American Tourister for Bikes for Africa

Hello again!

I was asked to make a piece of sculpture for this project. The piece I made was "American Tourister" and features a wooden shoe/tractor/race car made with a minimum of 25 various parts made by the SRAM Corporation.

The benefit reception will be held in New York City on November 29th at the Cedar Lake Theater
547 W. 26th St., New York, NY, 10001
(212) 244-0015 -http://cedarlakedance.com

Hope to see you there!

K!

UPDATE - My piece sold for more than I was expecting! I didn't win any prizes, but the money went to a good cause.

BTW, checkout Lewis Tardy's piece from last year. He's a friend of mine from Michigan and he won the grand prize of a trip to a country in Africa
where the Bikes for Africa is making a difference.
Check out his piece via the link (http://www.sram.com/partproject/) and/or go to his website www.tardysculpture.com.

The SRAM pART PROJECT is back, bigger than ever. pART PROJECT NYC debuts this November with twice as many artists and a whole new way to transform bike parts into art.

It's art that's continuing to make a difference. And a big splash, too.

For the New York City event, 95 noted artists will contribute original pieces created from SRAM components – including, for the first time, works of collage as well as sculpture. The artworks will be featured in a juried gallery exhibition, then sold at a gala live auction event.

The auction is scheduled for November 29th at the Cedar Lake Theatre in New York City. One hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated to World Bicycle Relief.

First- and second-place prizes will be awarded in the collage and sculpture categories. There will also be one overall grand-prize winner, who will receive an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Africa to witness the work of World Bicycle Relief firsthand.