Recently Cycle Kids (a Cambridge-based non-profit that focuses on integrating bicycling programs into elementary schools and community centers in order to lower rates of childhood obesity, diabetes and other related illnesses) asked me to come to their Everyone is a Cycle Kid Fundraiser and create live art. Believing in their cause, I was happy to volunteer my time. When people arrived at the event they were given a card with the question, “Do you remember your first bike?” The guests would fill out their cards and give them to me. Throughout the night I created art based on their answers. I managed to create 5 pieces that were then auctioned off at the end of the night. I’m happy to say I was able to raise over $2000 for their cause—not bad for a couple hours!
Check out the Cycle Kids website for more information—and be sure to watch the video by Stebs!
Photographs by Ben Scott
