Progress on the Mural in Bayers Westwood

Tuesday the 19th of August! What a perfect day for the paint to dry on all the wonderful new creations that were added to the wooden neighbourhood pannels today! We are so glad to be working on this project with such great people. The Art Bikers will be at McApline street tomorrow (Wednesday the 20th of August 2014). Everyone is Welcome!

Spryfield Urban Farm Evening in the Garden

Yet another beautiful evening in the garden! It was filled with live music this time! Thank you for having us and for all those who participated. The lanterns were a heart warming things to watch glowing in the trees and in the grass.

Silly Face at Ardmore Park!

Silly Face at Ardmore Park!

The tradition continues at Ardmore Park! The Art Bikers returned to share another silly face workshop, adding many more whimsical characters to the surrounding fence! Families and friends painted and collaged odd shaped wood pieces to make this years new creations. Make sure you stop by and check them out!

Evening in the Garden at Spryfield Urban Farm

Making a wish tree at the Evening in the Garden at the Spryfield Urban Farm, 2014.

WHEELS!!!!

WHEELS OPEN STUDIO AT 4C's office!

June 14 Noon to 4:30 pm, The 4Cs Foundation office is located at Suite 104 5663 Cornwallis St.
Wheels was lots of fun last on Saturday come out tomorrow for another day of wheel decorating!

Art Bikers will be at Dartmouth Switch!

Art Bikers will be at Dartmouth Switch!

Come visit us at the Findlay Centre on Prince Albert st. and Elliot st.

Dartmouth Switch will open the street on Sunday in Dartmouth on June 15th noon - 4pm. Switch is taking place during HRM Bike Week and will be a fun and safe family event promoting active transportation and physical activity in the HRM. Switch encourages people to enjoy the street in a new way by walking biking and moving around safely and comfortably on a 2km route.

Further information can be found at: http://switchhfx.ca/

WHEELS II: Art Bikers Open Studio

We had such a good time last summer opening up the studio and inviting folks in to make bicycle rim art with us that we are doing it again! Two dates this year: June 7 and June 14th Noon to 4:30 pm.
June 7th WHEELS is also part in the 100 in 1 Day Halifax event and celebrating the beginning of Bike Week.

We will be making bicycle rim/wheels art and adding to the installation at the 4Cs office with your help! Join us in transforming bike rims into mandalas of colour and texture.
Use your creativity to transform a bicycle wheel using any type of materials. Your wheel will become part of a large installation outside the Art Bikers studio in the entryway to the 4Cs Foundation.

How to participate:

Join the Art Bikers at the studio on Saturday June 7 and/or June 14 Noon to 4:30 pm
to transform your wheel and help with the installation.

We will have bicycle rims and all kinds of art-making materials - but feel free
to bring your own to add to the collection!

For more information:
Jyelle Vogel at artbikers@gmail.com or 422-4805

The 4Cs Foundation office is located at Suite 104 5663 Cornwallis St, Halifax

Bottle Cap Mural in Bayers Westwood

Bottle Cap Mural in Bayers Westwood

A major project this year was the creation of a community mural on McAlpine Ave in the Bayers Westwood community. This long, drab wall was uninspiring. Terri (the 4Cs director) had wanted to have the Art Bikers tackle this wall since year one of the program! We were determined to make it happen this summer – and it did! We worked with the residents to create a vibrant mural to brighten up this corner. So we...

… collected bottle caps all summer (thanks you 4Cs supporters who collected for us, as well) ...washed them all by hand... with the help of participants sorted the caps into colour coded tubs...had a planning day collecting imagery ideas from the community then took those ideas and combined them into a cohesive design...traced community participants in interesting positions and cut the shapes out of plywood...scraped chipping paint off the wall and prepped the outline...painted and painted more with help from local children and youth.... community participants filled the plywood figures with bottle cap patterns....painted and attached caps and painted and attached caps....had amazing fun... and voila!

Community members are so pleased with this mural and can't wait to see it grow in years to come!

Thank you to all the amazing participants and to our collectors of bottle caps!!

Mask Making at Bayers Westwood

Mask Making at Bayers Westwood

Our main focus this summer in Bayers Westwood, was the big mural project, so we wanted to drop in another time before the end of summer to really sit down with the kids and make some art! We had an amazing day with the community and as you can see from the pics, made absolutely fantastic cardboard masks. The kids were really keen on spending the time to create elaborate constructions full of interesting details and they had lots of fun developing their character through play.