BICAS Art (Day 2)

See a preview of our biggest fundraising event! The BICAS Art Auction is happening Dec. 7th. with new pieces being added almost daily as our auction approaches! Some pieces in our mini-gallery will be reserved for auction, and some will be for sale. All bicycle-themed art is donated by our community or created by staff!

About the Process

BICAS bicycle themed art comes in a variety of mediums. Art is created by staff or community, and they typically work in mediums that they are best at! BICAS was originated in 1989 and then was re-located at Kim Young's artist warehouse in 1997, BICAS, at 44 W. 6th St. Many of the original founders and mechanics of BICAS were working artists who made the best creative use of broken bike parts by turning Schwinn lemon peelers into lemonade.  BICAS founder and artist Kim Young felt that public art is a great way to revitalize communities and give them an added sense of identity and well-being, a sentiment that still resonates with the collective today. BICAS collective members and art coordinators taught art workshops to the public, organized art auction fundraisers, and worked within the community to make recycled public art installations, including youth-built bike racks and sculptures. Today, BICAS diverts 100,000 lbs of material from the waste stream each year due to the hard work of its art and shop programs. BICAS organized the First Annual Art Auction in 1995 as a way to support BICAS programs as well as provide exposure to local artists. In 2017, BICAS moved to its new warehouse location at 2001 N 7th Ave., and in its longstanding connection with the arts, BICAS Art has its own mini-gallery room reserved for the display of bicycle-themed art. BICAS also has its own classroom, art making area, as well as its own in-house welding workshop. Every December, the BICAS Annual Art Auction brings the Tucson community together for a silent auction of bicycle-themed artwork donated by hundreds of local mixed-media artists.