The Capital One Bank Creative Zone will feature interactive arts and craft stations for festival participants of all ages to showcase their artistic abilities. Managed by local non-profit organizations, Capital One Bank’s generous sponsorship directly assists the non-profit partners so that approximately 30,000 festival-goers can have fun creating art themselves.

“Capital One Bank is pleased to support the Capital One Bank Creative Zone for the second year in a row,” said Annella Metoyer, Houston Market President for Capital One Bank. “At Capital One Bank, we are proud members of the Houston community and constantly look for ways to make a real difference. For us, community involvement and helping to build residents’ pride in our community takes on many forms -- from teaching financial literacy skills and hosting community revitalization projects to promoting artistic expression through our support of events like the Bayou City Arts Festival.”

Festival patrons can visit the Capital One Bank Creative Zone and take part in creative activities facilitated by over 17 local nonprofits. Make your own jewelry, mini art car, pinwheels, sun prints and more. The following is a list of the confirmed Capital One Bank Creative Zone activities:

• Art League Houston – ECO-Wear - Turn bicycle tires and other recycled materials into fabulous jewelry!
• City ArtWorks – Garden Lanterns - Create paper lanterns inspired by John Singer Sargent’s flower paintings.
• Downtown YMCA – Spangles that Dangle - Select from an exciting assortment of beads and pendants to make the perfect art festival accessory!
• Houston Center for Contemporary Craft – Plastic Paradise - Reuse old transparencies, playing cards, and x-ray film into fabulous hair clips and decorations!
• Houston Center for Photography – Sun Photos - Use light and shadow to develop a monochrome photo print for framing!
• Lawndale Art Center – Party Pinwheels With Pizazz - Fold and decorate paper pinwheels.
• MECA (Multicultural Education & Counseling through the Arts) – Ornamental Rocks - Create a colorful paperweight or pet rock with paint and glitter!
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Bend and Twist Pins - Twist and wrap colorful wire to create magnificent broaches and pins.
• Orange Show Center for Visionary Art – Mini Art Cars - Not enough time to create a full-size model for the Art Car Parade? Let your imagination run wild and make a mini version!
• For the first year, Capital One Bank will bring Wax Hands to Creative Zone patrons. Dip your hands in wax to create a festival souvenir!

Capital One Bank is also proud to sponsor the festival’s first community mural, titled “Capital One Cares.” Join MOCAH (Museum of Cultural Arts, Houston) and award-winning artist Reginald Adams to create the weekend's largest artwork. Patrons can participate Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Catch the premiere of an astonishing new site-specific dance titled Point, well taken...  by CORE Performance Company at 2:00 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, at various locations throughout the festival grounds.

Over the past 38 years, the Bayou City Art Festivals have raised more than $2.5 million for local nonprofit organizations. Check out all of ACA’s Non-Profit Partners.

Ranked #7 art festival in the U.S. by the readers of AmericanStyle Magazine, the Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park is an award-winning one-of-a-kind outdoor art gallery that showcases local, international, and top galleried artists from all over the country. There will be an incredible selection of juried fine art by 300 artists representing 17 media formats, including clay, drawing/pastel, fiber/textiles, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and wood.