ARTCRANK PDX: Poster Art By and For Cyclists
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
After five years in the Pearl District and downtown, ARTCRANK is moving across the river to Velo Cult, a bike-shop-coffee-shop-bar on Portland’s east side. Mark your calendars for this year's event, Saturday, Oct. 4.
ARTCRANK began in 2007 with a show in Minneapolis (the “other” Bike City USA, wink wink). The organizers expected about 50 people to show up. Instead, 500 crowded in to take a peek at what happens when the world's most fun mode of getting around on wheels meets the most fun art medium.
Artists are invited to create an original poster design about bikes and what cycling means to them in their lives. The original work is shown and all posters are made by hand, using printing techniques such as screen printing and letterpress. A small run of limited edition, signed and numbered prints are sold at each event.
In the years since, the show has expanded to more than 15 cities throughout the country, and in Europe more than 30,000 people have attended the events. Each event features the work of 30 or more artists, offering an incredible array of perspectives from serious to quirky, satirical to spiritual.
ARTCRANK's mission is to use creativity to change the way people think about bicycles and grow the cycling community.
In every city the show travels to, the group selects a Cause Partner: A local, national or international organization that’s using bicycles to make a difference in communities, help people live better lives, or just make the world a better place. In collaboration with event sponsors, ARTCRANK functions as a means to raise money and awareness for organizations such as world Bicycle Relief, People for Bikes, the International Mountain Biking Association, Bikes for Rwanda, and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance.
Whether you're just into bike culture, or you're a fan of poster art and graphic design, be sure to check out the awesome energy and spirit of ARTCRANK PDX 2014.
For more information, visit artcrank.com/portland, or check out the vimeo below.
Bike Poster History Minute from ARTCRANK on Vimeo.
Üma Kleppinger is a Portland-based copy writer and advocate for full-contact anti-bummer living. She is a recovering sesquipedalian who writes about life in the saddle and outdoor adventure. She is also the author of BikeYoga, a yoga program for cyclists. When not writing, she can be found riding and racing her mountain bike throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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