Bayou City Art Festival
bayou city art festival formerly westheimer colony art festival art festival held biannually art colony association houston texas festival held memorial park spring downtown houston fall art colony association originated known westheimer colony association collective effort lower westheimer business formed art craft gathering part beautification neighborhood westheimer colony art festival born art festival included juried art exhibit featuring work artist local national proceeds art exhibit benefited houstonbased charity community organization art group high school performing visual art shortly art festival began collective street fair evolved around ground would later become westheimer street festival late westheimer art festival began distance growing street festival eventually resulting legal dispute westheimer colony association organizer street festival right original westheimer street fest inc community organizer charge admission fee westheimer art festival moved montroseneartown venue westheimer road downtown location main street calhoun festival debuted bayou city art festival memorial park location spring event westheimer colony association changed name art colony association festival virtual caused covid pandemic crossroad westheimer becomes elgin midtown houston small plaza northbound spur becomes brazos street sandwiched brazos bagby plaza known westheimer colony plaza houstonians bayou city art festival origin westheimer colony art festival grown neartown root become citywide gathering since sam houston park venue fall festival due reconstruction smith street june revival former westheimer colony art festival took place gay pride weekend revived art gathering known westheimer art festival pluralization word art came informal name given westheimer colony art festival festivalgoers—the westheimer art festival relationship bayou city art festival promoter art colony association also hold true latest incarnation former westheimer street festival initially westfest compressed evolved westheimer block party