Houston
May 1st, 2008I’ll just admit that Houston never really excited me, but I had only ever driven through the city until a couple weeks ago when Scott, Adam and I went for a visit. Among other things, we wanted to check out the Redbud Gallery, where Adam is having a show in June.
One of our favorite parts of the trip was seeing The Orange Show. It’s an amazing folk art environment created by the late Jefferson Davis McKissack.
It has a couple performance areas with seating, a maze-like design, and beautiful details.
From the website: “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.”
We can only wonder what the performances would have been, as McKissack died before putting on The Orange Show, but I’m grateful we can visit the site. Thanks to the Orange Show Center For Visionary Art, which preserves this site and promotes public art. Next on our agenda is a visit to the Beer Can House, and we’re going to miss the Art Car Parade this year on May 10th, but hope to make it in ’09. I’ve been won over by Houston!
-Amy