Judges & Judging
The 260+ art cars will be competing for awards in the following 14 categories:

• Mayor’s Cup $1500

• Parade Participants’ Choice $1500

• People's Choice $1500

•Best Art Cars (4) - decorated, embellished or augmented four or more wheeled vehicles. Judges select 4 winners in the Best Art Car category. $700 each

•Best Contraption—carts, chariots, constructions, couches, lawnmowers, wagons, wheelchairs, wheeled sculptures, oversized inchworms, etc. $250

•Best Cycle—decorated uni-, bi-, tri-cycle, motorized or not, includes scooters. $250

• Daily Driver—art car used as a daily means of transportation. $250

•Best Lowrider—painted, hydraulic, chopped. $250

•Best Music—ensemble on decorated vehicle or marching band. $250

•Best Painted—painted or airbrushed. $250

•Best Performance—show on wheels! $250

•Best Political Statement—political overtones, overt or otherwise. $250

• Greg Blankenship Skater Award — best decorated group or individual on skates. $250

 

Judges for the 21st Annual Houston Art Car Parade

2008 Houston Art Car Parade Judges

Ann Harithas, with her husband James, founded the Art Car Museum in 1988 and is a longtime supporter of the Art Car movement.

Dick Messer is Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. He has spent over fifty years building, restoring, racing and collecting cars.

Marilyn Oshman founded the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and has been a devoted advocate for the Art Car Parade from its beginning.

Joe M. Powell is an architect and Executive Director of the Rice University Building Institute. He has never missed a Houston Art Car Parade.

Dawn Ullrich is Director of the George R. Brown Convention Center and a tireless promoter of downtown Houston's vibrant cultural life.