October 16, 2018 | UHCL Staff
One of Alex Malone’s missions as managing director of University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Bayou Theater is to offer more family-friendly events to make the arts more accessible to the community. UH-Clear Lake’s inaugural Family Art Day, to be held in the Bayou Building on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 1-4 p.m., is the first of what Malone hopes will become a monthly Clear Lake tradition.
“The event’s headliner is Trout Fishing in America, a four-time Grammy nominated folk rock and children’s music duo, performing at 2 p.m.,” Malone said. “Their performance is ticketed. But FAD events will be ongoing throughout the afternoon, and it’s not necessary to have tickets to the performance to enjoy the other events going on. All FAD events will be free and open to the community.”
Malone said that UHCL’s Student Life Office, Art School for Children, the Office of Student Orientation and New Student Programs, and UHCL Storytellers will be presenting fun and engaging things for families to do. “Hunter the Hawk will have a story time and pose for photos, and Chartwells, the university’s dining service, will be selling kid-friendly foods,” he said. “All areas of our university are excited to participate.”
For now, Malone said, he plans to schedule a UHCL Family Art Day once a semester. “We’re trying to build it up to become something sustainable and make it a regular, vibrant part of the family arts and entertainment landscape for Clear Lake.”
