free Press Houston John Mills-McCoin and Friends

2014 Houston Art Car Parade Winners

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is proud to award over $15,000 in prize money each year to artists who excel in various categories. Last year’s winners represented and a combination of local and international artists.

MAYOR’S CUP GRAND TROPHY “The Tumbleweed Time Machine”

by Dennis McNett & Steve Olson

1ST PLACE Art Cars “LB1” by Freddy Leal

“Hen-A-Tron” by Smitty Regula

2 PLACE ND

“Eyegore” by Kimberly Bainter

“Antarticar” by Ella Cloud Lawrence “Versatile” by Big Al Bartell “Noah’s Reject” by The Lemberger Crew “Garrett Road Rat” by AJ Garrett

3 PLACE

Best YOUTH GROUP

“Flintstone Mobile” by Bob Wink “The Lipstick Car” by Patti Paulson “EarthRover1” by Dion Laurent “Honey I Shrunk the Car!” by Patrick Stanley

Best CONTRAPTION 1st Place (tie)“Travisaur.us”

by Travis Elementary Ron Arena, Teacher

1st Place (tie) “Ship out of Bottles”

by Sharpstown International High School Patrick Renner, teacher

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“Mom! Dad says “Have we got any bug spray? and then it went quiet…”

by Andy Hazell

2nd Place “DISC is OWL we do it!!!”

by Lovette Elementary – Ricky Polidore, Teacher 3rd Place “Light it up Blue” by The Westfield Schools – Fran Brochstein, Teacher

1st Place (tie) “Melvin the World’s Only Wacky Wheeler”

by Rob Summerbell

1st Place (tie) “ReclinerCar”

by Bill Logan

2nd Place “Snappy Snail” by Sam & Nancy Jones 3rd Place “Psycho-delic Road Toad” by Deb & Bill Elliott

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Best DAILY DRIVER

Best PAINTED CAR

1st Place “Texas Natives” by Chris Green (photo) 2nd Place “Homage to Rene Magritte”

by Mary Anne Fried 3rd Place “The Pollack-Mobile” by Matt Donohue

Best MUSIC

1st Place “The Dive Car”

by Carter Hines (photo) 2nd Place “Z-ENA The Mermaid”

by Bonnie Blue 3rd Place “And the Bands Played On”

by Charles Washington

Best POLITICAL STATEMENT

Best PERFORMANCE

1st Place “Wagner’s Brunhilde”

by Alexey Markin (photo) 2nd Place “WeebleWobbleWhomp Mobile”

by Kelly McCann 3rd Place “Luchamobile” by Todd Bowers

Best LOWRIDERS 1st Place Most Creative “La Manosa” by John Villareal-Vega

1st Place “Z-Bra Mobile Crew”

by Amy Lynch and friends (photo) 2nd Place “It Ain’t Easy” by Michael Bounds and the Real Night Train Band 3rd Place “A Day at Melon Beach”

by Last Concert Café

1st Place “Women that Rock AND Roll!”

by Bonnie Blue and Ms. Wheelchair Texas Ambassadors (photo) 2nd Place “Bike Houston”

by Michael Payne and members of Bike Houston

1st Place Hydraulics “The Boss”

by Sheila Villareal

Best CYCLE Best SKATER 1st Place “Groover”

by Conrad Tengler 2nd Place “Invisible Plane”

by Angel Neveah Cadriel 3rd Place “The Flower Bike”

by Ashley Pfeil

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1st Place “Get Weedy”

by Dave & Barb Welsh

Judging Criteria

Best COMMERCIAL ENTRY

1st Place Arts Brookfield 2nd Place – tie “Purple Prius” by Saint Arnold Brewery, artist Robynn Sanders “Gonzo Mini” by Saint Arnold Brewery, artist Gonzo247

THEME: The entry’s theme and how well it is conveyed through the title, decorations, costumes, etc.

CRAFTSMANSHIP: How well the entry is constructed, workmanship, deftness of construction, etc.

OVERALL DESIGN: Scheme, layout, coherence, style, etc.

ORIGINALITY: aka this packs a punch – out of this world!

