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This blog post was submitted Development Director JoAnn Yoshimoto. <\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>

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Inspired by our location in Pioneer Square, and the high-ceiling office space that was formerly an art gallery, the Bicycle Alliance has been hosting First Thursday Art Walks each month since June \u2013 and we plan to continue through October 6.<\/span>

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If you haven\u2019t yet attended Art Walk at the Bicycle Alliance, you\u2019re missing out on the creativity of the original bicycle-themed multi-media work. You\u2019re missing out on the chance to have your very own \u201cblind contour portrait\u201d created while you wait. And you\u2019re missing out on the opportunity to own some unique art, both decorative and functional.<\/span>

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Barb Culp and Andy Goulding are the proud new owners of a one-of-a-kind apple wood bench that features a vintage bicycle basket repurposed as a magazine rack. Artist Jesse Knutson is hard at work on a second bench that will hopefully be finished in time to display at the Bicycle Alliance office before it is put up for bid at our Auction on October 22.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Within five minutes of Sarah Young installing her acrylics on canvas, one of the pieces was sporting a green dot, indicating that it had been sold. \u201cThis piece just spoke to me, with its combination of Northwest native design and of course the bright red bicycle,\u201d explained Josh Miller with a grin. \u201cI feel a little guilty for jumping on it\u2026should I return it and give others a chance?\u201d Fortunately, Sarah has promised to produce more of this distinctive work, for First<\/sup> Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n
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If the Bicycle Alliance ever needs a new motto, this work by Marie Zahradnik would get my vote! Marie is also the artist who creates blind contour portraits for guests at First<\/sup> Thursdays. I was about to include a picture of one of these portraits, but thought it better to entice you to come and see for yourself on October 6!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Our friend Craig Snyder works in Commuter Services at Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital. He created especially for the Bicycle Alliance a June Drawing Cycle, a collection of drawings and paintings completed each day in June, on bicycle-related themes from daily observations. Each work is 4\u201d x 6\u201d graphite and acrylic on paper. Many works are already sporting telltale dots (meaning they\u2019re sold) but some are still available for a mere $25 donation.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0When I presented this work by Lisa Reynolds to my son for his birthday, he said it was the best gift I\u2019ve ever given him! Twenty-five years ago we used to pedal around Kilauea, Hawaii together, as captured in this encaustic piece.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Perhaps the \u201csketchiest\u201d artist of all is our own Andy Goulding. He created a series of sketches of local bike shops for First Thursday, including this scene of Bike Port\/JRA Bike Shop\/Bicycle Alliance office.<\/span><\/div>\n
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You owe it to yourself to come on down and see the wonderful art for yourself. Our last First Thursday Art Walk of 2011 will be Thursday October 6, 5-8 pm. Hope to see you then!<\/span><\/div>\n

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