Bike Counterculture Workshop: Rat Rods, Klunkerz, Customs & Lowriders

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Name: Bike Counterculture Workshop: Rat Rods, Klunkerz, Customs & Lowriders
Date: June 23, 2011
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT
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Event Description:

Ketchum & Hailey, ID – Embrace the hot rod aesthetic and be inspired to personalize your basic two-wheeler in this one-night workshop offered by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts that emphasizes style ahead of function.
 
Hailey artist and bike enthusiast Bruce Kremer will walk participants through various trends in bike design—who remembers Stingrays and muscle bikes?—and show examples of extreme bikes that take cues from outlaw and outlandish imagery. He will share photos and actual examples of unique customized handlebars, seats, wheels, pedals, racks, lights, etc. and provide practical tips on revamping vintage bicycles and parts. Would ape hangers, a banana seat or whimsical adornments transform your bike from bland to bodacious?
 
The workshop is part of a summer-long project on bicycles that includes visual arts exhibitions in Hailey and Ketchum, an interactive pedal-powered installation on The Center Lot in Ketchum and a free outdoor screening of Breaking Away. For full details on Geared: The Culture of Bicycles, visit www.sunvalleycenter.org.
 
Contact Information:
Sarah Kolash, Program Coordinator, 208.726.9491 ex 21 or skolash@sunvalleycenter.org
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Fees/Admission:
The Bike Counterculture Workshop with Bruce Kremer meets Thursday, June 23, from 5 to 8 pm at The Center, Hailey. Cost is $25 members / $30 nonmembers. Students need to bring at least one 8 x 10-inch side view photograph of their bike on a 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of paper.
Registration deadline is Thursday, June 9. Register online at www.sunvalleycenter.org or call 726.9491 ex 10. Scholarships and teaching assistantships are available; if interested, inquire when registering.
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