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Bayou Rover Herman Stude Houston, TX

Saint Arnold 1959 CadillacRobynn Sanders Saint Arnold Brewing Company Houston, TX

Arts Brookfield Arts Brookfield Houston, TX

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Flatbed Full of Fun II Jeff Cordes Houston, TX

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Honor to the Flower Man Charles Washington Houston, TX

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Kaleidoscoot Gay Barlow Houston, TX

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Ruckus-A-Muckus Charlie Walton Houston, TX

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The Orange Harper Alt Houston, TX

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Lend a Hand The Alt Family Houston, TX

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Eat More Oranges Marcus Twain Houston TX

Mishell Karmann Ghia Kathamann of Santa Fe, New Mexico - Art Car Museum Houston, TX

Rosebud. Amber Eagle Art Car Museum Houston, TX

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The Art Bus Brian Zievert - Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Houston, TX

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Dion Laurent - Art Car Museum Houston, TX

Fruitmobile

Jackie Harris Houston, TX

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Shattered Vanity

Nicole Strine Houston, TX

Free Tibet Car Ann Harithas; Painted by Robynn Sanders - Art Car Museum Houston, TX

Bettie Pearl

Tha Ridgemont Repa Missouri City, TX

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Non Profit

The Slab King Houston, TX

Shock Top

Silver Eagle Distributors Houston, TX

Rat Wink Rat Rod

Bob Wink Houston, TX

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The Motorized Living Room

Pepper Mouser Houston, TX

Rochambeau (Rock, Paper, Scissors)

Robert Graham Junior Houston, TX

Shopper Chopper

Cal Van Sant & Brent Musser Kirkwood, PA

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Big AL Bartell Trinity, TX

Little Bit of Nonsense

Randy Blair Katy, TX

Train Evrin Ildiri Houston, TX

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Liberty Train (a concept locomotive) Isdale’s - Houston, TX

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Esh Lee Isaac Cohen Houston, TX

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Charlie Two-Tone Jason McElweenie Houston, TX

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Red Strip Scooters Richard Hanna Houston, TX

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Bender Conrad Tengler Chattanooga, TN

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Churnatron 1400 Natali Leduc Victoria, BC

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Darango 94 with Trailer Bill LeSueur Fort Worth, TX

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The Spooter a spider scooter William Workman- Houston, TX

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TunaTron 2000.03 & Friends Natali Leduc, William Hesser and others - ArtX - Houston, TX

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T-Bone aka TEX MEX REX and friend Snappy Snail Sam Jones - Houston, TX

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Carlagio Chris & Tom Reinsvold The Woodlands, TX

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A Fish called Wanita Scott Thorson & Larry White Houston, TX

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Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Richard Carter - Team Sashimi Houston, TX

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Octopus’s Garden

Carter Hines Savannah, GA

Andy Karavitis / Maggie Lasher - Houston, TX

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Joie de Vivre Holly Klemm Austin, TX

High Tide Jay Weiss Houston, TX

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Pink Flamingo Jay Weiss Houston, TX

Snorkler’s Delight

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Mermaid Matt Slimmer Houston, TX

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Tattoo Traveler Crash by Art Driven Austin, TX

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Latin Image Lowrider Bikes Martin Gomez - Latin Image Lowrider Club of Houston Sugar Land, TX

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The Maelstrom Pirate Ship of the Gulf Coast Ms. Scarlett - Houston, TX

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Austin City Life Crash by Art Driven Austin, TX

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Latin Image Lowrider Bike James Gomez - Latin Image Lowrider Club of Houston Sugar Land, TX

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Tsunami Crash by Art Driven Austin, TX

Carnes Firetruck and Mr. Magoo’s Caliope Carnes Parade Krewe Texas City, TX

Argus was Colorblind Jacobo Houston, TX

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This Be ART! Cary Preston Childress, TX

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Phoenix Rising Art Car Sarah Gish Houston, TX

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Brunnehilda Megan Freemantle, Alexey Markin, Sean - Waldron, Mike Freese Houston, TX

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Driving in Dreamtime Dennis Dillow Stafford, TX

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Bruce 2 Joanne Owens San Leandro, CA

INconspicuous Mary Forbes Houston, TX

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I’ve Got My Eyes On You Moral Turgeman Los Angeles, CA

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Chato Frank Ramos Expensive Taste Lowrider Club - Houston, TX

Latin Image Lowrider Bikes

Annabell Pena - Latin Image Lowrider Club of Houston Missouri City, TX

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Expensive Taste Lowrider Club Houston, TX

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El Chief Vince Lucio Expensive Taste Lowrider Club - Houston, TX

