People celebrate during the 35th Annual Houston Art Car Parade on Saturday, April 9, 2022, in downtown Houston.Large crowds flocked to downtown Saturday to celebrate creativity and car culture with the return of the Houston Art Car Parade.
Geekier vehicles would follow - like a pointy-eared “Baby Yoda” car, a giant chicken or the bee themed car, with a “keep hives alive” sign. Arcidiacono has attended the Art Car Parade for decades and missed the festivities during the pandemic.With painted red and yellow metal flames, fire extinguishers and a chicken on top, “The Phoenix” was another car making its parade debut. It rose from the ashes of a storage shed in Katy, after some heavy tinkering by Jay Weiss, 74.
“At first it was just a car for me,” said Daf Meza Flores, 20, one of the artists who worked on the car while a student in Heights High School in 2018.