Art Colony Association (ACA), producer of the Bayou City Art Festivals, has recently announced Mike Piana as President of its Board of Directors. Piana has been elected as board president after serving on the board of the Art Colony Association for the past 12 years and supporting the Houston Arts Community for 15 years. His leadership will provide the board with professional guidance based on over 30 years of experience in corporate and entrepreneurial executive management.

Piana holds a BS degree and MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. He also owns both Larsen Oil & Gas U.S.A., L.L.C., and COR Rentals U.S.A., L.L.C., an oil field equipment rental company for the Americas.

New board members to ACA include: LaQuita Cyprian, Vice President of Business Banking, Capital One Bank, Italian-born Houston artist Nicola Parente, and Bien Tran, an Attorney with Strong Pipkin.