Hot Air Balloons is an exhibition for children. Fourteen colorful prints are mounted at a child's eye level, making it easy for them to view and explore. 20 more images are shown in a continuous slide show.

There are model balloons hanging from the ceiling, with cards in the shape of clouds and flags, each printed with information and fun facts about hot air balloons.

Up to 10 light boxes, each with an image, are mounted behind a panel with viewing holes. On the panel is a happy, painted scene.

Information cards with an introduction to hot air balloons, and a description of how they work, round out this fun, educational exhibition.

Hot Air Balloons was developed at the request of the 29th annual Cervantino International Art Festival in Guanajuato, Mexico, October, 2001. The Cervantino is the largest art festival in Latin America, and attracts hundreds of thousands of people from around the world.

The images were taken during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2000, with over 1000 balloons. The Albuquerque fiesta, in New Mexico, USA, is the largest balloon event in the world.

exhibition schedule

past locations

• Sky of Colors Balloon Festival
  Leon, Guanajuato, México
  11 - 14 December 2003
   
• Old Train Station
  Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
  26 May - 4 July 2003
   
• XXIX Cervantino International Art Festival
  Diego Rivera House of Culture
  Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
  13 October - 9 November 2001

downloads

contact sheets   Zip file, 421 KB
Shows all the prints and sizes, also info cards and representative clouds and flags.

some of the images

credits and acknowledg-
ments

links

Cervantino International Art Festival

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta