ArtCars in the Bay Area and Austin

Philo Northrup, Harrod Blank, and their co-conspirators bring their eleventh annual ArtCar Fest to the Bay Area starting September 27 with a caravan from the Amoeba Records in San Francisco to the shop's Berkeley location. Festivities continue through the weekend with visits to schools, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History and the "How Berkeley Can You Be? Festival and Parade" on Sunday. Dozens of tricked-out rides will be on hand, including Bob Castaneda and Joy Davis's Radio Flyer (image right) and Richard Carter and John Schroeter's Sashimi Tabernacle Choir (image left), featuring 250 hacked "Billy Bass" singing fish and lobsters. Link

And for those who are in the Austin area, Northrup and Blank are showcasing a selection of artcars at the upcoming DIY extravaganza Maker Faire Austin, taking place at the Travis Country Fairgrounds on October 20-21. Link

[woolie September 17, 2007 12:10 PM]

The sashimi car is a regular fixture here in Houston.. it's often parked outside the Rice graduate bar on Friday afternoons. :)

[heckadecimal September 17, 2007 12:11 PM]

MPLS has a big artcar scene too.
http://www.artcarparade.com/

[halfvenus September 17, 2007 12:20 PM]

I do have to mention that Houston is the home of the oldest and largest Art Car parade in the country. And the one and only Orange Show.

http://www.orangeshow.org/artcar.html

[woolie September 18, 2007 12:04 AM]

yeah, big surprise Austinites try to appropriate anything creative done in the state as their own.

[antfarmer September 18, 2007 9:50 AM]

Here is an art car I saw in Spring Green Wisconsin on August 16, 2007:

http://antfarmjournal.com/AF-Journal/ArtCarSpringGreen8-16-7/index.html