The Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project Takes Off

1Sharon Willcutts, Meredith Jack

2Simon Eyles, Linda Eyles, Chris Silkwood, Kelly Simmons – TRUE NORTH 2019 co-curators

3Simon Eyles, Linda Eyles, Chris Silkwood, Kelly Simmons – TRUE NORTH 2019 co-curators

4Chris Silkwood, Peter and Karen Mangan

5Chris Silkwood, Peter and Karen Mangan

6Jean Sartwelle, Emily and Jason Guyre, John Runnels and Tristan

7Jean Sartwelle, Emily and Jason Guyre, John Runnels and Tristan

8True North artists, past and present

9True North artists, past and present

10Joe Havel

11Joe Havel

12Marsha Dorsey-Outlaw (left)

13Marsha Dorsey-Outlaw (left)

14Tyri Centanni, Robert Woods, Keith Crane

15Tyri Centanni, Robert Woods, Keith Crane

16Jill Bedgood

17Jill Bedgood

18Michelle O'Michael, Jeff Forster

19Damon Thomas (left)

20Damon Thomas (left)

21Penn Huston, Gus Kopriva, Tanja Peterson, Ken Culotta

22Penn Huston, Gus Kopriva, Tanja Peterson, Ken Culotta

23Michelle O'Michael, Jeff Forster

24Sharon Willcutts, Meredith Jack

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After months of planning and work, project co-curators Linda and Simon Eyles, Chris Silkwood, and Kelly Simmons, and engineering and project consultant Gus Kopriva (owner, Redbud Gallery), finally got to raise their glasses to toast the 2019 launch of the True North Sculpture Project, a series of eight art instillations stretching from 4th to 18th streets along the esplanade of Houston’s historic Heights Boulevard. 

The launch party was hosted here at the Houstonia house with a group of underwriters, artists past and present, project organizers and board members from the Houston Heights Association.

The 2019 pieces will be on display until December 15. This year’s artist lineup includes Jill Bedgood, Jeffie Brewer, Jeffrey Foster, Meredith Jack, Peter Managan, Michelle O’Michael, John Runnels, and Damon Thomas. You can now grab your own little piece of True North history by ordering the True North 2019 art catalog via Bookemon. The catalog details the history of art on the boulevard, tells the artists’ stories, and of course captures the images of the 2019 sculptures.