Cause for Creativity: Tour da Arts, vol. 2
Sunday, August 22
REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL for the cultural bike tour. Please join us for the post-ride festivities and exhibition closing party.
7–9pm: Tour da Arts, vol. 2 and exhibition closing party!
Highlights include: Music by Dublab, Acro Yoga with Lululemon, live t-shirt screen printing with Hit + Run, extended museum hours, food trucks, bike-themed vendors, fixie zone, and more!
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About the tour (registration full):
Reduce your dependency on oil and pedal on over to SMMoA for our second annual Cause for Creativity: Tour da Arts event offering a spoke card art workshop, cultural bike tour, and an exhibition closing party.
Depart from SMMoA and make a first stop at The Broad Stage to hear live music with cellist and cycling enthusiast Ben Sollee. The next stop at Virginia Avenue Park will feature Katie the Curst, scenes from an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, presented by The Actors’ Gang and directed by Lisa Wolpe. Return to SMMoA for an exhibition closing party and bike-themed festivities.
Certified cyclists from C.I.C.L.E. (Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange) lead the bike tour, which proceeds at a moderate and social pace and obeys all traffic laws.
What to Bring: A bicycle in good running order. All participants under 18 must wear a helmet and be escorted by a parent or guardian. Children under age 9 should be on a tag-along, bike trailer, tandem, or other safe child-carrying device.
Bike Rentals: Reservations Full. FREE bike rental opportunity provided by Perry's Cafe and Rentals!
Cause for Creativity: Tour da Arts, vol. 2 is made possible in part by the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, HBO, and Nordstrom.
2-4pm: Spoke Card Art Workshop
FREE for SMMoA members, $5 for non-members.
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Check-in for the bike ride. Get your tires checked by Bikerowave, enjoy snacks and drinks provided by Whole Foods Market Santa Monica and Clif Bar.
4-7pm: Urban Expedition Cultural Bike Tour
FREE (registration full)
C.I.C.L.E will lead a guided bike tour, featuring live music with Ben Sollee at The Broad Stage and Shakespeare at Virginia Avenue Park with The Actors’ Gang.
Stop 1: Santa Monica Museum of Art: last day of exhibitions
Stop 2: Broad Stage: Musical performance by Ben Sollee
Stop 3: Virginia Avenue Park: Katie the Curst, scenes from an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of The Shrew, presented by The Actors’ Gang
Return to the Santa Monica Museum of Art
7–9pm: Tour da Arts, vol. 2 and exhibition closing party!
Highlights include: Music by Dublab, Acro Yoga with Lululemon, live t-shirt screen printing with Hit + Run, extended museum hours, food trucks, bike-themed vendors, fixie zone, and more!
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About C.I.C.L.E:
Lead organizing partner C.I.C.L.E.’s mission is to educate and inspire individuals to drive less and ride more safely and confidently. For over 3 years, C.I.C.L.E. has organized large-scale Urban Expeditions and Art Rides in Los Angeles.
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About Bikerowave:
Bikerowave is a bicycle collective that provides space, tools, and equipment in order to effectively teach people how to build, repair, and maintain their bicycles and connect to the bicycling community at large.
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About The Broad Stage:
The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage contributes to our cultural community through excellence in education and the arts, helping to build a new generation of audience and artists.
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About Ben Sollee:
Kentucky-based, genre-bending cellist and vocalist, Sollee is known for his percussive playing style, genre hopping songwriting, wide appeal, and political activism (he even does some of his regional touring by bike!)
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About The Actors' Gang:
The Actors' Gang was founded 28 years ago with a mission to provide meaningful and thought-provoking theatre that would be affordable and accessible to a wide audience. With its productions and tours they strive to bring communities together in a way that only the medium of theatre can.
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About Cause for Creativity:
Tour da Arts is part of SMMoA’s highly acclaimed Cause for Creativity workshop series in which the museum encourages people to “make art and make a difference.”
Click here to watch a video of last year's Tour da Arts.
Cause for Creativity: Tour da Arts partners include: C.I.C.L.E., Bergamot Station, The Broad Stage, The Actors' Gang, Virginia Avenue Park, Bikerowave, Pico Party Rents, Whole Foods Market Santa Monica, Clif Bar, New Belgium Brewery, IZZE, One Coconut Water, Perry's Bike Rental, Dublab, Hit+Run, Metro, CicLAvia, and Sustainable Works
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