Call for Artists: 2016 Upcycle Art Bike Competition
ST JOHNSBURY—Co-sponsors Catamount Arts and Kingdom Trails are pleased to announce a CALL FOR ARTISTS to submit 3-dimensional work of unlimited size to the 2016 UPCYCLE ART BIKE COMPETITION. Winning art bikes will be displayed at Kingdom Trails in East Burke, Vermont during the Northeast Mountain Bike Association Festival on June 17-19 and rema
in on view through October 15, 2016. Catamount Arts Gallery Director Katherine French will award a $1,000 Juror’s Prize and other cash prizes. Both emerging and established artists are welcome to apply. ABOUT UPCYCLING Bikes not only provide an economical form of transport, but also inspire exciting and provocative art. Ever since Marcel Duchamp artists have used bike parts as material for creative expression. Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ai Weiwei have upcycled frames, wheels, gears, and chains to create compelling sculptures for museum exhibitions and international art fairs. Attendees of Burning Man make rideable art to navigate the experiment in community and art held in the Nevada desert each year. Upcycled art not only reveals the human spirit, but also makes known other ways bicycles can decrease our carbon footprint by limiting what is sent to the landfill. ABOUT 2016 UPCYCLE marks the inaugural year of collaboration that Catamount Arts and Kingdom Trails expects will become an annual event. Works of unlimited size may be stable, interactive, kinetic, or even rideable with the understanding that sculptures will be installed outside and crafted to withstand Vermont weather. Online submissions will be accepted at https://catamountarts.slideroom.com until 5 pm on Friday, June 3 and applicants will be notified by Monday, June 6. For a prospectus and more info on the 2016 UPCYCLE ART BIKE COMPETITION, potential applicants may visit www.catamountarts.org or www.kingdomtrails.org. ABOUT CATAMOUNT ARTS As northern New England’s largest independent arts center, Catamount Arts hosts a diversified program in film, music, theater, dance, and visual art. Founded in 1975, the organization operates out of a newly renovated facility, presenting screenings of world class film; live simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera, the Bolshoi Ballet, and London’s National Theatre; performances by such nationally recognized touring artists as Grammy nominee Neko Case; and changing exhibitions of contemporary art. Catamount Arts is located in downtown St. Johnsbury, Vermont. For more information, call (802) 748-2600 or visit www.catamountarts.org. ABOUT KINGDOM TRAILS Described by the Boston Globe as one of the best mountain biking trail networks in the country, Kingdom Trails maintains more than 100 miles of trails for all levels of ability that link former farming roads with slender single woodland track in East Burke, Vermont. The Kingdom Trail Association (KTA) was established as a non-profit in 1994 by a group of visionary residents and business leaders, and works to encourage ecologically sensitive recreation and promote appreciation of the natural beauty in Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom. For more information, see www.kingdomtrails.org. Contact: Tim Tierney (802) 626-0737 or [email protected]
