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CowParade Austin 2011

Allison was commissioned by a panel of judges in Austin, as well as the CowParade committee and Austin Sponsors, to not only paint one cow, but four!!! This is quite an honor, as no other person in CowParade history, among thousands of artists in the world, has ever been chosen to paint that many cows.

She was interviewed on television with “Pi-COW-sso on KVUE , has been featured in the newspaper several times, as well as magazines and online journals.

To top it all off, her first bovine, which is officially titled “Partying with Pi-COW-sso” , has been one of the few chosen to be reproduced for the Extra Large, Museum Edition replicas, which are sold all over the world.

To order Allison's cow figurine click here

   
 
 

Colorful cows hit Austin streets
By Michael Barnes/AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Published: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Allison Gregory is one of the artists who decorated a CowParade statue. She calls her work 'Parting with Picowsso.' You can find the cows throughout Austin and at the Long Center preview party tonight.


To see Allison’s herd, please double click on their pictures!
 


Partying with
Pi-COW-sso



A MOO-Sical MOO-saic

A Psy-COW-delic
COW-ssword Puzzle		  
MOO-sy in the Sky
with Diamonds		  

History of Cowparade and Cowparade Austin:
The first CowParade exhibit was staged in Chicago in 1999 with 340 cow installations displayed principally along Michigan Avenue. Crane’s reported at the time that the event attracted an estimated five million people to the city and increased the revenues of restaurants, hotels and
retailers by more than $100 million. Since it’s introduction, CowParade is now the largest and most recognized public art event in the world! CowParade exhibits, held in 75 cities in 30 countries on six continents to date, have produced more than 5,000 of the signature cow canvases painted on and transformed by emerging, established and even famous artists like Peter Max and Romero Britto. The exhibits have been viewed by upwards of one half billion of the global population.

 Each CowParade event has an important charitable component. At the end of the three-month-long exhibit, about 50 of the best event cows are sold at a live auction gala for the benefit of the nonprofit with which CowParade has partnered in the venue. In Austin, CowParade is  partnering with the Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas to benefit Dell Children’s Medical Center and the Superhero Kids Fund. Superhero Kids Fund provides financial assistance for families in need that are receiving treatment at Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center. From helping with travel expenses to keeping a family’s lights on, Superhero Kids Fund works to fulfill its mission of enhancing the quality of life for patients and their families during treatment. At the end of the three-month-long exhibit, about 50 of the best event cows are sold at a live auction gala to benefit the medical center. In the U.S., auction prices have averaged nearly $10,000 per cow.
Globally, CowParade has raised in excess of $30 million for its nonprofit partners.
In addition, CowParade also reproduces selected cows from each event, in the form of replica figurines, that can be Purchased in three size categories – Museum Edition (large and extra large), the Collection (medium) and Minimoos (small).  To date, replica figurines of approximately 700 different cows have been produced, of which several hundred have been retired.  There now are thousands of collectors in the United States and around the world.

For more information on CowParade, or to order “Partying with Pi-COW-sso”, Allison’s Museum Edition cow, please go to: www.cowparade.com.

To see network features of CowParade Austin, please go to their website.
You can also view the latest news, read magazine and newspaper reviews, see photos of the preview party, and browse through the “artist stories”. www.cowparadeaustin.com
 

UPDATE!!!

JAY LENO- COWPARADE CHARITY AUCTION- SUPERHERO KIDS:

On November 13, 2011 , Allison's cows were finally auctioned off by Tonight Show host Jay Leno and world famous auctioneer Spanky Assister. The proceeds will benefit the "Superhero Kids", a special program involving families in need at the Dell Children Blood and Cancer Center Hospital.

The evening was packed with excitement as it was the most profitable CowParade to date, earning a record breaking $1.58 million! One of Allison's cows, "MOOSY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS" , sold for $100,000! The money generated from "MOOSY...", combined with the closing bids on Allison's 3 other cows came to $220,000!

 


  

 


 
 
 
 
Austin GuitarTown Project

Allison was selected by a panel of public celebrities, including Willie Nelson and Mayor Will Wynn, as one of the 20 artists to paint a 10ft. guitar. There were hundreds of applicants in the selection process, so it was quite an honor to be chosen for such a project.

The Austin GuitarTown project was a public arts project dedicated to bringing visual and musical artists together, ithrough a unique display of 10ft. Gibson Guitar sculptures, that were placed throughout the city in November 2006. The project raised $589,000, benefiting four designated Austin based charities. Allison’s guitar was auctioned off and sold to Frost Bank at a closing bid of $16,800.
 

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March 2009

 ALLISON NAMED OFFICIAL ARTIST OF 2009 PECAN STREET

Allison’s recent exhibition at Art on 5th Gallery sparked some interest with the city. When the gallery asked her to paint a cityscape of the downtown skyline, she depicted a whimsical, funky rendition of Austin. The piece, entitled “In the Town Where We Live” , was sold to the director of the Pecan Street Art Festival. As of Fall 2009, it will be the official image/logo AND PRINT  for the infamous event, which will be held the last weekend of September.
 

Texas Folklife Festival

    The Texas Folklife Festival was modeled after the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival, which was held in Washington, D.C. in 1968. In 2006 Allison was commissioned by The City of San Antonio to design the Texas Folk Life Festival poster. The annual festival is a celebration of ethnic Texan cultures sponsored by the University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures.  The artwork selected by panel of judge’s (below) was the artists’ vision of prominent icons in Texas pop culture. The guitar , longhorn and cowboy boot are all ubiquitous symbols throughout the Lonestar State. Only 250 posters were printed in limited editions and now those original posters have increased in value, selling on the website at $60.00.  The small number of the posters that are signed and numbered by Festival artists for the Institute , have been known to sell to collectors years later for as much as $2000 and up. To purchase one of these prints, go to their website at www.texascultures.com