The rain is stopping us from brainstorming with you today. because of the rain. See you tomorrow 12-3pm! And Thursday, Friday, Saturday too!
Beautiful Day at Bayers Westwood!
We have a long relationship with the folks in the Bayers Westwood community. we are always happy to go back to this community to see old friends and meet new ones.
Parade costumes that just keep evolving! Fun with inventing costumes and characters using found materials. Young participants figuring out all the ways of connecting creative bits and parts.
More than 50 participants of all ages joined us throughout the day!
So many special connections happening: sharing stories, songs, laughs. Thanks Bayers Westwood!
Bayers Westwood Tie Dye Day!
Tie dye was the big request form our brainstorming ideas together. We tracked down t-shirts from a local merchant and loaded up the bike trailers with amazing colours, buckets, and t-shirts. A great creative time that continues Friday, August 4th 12-4pm. We are planning a celebratory parade!
A busy day with approximately 30 folks joining us at Bayers Westwood!
Bayers Westwood Playground
The Art Bikers visited Westwood Park Playground, located at 3315 Romans Avenue on Tuesday. We will be back again Thursday and Friday from 12-4 to have some fun with fabric and dye as suggested by the kids.
Making some masks on Tuesday!
We had lots of participants come and hang out in the shade with us.
Some excellent masks.
Africville Reunion and Celebration
It was a delight meeting families and making cyanotype prints at the 2017 Africville Reunion! Here are some photos from our day together:
Water rinses away chemicals masked by leaves, flowers, found objects to reveal sun saturated cyanotype prints!
These cyanotype prints were from natural materials found in Africville!
Many prints were created throughout the day!
Monday, July 31, 2017 Bayers Westwood August 1st - 4th
This week Art Bikers are looking forward to returning to the community of Bayers Westwood!
Here is the schedule:
Tuesday, August 1st 12-4pm - On site: brainstorming! coming up with ideas together for an art project!
Wednesday, August 2nd - Prep day for us in the studio.
Thursday, August 3rd 12-4pm - On site: working with you!
Friday, August 4th 12-4pm - On site: working with you and celebrating our time together.
Africville Reunion and Celebration! Saturday, July 29, 2017 11am-3pm!
Join Art Bikers on Saturday, July 29 from 11am-3pm in celebration of Africville! Collect natural and curious objects to create stunning cyanotype prints!
Commons: Pop Up Day!
Art Bikers had a great day at Point Pleasant Park! Thanks to everyone who joined them. Thursday, July 27 from 12-4pm they will be at the Commons in Halifax, near the playground. Join them for giant bubbles and secret messages in bottles, also POTIONS and storytelling!!!
Black Rock Beach: Pop Up Day!
Join the Art Bikers at Black Rock Beach (Point Pleasant Park) today from 12-4pm! Look for giant bubbles, messages in bottles, and brightly coloured art biker bins... !
Tomorrow, join Art Bikers at the Commons, near the playground, from 12-4pm.
Art Bikers with The Youth Project
Art Bikers will be filling their trailers with colourful supplies for a day with participants of The Youth Project.
Together on Friday, July 21/17 from 12-4, we will be helping create Halifax Pride Parade float art. To see the big reveal, check out the Pride Parade on Saturday, July 22!
Pop Up Day at Ardmore Park
POP UP DAY! Join us Wednesday, July 19 from 12-4pm at Ardmore Park! Awesome wooden shapes and colourful paint will be among the supplies on hand to add to and repair the Silly Faces Fence. All ages, free art making in the community: hooray!
Mad Hatter Tea Party at Mad Pride
Children and grown ups had a fun creating all kinds of fun headwear at the Mad Hatter Tea Party for Mad Pride this past Sunday on the Commons!
Cranky Theatre Performance at The Green
What a fabulous finale to a week of Cranky Theatre at the Green! Thanks for a great week of artmaking and performance!
July 11-17
Art Biker schedule for the week of July 11-16:
July 11,13-15 at 'the Green' in Fairview, 12-4 pm:
'Cranky" theatre animation with hand drawn and collaged story pictures and musical accompaniment.
July 16, 12-3 pm at the Commons Triangle, west of the Pavillion:
We'll be participating in the Schizophrenia Society of NS's Mindful Art Project's MadHatterTea Party and Mad Pride ... making hats! Come join us!
Last week at Ardmore Park
What a fantastic week of costume making and performance at Ardmore Park last week. Fun fur was flying, songs were sung, and there was a lot of personality on display! Thanks everyone!
This week's schedule
This week we will be at Ardmore Park.
Today (July 4) we will be brainstorming project ideas (and saying hi!) from 1-3. Then we will return on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12-4.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Last week at Hope Blooms
We had a great afternoon making paper at the Hope Blooms garden launch last week. Congratulations on 10 years!
Schedule to mid-July 2017
The season is getting started. Here is some information with more details to follow:
June 29: Hope Blooms Garden Opening! 4-6pm
July 4 - 8: Ardmore ParkJuly 11 - 15: "The Green" off Randall Crt in Fairview
Looking forward to reconnecting with everyone. Come join us and get creative!
Art Bikers June 2017
We are excited to introduce the Art Bikers for 2017. Two familiar faces, Merle Harley and Eric Diolola on either end. In the middle, we welcome Devon Pennick-Reilly and Jessica MacDonald. This is a great team who are very enthusiastic and excited to be making art with you this summer.
For much of June the team is in training, sharing information about the community and community arts, and improving our skills while continuing our learning in arts-based community development, anti-oppression, working with children and community to refine our program for you.
Merle, Devon, Jessica and Eric
In the studio at Wonder'neath Art Society- our home for the summer!
The Art Bikers participated in SWITCH Dartmouth last weekend. (Photos to come.) and this Saturday will be on the Halifax Commons from 5:30 - 7:30 providing some creative fun before the movie starts as part of Bike Week 2017. (More information on that here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1267001686745904/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&pnref=story )
Then on June 21st, we will be at the annual North End BBQ at Isleville Park - always one of our favourite events. Hope to see you there!
Keep visiting our blog or our Facebook page to stayed up to date on our upcoming schedule and to stay in touch. See you soon!
Art Bikers are awesome and so are YOU!
ART BIKERS 2017: The season starts!
Art Bikers welcomes two new team members: Devon Pennick-Reilly and Jessica MacDonald join Eric Diolola and Merle Harley (returning Art Bikers).
This year we are pleased to offer Art Bikers through a partnership with Wonder'neath Arts Society http://www.wonderneath.com/ Art Bikers will work out of this wonderful artist and community space located at 2891 Isleville street in Halifax, NS.
Our training starts May 16th with our first public activity on June 4th for SWITCH Dartmouth http://switchhfx.ca/dartmouth/ Hope to see you there!
In the meantime you can join Art Bikers at Wonder'neath Open Studio on May 19, 20, 26 and 27 http://www.wonderneath.com/about-open-studio/