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La Otra Oscar Perrett

Dancing Queen Bus

Carnes Parade Krewe Texas City, TX

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Big Daddy Vicky Sapon Expensive Taste Lowrider Club - Houston, TX

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Elisio Hilario Houston, TX

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BatWing Johnny Rojas Houston, TX

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‘62 Chevy Impala

Sassy Sassy Almanza Expensive Taste Lowrider Club - Houston, TX

Chuc DeVille

Lorenzo Chuca Houston, TX

The Flash Drive Will Hill + Alan Krathaus Houston Center for Photography Houston, TX

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Jeff Towns Tribute Montrose Patriot Missouri City, TX

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Spot Elizabeth Burnham Houston, TX

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Shep the German Shepherd Bev Hayes - Houston, TX

Milton Hippy Dave Houston, TX

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Percy Peacock The students of Sam & Nancy Jones with Robert Blue - Jersey Village, TX

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Cheerio, the Hippo Car Tom Kennedy and Sue Shefman - Houston, TX

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Zebra House Zebra House Houston, TX

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Just Ask Mobile Reggie Bibbs - Just Ask Foundation - Houston, TX

Rhino Redemption Kevin Clark Reared In Steel Petaluma, CA

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Santa Car MK IV Bryan K Taylor Houston, TX

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The Cowboy Dave Show Cowboy Dave San Antonio TX

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Sock Monkey Mobile Eve Maulsby Pearland , TX

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Free Range Clown Car Bobby Lynn Browning Lebanon , OR

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Free Range Reveleers Banjo Youngblood & Miss Ani Banani - Bellingham, WA

Big Hot Wheels Toy Eric, Zander & Chelle Walker Robstown, TX

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Toyz In The Hood Sky Hag Spring TX

Stop Animal Cruelty Jaki Lee Waller, TX

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Magnetic Attraction Joy Lee Houston, TX

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Cozy Toaster Mike Yankovich Denver, CO

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Pianissimobile! Michael Remson - American Festival for the Arts - Houston, TX

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Ace Hardware Painting for the KIDS Houston Ace Retailer

Group - Kingwood, TX

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Vandaid Kelly Melchor Houston, TX

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Amblin Mark “Scrapdaddy” Bradford - Houston, TX Courtesy of Monsour Taghdisi

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Cutie Car Nala Malbrough Humble, TX

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Venus Hairse Beans Barton, Susan Venus Houston, TX

Blessing Garden Katie Sunstrom Houston, TX

Char Mark “Scrapdaddy” Bradford Houston, TX

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Psychedelic Surfer Dude Robynn Sanders Houston, TX

Mandala Mania Devereux Residential School Students April Matteis, Teacher League City, TX

THE BIKE Magnus Bjornsson, El Bandito, Jengus Roundtree Manvel High School Houston, TX

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Electric Ladyland Reagan

High School Art Car Students Rebecca Bass, Teacher. Johnny Rojas, Visiting Artist Houston, TX

Dragon Academy of Choice Students Kimberly Hopsen, Teacher Houston, TX

Steampunk Lobo Longview High School Art Car Club Jeff Hull, Teacher Longview, TX

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The Avant-Gardians Groesbeck High School Art Club Desirae Settlemyer, Teacher Groesbeck, TX

Greek Gods Pimp Their Ride Davis High School Mortals Paloma Garner, Teacher Houston, TX

Liberty HS Art Bikes Charlotte Tarbell, Teacher Liberty, TX

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Emergence The Fab Lab - Monarch School Patrick Waters, Teacher Houston, TX

Face Time

Sharpstown International H.S. Patrick Renner, Teacher Houston, TX

Senor Donkey Joseph Blanchard Baytown, TX

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Road Trip Around the World Art Car Club: Yes Prep North Central - Ally Wallace, Teacher Houston, TX

Cougar Pride Raymond Blanchard Crosby High School Crosby, TX

Evamor Water

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CFISD Super Bus CypressFairbanks ISD Community Programs - Melanie Dobney, Teacher Cypress, TX

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Smart-Cart Daniel Blanchard Baytown, TX

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Foundation of the USA Farmers Brad Webster Cypress, TX

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Lace Car Joe Haden Crockett, TX

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Tired & Feathered Joe Haden Crockett, TX

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Warm Featherette Joe Haden Crockett, TX

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Hungry Joe Haden Crockett, TX

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Snakes on a Van Peter and Sandy Loose Hull, GA

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Skate Force Quad Sag Wagon Larry “Funky Cold” Medina - Houston, TX

Tiny Drop Shannon Bryant & Shelly Pottorf Richmond, TX

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Buick Reflectra David Haim Houston, TX

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The Swat Bus Houston, TX

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Holly Berry Lonnie Hanzon/ Hanzon Studios - Houston Zoo - Houston, TX

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Stereotype One David Jungen Austin, TX

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Madonna Car Jose A. Benavides Chandler, AZ

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Lone Star Steeple Duvall, Mogstad & Vaquer Houston, TX

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The Drunken Mermaid Alicia Kahn Houston, TX

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Bottlecap Car Tina Pilgram Houston, TX

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Saint Arnold Mini Gonzo247 Saint Arnold Brewing Company - Houston, TX

POPART Cherie Smith & Sharon Neyland - Houston, TX

In Vino Veritas!

Fara and Tara Houston, TX

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Pieces of Me! Snappy Pants Dallas, TX

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Earth Day Houston Air Alliance Houston Houston, TX

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Bottletop Explosion Durham Elementary Art Students Sierra Jones, Teacher Houston, TX

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Stop and Smell the Flowers

Ruben Lee Valdez Houston, TX

DG2BB Bike Brigade Discovery Green, Workshop Houston, Buffalo Bayou Partnership & Discovery Green Houston, TX

The Simply Charming Dragonfly Students of Northbrook Middle School Stephanie Walton, Teacher Houston, TX

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El Muerto Echo

Robynn Sanders and Kristie Odom - Houston, TX

BikeHouston

Mary C Blitzer BikeHouston - Houston, TX

Cruisin’ with Chihuly Herod Elementary School Marla Roberson, Teacher Houston, TX

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All Hands On Deck @ HSES Holy Spirit Middle School Ross Purdy, Teacher Houston, TX

Memorial Drive Elementary Memorial Drive Elementary Deborah Guelzow, Teacher Houston, TX

Adventure Playground Firetruck The Parish School Jill Wood, Teacher Houston, TX

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Betsy, Transformed.

Hutchison Elementary Karen Downey, Teacher Sugar Land, TX

School House Rock Chris, Julie and Angelina Bifano Oak Forest Elementary Houston, TX

Light it Up Westview Westview School Art Students Fran Brochstein, Teacher Houston, TX

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“OWL”ways a Good TIME Lovett Elementary Visual Arts Rickey Polidore, Jr., Teacher Houston, TX

Falcon Fire The Students of Kinkaid Lower School - Lauren Taylor, Teacher Houston, TX

MPJHS for a Greener Tomorrow - Memorial Parkway Junior High - Donna Chronister, Teacher Katy, TX

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A Day at the Beach OH Herman Middle School Buffy DuPont, Teacher Van Vleck, TX

Hubcap Turtle Frank Black Middle School Art Car Team - Julon Pinkston, Teacher Houston, TX

Return of the Son of Moe’s Garage

The Night Train to Valhalla Houston, TX

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Get Onboard the STEM Parade! Techno Chaos Mike Hinkle, Teacher Sugar Land, TX

Orca Team Orca - Art 120 - Kathryn Warren, Program Coordinator Chattanooga, TN

KPFT’s Peacemobile KPFT Radio, 90.1 FM Houston, TX

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Moody Blues Ortiz Middle School Houston, TX Brandy Moes

Now Boarding: Santiago 2015 United Airlines Art Car Grant Recipient - HBU Art Car Partnership with Wesley Elementary Zachary Miano, Artist - Houston, TX

Babyboy Jesse Leal - Leal Bros.

Corpus Christi, TX

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Limetime Benny Leal - Leal Bros.

Corpus Christi, TX

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Pinky Adam Cantu - Leal Bros.

Corpus Christi, TX

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Purplicious Deandra Gomez - Leal Bros.

Corpus Christi, TX

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ChewBaru Rex Rosenberg Great Bend, KS

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Houston’s Zombie Response Team Van - Junior Da Hunter Humble, TX

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La Nalgona Abel Gonzalez - Leal Bros.

Corpus Christi, TX

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Overnight Celebrity Jesse Leal - Leal Bros.

