COMMUNITY
FOR THE BIRDS SPRING IT ON WITH THE HOUSTON ARBORETUM
THE ARTISTS OF SAWYER YARDS know how to celebrate Earth Day – with their Spring Biannual Stroll & Sale benefiting the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center . Saturday , April 22 , from 5 – 10pm , is your opportunity to explore all five studios in the Sawyer Yards creative campus , buy directly from local artists and take part in a charity birdhouse sale .
Just for reference , the campus includes :
• SILVER STREET STUDIOS – 2000 Edwards St .
• SPRING STREET STUDIOS – 1824 Spring St .
• SUMMER STREET STUDIOS – 2204 Summer St .
• THE SILOS AT SAWYER YARDS – 1502 Sawyer St .
• WINTER STREET STUDIOS – 2101 Winter St .
From 3 – 5pm at Spring Street Studios , birdhouses decorated by local celebrities will be for sale during a silent auction . The roster of celebs includes Mayor Sylvester Turner , Rod Ryan of The Buzz , famed artist and sculptor David Adickes , internationally known artist Sharon Kopriva , broker / owner of Boulevard Realty Bill Baldwin and KPRC2 weatherman Frank Billingsley . Birdhouses decorated by the Artists at Sawyer Yards will be for sale ( one location in each campus building from 5 – 10pm ) for $ 100 each . All proceeds benefit the Houston Arboretum .
Sawyer Yards Creative Campus ( where LOCAL Houston magazine also makes its home ) is the outcome of a revolutionary partnership between some of Houston ’ s leading developers . Dedicated to preserving the creative culture of the quickly changing Washington Avenue Arts District , the project partners came together to create a permanent home for the creative minds of Houston . An inspiring mix of architecture , landscape design , traditional arts and non-traditional marketing , this creative community bursts with innovative energy , exciting cultural programming and creative idea exchange .
Come out and explore , and support local artists and our local arboretum .
www . sawyeryards . com
By Tim Moloney Photography by Jack Potts
44 LOCAL | april 17