Art in the Park 2011: Defining Green

Title: Art in the Park 2011: Defining Green
Location: Russ Pitman Park 7112 Newcastle Street Houston, TX 77401
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Description: Come enjoy art in the natural setting of Russ Pitman Park with Art in the Park 2011: Defining Green. On view Daily – Dawn to Dusk April 1 through April 30.

June Woest, of Urban Artists, has curated Art Shows in Russ Pitman Park for the last 2 years. Join us in April of 2011 for a 3rd year of public art in the park. Stroll the park trails, enjoy the spring wildflowers, and appreciate art in a natural setting. Several artists from around the Houston area and around the state of Texas will have art pieces on display until early May throughout the park.

Contributing artists were asked to respond with a site-specific, temporary work to the word “green” for the 2011 art show in Russ Pitman Park. Join curator June Woest, artists, and naturalists for a talk about the exhibit and a tour of the pieces for free on Wednesday, April 6 at 7 pm.

Russ Pitman Park is a haven for a multitude of plants and animals and a home for numerous species of migrating birds. In a working collaboration, the artists and park naturalists explore the ecosystems of Russ Pitman Park’s native plants, trees, and grasses. Since conservation and education are central to the Nature Discovery Center’s mission, the participating artists consider the breadth of the park’s role as an escape from the hubbub of city life, to its more serious function as a place for observation and understanding of nature, plus the implications of the evolving process in constructing a natural landscape.

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-04-06