Corpus Christi, TX

The Viral Punk Art Car Paul Hovland / Viral Punk Los Angeles, CA

EyeGore II Kimi Bainter Willis, TX

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The Head in the Bed The Lemberger Family Houston, TX

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Houston Scottish Rite Ron Brown - Scottish Rite Houston, TX

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Bubbles LaRue Robynn Sanders Sun City Center, FL

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Doodle Car Becky Mustachio Houston, TX

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The Garden Car Becky Mustachio Houston, TX

Strike Five Texas Wheelbarrow Association - Houston, TX

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Wheatgrass Car Zacaweista Farms Houston, TX

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Bee Happy Stephanie Pedigo Houston, TX

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NEWSFIX / CW39 Grego - CW39 Newsfix Houston, TX

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Texas Natives Chris Greene Houston, TX

The Roachster

Kenny Browning, Noah Edmundson & BFH crew - Houston, TX

The Grass Is Greener When You Recycle Ken Goar & Friends Houston, TX

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Todd “Papa Nacho” Bowers Luchadors Anonymous Houston, TX

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Hen-a-Tron Smitty Regula Houston, TX

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Bee Car

Luchamobile

Todd “Papa Nacho” Bowers Luchadors Anonymous Houston, TX

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Wannabe Bill Large Houston, TX

“Mom! Dad says “Have we got any bug spray?”

Andy Hazell - Knighton, Wales

Iron Maiden Kenny Browning & the BFH crew - Houston, TX

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Peace Expedition Kim & John Ritter Houston, TX

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Ride the Wild Mustang!

Kim Ritter Houston, TX

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Zena the 280Z Mermaid Bonnie Blue Houston, TX

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Women Rock Artcar Bonnie Blue Houston, TX

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Love & Luck The Dolan Sisters Houston, TX

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Flower Power Holly Ross Houston, TX

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The Love Van Wendy Tippens Chattanooga, TN

The Peace Mobile The Loe Family & Peace Hordes - Houston, TX

Economy Size Hippie Van Victoria Rodon Spring, TX

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Planet Karmann Shelley Buschur Houston, TX

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The Joy Ride The Greenhearts Austin, TX

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Peep Jeep - Yeah Baby!

John Gregory Houston, TX

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The Crapper Car Richard Simcik Waco, TX

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Harvey P. Car Raya Papaya Houston, TX

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Opti CAR Lusion Queen Becky Houston, TX

Art Is Charles Washington Houston, TX

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Homage to Charley Harper Mary Anne & Charles Fried Houston, TX

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EVOLVE Therese Leger Omaha, NE

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Dicey Chris Higham Houston, TX

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Paintjam Motorcycle Dan Dunn of Paintjam Magnolia, TX

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Splat!

Kim Hammond Kingwood, TX

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School Daze Austin College, ArtBus Austin College - Sherman, TX

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Hare Krishna Chanters Charles Young Houston, TX

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La Bamba Verde Rick Nelius Houston, TX

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Fusion of Contradiction Brandi Renee Hammond Houston, TX

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Mondrivan Whiskey Brisket Houston, TX

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The Stars And Stripes Forever The Carp Houston, TX

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AmeriCar Tracey Bautista League City, TX

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AmeriBus Tracey Bautista League City, TX

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Traveling Juke Joint Phillip Morris Nacogdoches, TX

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PHF Centennial James Hurst Houston, TX

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Indirigible George Sacaris and kids Houston, TX

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Heroicar Andy Hazell Knighton, Wales

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Freedom Van Lynda Farley Edmonton, KY

Saint Arnold Endeavour Prius Robynn Sanders Saint Arnold Brewing Company Houston, TX

P40-S10 Hp Dodge Bellaire, TX

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Map of Space & Time Tankgrrl Houston, TX

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NCC -1701 U.S.S. Enterprise Virginia Pierson-Turner LaPorte, TX

Back to the Future by Houston Symphony Gabriel Cohen Houston, TX

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Invisible Plane Angel Nevaeh Martinez Houston, TX

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White Tiger Esteban Martinez Houston, TX

Skully Esteban Martinez Houston, TX

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Free Press Houston Houston, TX

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Green Goblet with the Tribal Lillies Mitchell Clemons Houston, TX

Jet Car Jim Robertson Trinity, TX

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Sentrasaurus Carrie Moschitto Houston, TX

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Peculiar Thoughts Deb & Bill Elliott Houston, TX

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Fossil Fuel Sarah Hornik League City, TX

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Dragonfire Paul McRae Houston, TX

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Dragon Wagon Karen Lipshy Houston, TX

