The Good Bike Project comes to Regent Park this Sunday July 3rd @ 2pm! Come by to check it out!

This Sunday, Caroline Macfarlane and Vanessa Nicholas from the OCADU Student Gallery will be bringing their GOOD BIKE project to Regent Park. Initiated by Adam Molson at One Cole and TCHC, Regent Park will be the first neighbourhood where this art project will be installed, as it spreads to other parts of the City.  They've sanded and primed 9 recycled bikes, which residents from One Cole condominium, the Townhomes and the new social housing buildings next door are invited to come out and paint. A few of the bikes also have baskets, which we may be planting as well. 2 of the bikes will be placed within the community, and Caroline and Vanessa will be placing the rest throughout the city. Local residents of social and market housing will interact together to actively bring art to the neighbourhood. The event starts at 2pm and should last a few hours. Please drop by and say hi.

Caroline's summary of the GOOD BIKE project:

The neon bike outside of the OCAD U Student Gallery was conceived as a public art project. As artists, our intention was to reclaim, beautify and energize neglected public space. The bike's bold, graphic and current aesthetic has made it a success and attracted local and and international attention. We are now partnering with the City on a large scale project that will see dozens of variations on the neon bike placed strategically throughout Toronto. Each bike will mark a site that promotes the ethos of regeneration and community that sparked our creativity in the first place. By partnering with our municipal government on this initiative, we're hoping hoping to start a conversation about city planning, biking and public art in Toronto. Ideally, the attention and publicity surrounding the bikes will give the City impetus to kick start a recurring public art program and help us fundraise for a number of new bike racks.