Where would y'all rather common your bike?
An ordinary bicycle rack? Or a piece of work of art?
For the concluding few years, students, faculty in addition to staff in addition to visitors to the college receive got seen many bare walls at Reynolds covered alongside engaging in addition to thought-provoking colorful art. Now, thank y'all to the “Go Bike!” Arts Program in addition to the leadership at Reynolds, nosotros all tin right away likewise relish fine art exterior our campus buildings alongside the installation of xiii decorative bicycle racks.
“Go Bike!” Arts Program was a collaborative projection yesteryear the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce in addition to the City of Richmond. The finish of the projection was to decorate Richmond alongside colorful, functional fine art for the 2015 UCI World Cycling Championships. Reynolds supported this projection in addition to installed the commencement bicycle rack at the Downtown Campus earlier the event. Recently, Reynolds President doc Gary Rhodes seized the chance to obtain for the college 12 of the master copy xxx bicycle racks when they became available. All xiii bicycle racks are right away installed simply about each of Reynolds 3 campuses for our enjoyment in addition to use.
“I firmly believe studying the arts or fifty-fifty beingness surrounded yesteryear them – whether visual arts or performing arts – not solely helps to prepare inventiveness in addition to imagination, but likewise helps to prepare higher reasoning in addition to occupation solving skills . . . all of which transfer to success inwards report or work”, notes Rhodes. “The arts in addition to weaving them into the cloth of our daily lives, every bit Reynolds Community College has done, is proficient for many reasons. It is proficient for the artists in addition to proficient for the community, but most of all, it is proficient for those who receive got the chance to sentiment inspiring images rather than blank walls in addition to empty spaces.”
For example, the bicycle rack (pictured above) was painted yesteryear local creative somebody Reinaldo Alverez. Alverez, a visual artist, in addition to Pb vocalist in addition to lyricist for the well-known local salsa band, Bio Ritmo, has long been a constituent of the Richmond community. He got involved alongside GoBike! because he loved bicycle riding. While growing upwards he was an avid avid bmx’er, in addition to during his college years his bicycle became his best friend. He was pleased to know his artwork/bike rack had come upwards to alive at the Reynolds Downtown Campus, in addition to that perhaps other students whose bikes are their best friends may travel using it.
Whether y'all receive got a bicycle to common on campus or not, the adjacent fourth dimension y'all come across i of the decorative bicycle racks on campus, halt in addition to accept a hold off at it. Take a infinitesimal to report i of the pieces in addition to come across what the creative somebody powerfulness receive got been thinking when creating it or maybe intend most the message he or she is trying to pick out through their art. Luckily, hither at Reynolds, our bicycle racks are made for to a greater extent than than asset bikes.
To honour out to a greater extent than most fine art at Reynolds, catch www.reynolds.edu/art.