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PoP aRt CaRt Bruiser Goldberg Houston, TX

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Freedom Jeep Houston NORML Houston, TX

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Anti-Prohibition Unit Houston NORML Houston, TX

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My Crumby Art Car aka “Pastry Resistance” D. B. Wilson Sun Valley, CA

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Free the Leaf and Patient Houston NORML Houston, TX

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Bill Ludlam Houston, TX

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Baseball Houston Humble, TX

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Running this City Rick Hurt - Reach Unlimited Cypress, TX

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WeebleWobbleWhompMobile & WeebleWobble Cushman The Weeble Wobble Disney Disco Houston, TX

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Refuge for the Restless

J.M. Daniels Houston, TX

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The Car With Ping Pong Balls On It

Mary Amata Tyska Houston, TX

Howie Roll

Mike and Amy Maize Houston, TX

Kiss My Car

Cathy Betley Houston, TX

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Psychedelic Funk Machine Shane McWilliams Marrero, LA

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Music is Life Shane McWilliams Marrero, LA

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Art Recycle Trucks Houston Arts Alliance in partnership with City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department

Thank You, Houston!

2015 Houston Art Car Parade Chairs

Aliyya & Herman Stude

Houston Art Car Parade Steering Committee Rebecca Bass Mike Baumgartner Jonathan Beitler Tommy Bennett Jennifer Choate Jewelz Cody Greg Davis Steven Deterling Elaine Dillard Connie Ede John Gregory Ruben Guevara John Harvey Lynette Henry Sharon Kopriva Rebecca Lowe Kat Mims Scott Moorman Wendy Schroell Paul Spana Lynette Wallace

VIPit Experience Committee Tracy Levit Larner Don Mafrige, Jr. Marilyn Oshman Aliyya and Herman Stude

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Lynette Wallace, Executive Director Jennifer Choate Jewelz Cody Elaine Dillard Ruben Guevara Lynette Henry Kat Mims Victor Morales Wendy Schroell Barrelhouse Media / Jonathan Beitler Event Elementz / Greg Davis & Scott Moorman

Mayor’s Office of Special Events

Fabulous Trophy Making Artists Randy Blair Lynette Henry Bob Wink

Parade Script Jewelz Cody Kat Mims

Fresh Arts Pit Stop Partners

Box 13 Community Artists Collective Fresh Arts Horse Head Theatre

Thank you to our partners who help feed our volunteers

Susan Christian Stella Pereira

Heritage Society of Houston Alice Collette Carol Watson

Fresh Arts

Jenni Rebecca Stephenson Sarah Schellenberg Ariel Jones Angela Carranza Alexander Coco

Photos by

Morris Malakoff Mike Herrera, Ed Schipul, Isidro Urena, Jeremy Keas, Jonathan Beitler, David Brown – dabfoto, Nick de la Torre Paul McRae

Awards Brunch

Last Concert Café Hare Krishna Temple & Cultural Center Saint Arnold Brewery

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Orange Show Monument 2401 Munger St., Houston, TX 77023

photo by Nick De La Torre

Open 12 to 5 PM on the weekends From Memorial Day through Labor Day, open 12 to 5 PM Wednesday through Sunday Closed January through March Tours are $5. Children 12 & under are free . Groups, field trips, private tours and event rentals are available for additional charge and by appointment.

Smither Park

2441 Munger St., Houston, TX 77023

Smither Park is open 7 days a week.

Available for private rental.

The Fruitmobile by Jackie Harris

photo by David Brown, dabfoto

Smither Park Memory Wall 1 photo courtesy Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

The Beer Can House 222 Malone St, Houston, TX 77007

Open 12 to 5 PM on the weekends From Memorial Day through Labor Day, open 12 to 5 PM Wednesday through Sunday Tours are $5. Children 12 & under are free.

Groups, field trips and private tours available for additional charge and by appointment.

29th Annual Houston Art Car Parade April 9, 2016

Orange Show Center for Visionary Art 2402 Munger St. Houston, TX 77023 | 713.926.6368 | www.orangeshow.org

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Sponsors

Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys • Arnaldo Richards’ Picos • The Fresh Market • Fuddrucker’s Good Pop • Lillo & Ella • Natachee’s Supper ‘n Punch • The Original Ninfa’s on Navigation Raising Cane’s • Saint Arnold Café • The Table Nanny • Kraftsmen Baking

www.orangeshow.org