SBC and Art Rise Savannah team up for reCycle Art mini-festival

reCycleartCelebrate art, bikes and Earth Day with the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Art Rise Savannah! We’re partnering to host a brand new mini-festival: reCycle Art!

Part auction, part workshop, part concert, reCycle Art is a unique event that highlights so much of  what is wonderful about our city, from local business to art to advocacy for healthy, alternative  transportation. Along with the art for sale, we’ll also be bringing you a jam-packed week full of fun and free events leading up to the Savannah Earth Day Festival and the Savannah Bicycle  Campaign’s Earth Day Wheelie and bicycle parade on April 18.

Sponsors Forsyth Farmer’s Market, Georgia Bikes!, the Savannah Bee Company and Foxy Loxy will be making this an awesome week of art, sustainability and Savannah!

Read on below for details on all of the fun activities in store for reCycle Art!

Play with your Food! (April 15, 6 – 9 p.m.)

We’ll be kicking off the week with the Forsyth Farmer’s Market and local musician Ben Austin.

We’ll have workshops with your favorite market in town where families (and everyone else) can play around with sustainable and delicious food, while veteran musician and delightful guy Ben Austin entertains with acoustic music throughout the night!

Bicycle Power! (April 16, 6 – 9 p.m.)

Georgia Bikes! takes the stage to talk about serious business: decorating bicycles and the best way to stand out in a bicycle parade! Make sure to come by for ideas on Thursday and bring your bike to decorate on Saturday for the Earth Day Wheelie bicycle parade!

We’ll also have a bicycle-powered video game up and running on Thursday night, designed and  built by SBC’s resident mechanic Jen Colestock and Athens jack-of-all-trades Ben Edwards. Try your hands (and feet) at the game and pedal your way to victory.

Bees in your DIP! (April 17, 6 – 10 p.m.)

Come for the natural, nourishing and delicious beauty and health tips from the Savannah Bee Company, but stay for the awesome and (very) energetic performance from DIP – an Athens band that will make our last night of the auction one of the best!

Bicycle Décor (April 18)

Georgia Bikes! and Art Rise Savannah will be teaming up at the Earth Day Festival to help you decorate your bike before embarking on the Earth Day Wheelie’s bicycle parade in style.

Foxy Loxy Cold Brew and Treats (April 15 – 17, 6 – 9 p.m.)

Come hungry and ready for some cold brew coffee! Foxy Loxy will be bringing their yummiest and most sustainable foods throughout the week for you to try, while selling cold brew coffee by the eco-friendly growler.

An Instagram Scavenger Hunt (April 13 – 18)

Running April 13 at 8am to April 18 at 11am, this scavenger hunt will help you explore Savannah and the very awesome sponsors of reCycle Art! Solve the challenges and post your pictures toInstagram with #recycleartsav for points and raffle tickets. Each challenge location you complete gets you one free ticket to the Earth Day Wheelie’s raffle!! Remember, this is a team activity – so grab your friends and get started!

All events will be held at 1301 Lincoln St, Suite A, at the corner of Lincoln and Henry streets.

Want to learn more about reCycle Art? Send a note to recycleartsav@gmail.com for details.

Spokemodels invite you to cycle and sketch on April 5

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What’s more fun that riding your bike around Savannah? Riding your bike around Savannah and stopping to sketch our beautiful city. Join Spokemodels on Saturday April 5, from 3-6 p.m. for a Cycle Sketch Crawl.

The Cycle Sketch Crawl begins at Art Rise Savannah in the Starland District and makes stops in Forsyth Park, Chippewa Square and Ellis Square, providing time for participants to sketch subjects of their choice.

Savannah Bicycle Campaign Board Members will choose their favorite sketches to hang in their new headquarters, with the artists receiving prizes from  Blick Art Materials and SBC.

If you need supplies for this Cycle Sketch Crawl or any other artistic creations, consider our sponsor Blick Art Materials, located at 318 E. Broughton St. They carry anything and everything to make your visions come to life!

After the Crawl ends, stick around to show off your work and celebrate a Saturday well spent at B&D Burgers on Congress Street! Let us know you plan to ride and sketch with us by joining the Facebook event.

First Friday of the month? Time for the Art March bike scavenger hunt

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Our Spokemodels group is one again teaming up with First Friday Art March again this month for a bike-powered scavenger hunt on Friday, Feb. 7 from 6-9 p.m.. Visit the Savannah Bicycle Campaign tent at Art Rise Savannah, 2427 Desoto Ave., to pick up a map and rules. Then visit galleries participating in Art March, take photos, post them to Instagram or Facebook, and win prizes! Check out the Art March Savannah FaceBook event for more details.