BICAS Fundraiser, this Friday! Art for sale by BICAS Superstars!
Behold the latest work by Troy Neiman, BICAS’s Shop Coordinator:
It could be yours if you hurry and buy your ticket to the BICAS/Ballet Tucson Urban Lunch Box Picnic and fundraiser, to be held this Friday.
Or, perhaps your tastes run to the more rugged, bikey look, in which case you will want this gorgeous piece by long-time BICAS employee, volunteer, and supporter Kenneth Armstrong:
Then there is beautiful piece by Raices Gallery and BICAS superstar John Salgado (who serves as BICAS’s Administrative Coordinator) for those looking for something more colorful and exotic:
Or maybe you’ll want this piece by BICAS’s master blacksmith, tall-bike builder, and local artist Zach Lihatsh If you do, be warned: you will be bidding against me, and I’m bringing my wallet. (I already have one of his pieces and I’m aiming to corner the market early, while I can still afford his work).
Each of these will be auctioned off this Friday at the annual Urban Picnic lunch and fundraiser, with proceeds benefiting BICAS and Ballet Tucson. A 45$ ticket buys you an auction paddle and a lunch, and if you act now you even get to sit at a table full of gregarious criminal defense and civil plaintiff’s lawyers, where legal advice of unknown merit or value will be dispensed at no cost.
Oh and and there’s more where those came from! There is also a silent auction packed with other art, from small, modest pieces to heavy-hitters including a Rufino Tamayo. (Yes you read that right.)
The fundraiser is from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at La Encantada Mall. The live auction commences at noon for those who have only their lunch hour to purchase a Rufino Tamayo or Troy Neiman.
There are still seats available at my table. Please email me at ryberg@seanet.com if you would like to join me. I’ll be there at noon, cheering on all the pieces and showing how proud I am of BICAS.
–Erik Ryberg
April 21st, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Boutiquey. Perhaps just the right oh, so tres chic, purse will fix everything, but not likely. We’ll do lunch when BICAS builds bike racks and gets down to the real nitty-gritty of obtaining City of Tucson and local business buy-in for installation and realistic expansion of cycling.
April 21st, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Hi Red Star,
BICAS isn’t really set up to do that kind of lobbying. BICAS is about making sure that anyone in Tucson who wants a bike can have one. And making sure that, if they want to, they can also learn how to fix it. BICAS’s current budget doesn’t really permit much more than shop management, education programs, and our art programs.
However, if you look around town, you will see lots and lots of BICAS-built art in the form of fences, planters, bike racks, and garbage-can holders. Check out the bike racks in front of The Hut on 4th Ave, for example.
So I think you may be holding BICAS to a standard that is artificially high.
EBR
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:09 am
Erik – I missed the notices on this event. Unfortunately we’ll be out of town
I like spending money on BICAS art! Guess I’ll have to wait for the November auction.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Wow all of these lunchboxes are fantastic!