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Scrap Daddy's Welding Workshop
2012-05-09
This past Sunday, less than a week before the Houston artcar parade and with an artcar of his own sitting in a somewhat less than finished state, Mark "Scrap Daddy" Bradford generously opened his shop [more...]
Artcars at Uptown Park
2012-05-08
When it's artcar season everyone wants a piece of the artcar action. Last Sunday, only six days before the Houston Artcar Parade, the shops at Uptown Park in Houston's Galleria area hosted an artcar open [more...]
Texans Connor Barwin and JJ Watt to be Grand Marshall says Orange Show
2012-05-08
The Orange Show Foundation announced today in a press conference that Houston Texans Defensive Ends Connor Barwin and JJ Watt would be presiding as Grand Marshalls for the 2012 Houston Artcar Parade. [more...]
Art Attack!
2012-05-08
With mere days remaining before the Houston Artcar Weekend and lots of loose ends remaining, and half her students away at senior prom, Rebecca Bass decided to call in the big guns. She put out the [more...]
Lisa Gray's Transmogrified Parade Coverage
2012-05-07
The Houston Artcar Parade is less than a week away so with perfect timing the Houston Chronicle posted an article previewing the parade in their Sunday edition yesterday. The article, by Lisa Gray, [more...]
George Hixon's Photo Show Takes Us Back to the First Houston Artcar Parade
2012-05-06
Amy's Fact Sheet:
Cars in Attendance:
Z-Bra Mobile by Amy Lynch
Hen-A-Tron by Smitty Regula
Smitty's Rat Rod by Tony Silva
Map of Space and Time [more...]
East side Pride Shows through at East End Street Festival
2012-05-06
I got the call to report on the East End Street Festival, a new Cinco De Mayo event on Houston's east side. It was my first assignment for Artcar Nation and I was ready to take on the job. [more...]
Stick 'Em Up Parking Lot Party
2012-05-06
A small but feisty contingency of artcars led by Jake Goldstein and Amy Dinn in the Von Tiki Van, held a party in the parking lot of the MFA last night. The artcars were on hand to see Stick 'Em [more...]
Volunteer Organizing at First Thursday
2012-05-05
The week before the annual Houston Artcar Parade the wheels of organization were churning. As part of Mid Town Main's monthly First Thursday of the Month event, when all the shops in Midtown [more...]
Earth Wind and Fire Car Makes Debut
2012-05-04
A bustling grocery store parking lot was the scene for the debut of Earth Wind and Fire (and Water) and artcar created by the art students of Jeff Davis High School under the direction of Rebecca [more...]
CW39 Artcar Moments
2012-05-04
Continuing their coverage of the Houston Artcar Parade, CW39 NewsFix has posted a series of short "Artcar Moment" videos on their YouTube channel. The videos feature some of our [more...]
Vanadu coming to Houston from Washington D.C.
2012-05-04
The Houston Artcar Parade, coming on May 12th will literally be bumper-to-bumper with every conceivable artcar and contraption. Many of these vehicles you have seen before, if not in person [more...]
Draka Enters Boca Bearings 2012
2012-05-03
Draka, the fire breathing dragon created by Lisa Nigro is the latest Burning Man Artcar to enter the Boca Bearings 2012 Innovation Competition. This contest seems to be a magnet for Burning Man [more...]
HACK Awards, Time to Vote
2012-05-03
The Houston Artcar Parade Weekend is only a week away and that means that it's time to cast your vote for the HACK awards. So if you are a member of HACK, get those votes in to Nicole Strine by [more...]
Chevy Sonic Let's Do This
2012-05-02
Last year Chevy Sonic launched the Urban Art Series, 3 cars that were hand painted by renowned [more...]
Artcars Plan Field Trip to See Stick 'Em Up
2012-05-02
An artcar outing has been planned for Saturday night in Houston and everyone is invited. The movie, Stick 'Em Up. The Venue, Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
The movie begins at 9pm [more...]
4 Houston Artcar Artists featured in 002 Magazine
2012-05-02
A new cover story in 002 a self described guide to hip, current, and cool in Houston, features 4 prominent Houston artcar artists. The article, which includes a quote [more...]
Artcar Parade Retro 1986 By George Hixson
2012-05-01
Via the Orange Show:
"Rewind to 1986 with wildly creative art cars and the crazy antics of the Urban Animals roller skating gang. Relive the “New Music Parade,” the inspiration [more...]
Catching Up with Shelley Buschur
2012-04-30
When last we visited Shelley Buschur her artcar was a mess. Planet Karmann, her first solo artcar [more...]
CW39 NewsFix Parade Coverage
2012-04-30
CW39 NewsFix website has ramped up their coverage of the Houston Artcar Parade with the launch of a page dedicated especially to the longest running, biggest and most spectacular artcar parade in the [more...]
Night Painting with Amy Lynch
2012-04-30
It's 10 o'clock in the evening and my phone rings. It's a text message from Amy Lynch. "I'm painting the Zebra" she writes. When I received the text I happened to be having a late dinner with [more...]
Work Pace intensifies on Earth Wind and Fire Car
2012-04-29
Artcar Nation was back at Jeff Davis High School last week to check on the progress of the Earth Wind and Fire car. We timed our visit with the arrival of Isaac Cohen and the completed fire effect [more...]
Artcars in Space
2012-04-28
For most people, space is a place of fascination. Who cannot look at the star filled night sky without feeling a sense of awe and wonder? In earth's short history of space exploration, America [more...]
SACBO, A Seattle Solstice Tradition Continues in 2012
2012-04-28
The Seattle ArtCar Blowout is coming right up! SACBO, as it's called, is always held in conjunction [more...]
Catching Up with Isaac Cohen
2012-04-24
Two years ago on Artcar Weekend in Houston, Isaac Cohen suffered a mild heart attack. As one might expect, his doctor told him to take it easy and slow down. For a time Isaac heeded his [more...]
