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Cool people in Memphis

10/10/2014

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We made it to Memphis, and the amount of cool people we met exploded! Lots of musicians and artists and all-around friendly types, and we had an interesting and exciting trip.
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We met Sue in a bathroom, and ended up staying two nights in her house! She was a great hostess, and we had a wonderful time making art and laughing with her and her sister Joyce. We were so happy to have met her and her family, especially after the freezing cold campground the previous night.
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Holly and Michael, otherwise known as baggypantsrich. He's on tour like us, and he's often lost like us. We got along well.
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Laura and Angus are from England and they stayed at the hostel with us. They are on their honeymoon!
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This is Kyle: musician, artist, lover of all things Disney and Frozen. He is standing here contemplating whether to join us on our bike trip.
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People making art with us at Java Cabana coffee shop.
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More artmaking at Java Cabana. Erica sings rock songs about rocks, and Kaitlynne draws beautiful dogs.
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Out of Illinois

10/2/2014

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Illinois has been fun, but it's time to see what art looks like in other states. We had a few brief but enjoyable interludes in Missouri, and then yesterday we crossed into Kentucky via a police escort across the bridge from Cairo, Illinois. This end of Kentucky is short, so we will soon be entering Tennessee and then Mississippi. If anybody knows anyone who lives along the river in those states, send us an email so we can meet up and make some art with them!
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Bert finds a unexpected taste of NOLA in Columbia, Illinois.
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From left, Kyle, Bert, Dexter, and Holly pose in the Grove, St. Louis. All are artists, but only one has a studio full of paintings and an awesome wife named Gwen (hint: it's Dexter).
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An impromptu dinner party in St. Louis.
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The outline of Holly plays with the outline of her new 6-year old friend Jonathan, in a park in St. Louis.
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The Art Therapy Pedalers surrounded by a pile of art therapy students and professors in Edwardsville, Illinois, at Southern Illinois University.
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Happy artists in a park in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Henryk won the Best in Show award at the art event later that evening. We called it good karma after he spent the afternoon making art with us.
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Popeye, the patron saint of Chester, Illinois. Our good samaritans in Chester were Debbie and Jesse, who gave us a tour of the town and pointed our way to the Chester Eagles where we stayed for the night. Hurray!
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Hello, Kentucky, and your gorgeous state parks!
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Ferguson

10/2/2014

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While in St. Louis, we visited Ferguson to see an ongoing art therapy project taking place there. We attended a vibrant and active farmer's market, stopped by the opening of a new community center, and witnessed a vocal and strong protest during our short visit. Clearly, many-sided issues are still very charged, and we heard several opinions about what is happening in this neighborhood. The media tends to show a negative portrait of this town, but we spoke with many kind and concerned people who live there.
If you would like more information about the art therapy project called Ribbons of Hope, and learn how you can participate, click on this link: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?page=view&resid=80E7324D44AE78A0!175&authkey=!AM85pXaYN9fpdFQ
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A protester stands with a sign at the farmer's market.
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Some of the completed Ribbons of Hope that were ready to be strung along fences in the neighborhood.
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Recent artists and artwork

9/24/2014

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Ups and downs

9/24/2014

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Although the landscape through central Illinois has been flat, we've been having our own ups and downs. For example, up: a great turnout of folks for artmaking at the Lexington Art Center, hosted by Emma Long. Down: riding in the pouring rain from Bloomington to Lincoln. Up: getting a warm welcome from a crowd at the Lincoln Art Institute, and then making art with them. Down: two flat tires on the road from Litchfield to Edwardsville. Up: meeting all sorts of nice people on Route 66 from Chicago all the way to St. Louis. All in all, the ups outweigh the downs.
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A group of artists deep in the process of creation at the Lexington Art Center.
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The Lincoln Art Institute in Lincoln, IL, where we were warmly greeted by a large group of artists and journalists.
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Holly changes a tire in Litchfield.
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Holly watches the Great Balloon Race in St. Louis after making art with kids all afternoon in the park.
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More local news

9/18/2014

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Check out these great articles about the Art Therapy Pedalers crossing the country and making art with people:
http://www.lincolndailynews.com/News/today_BIKERS.shtml
Http://calmarcourier.com/content/artists-wheels-arrive-calmar



















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On the road again

9/10/2014

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We have had a great week of making art and meeting friends (old and new) in Chicago, but now we are preparing to ride on. Thank you to everyone who took part in spontaneous artmaking with us. Here are some photos from our various stops in Chicago, and be sure to keep checking back here at the website for updates on our next journey to the St. Louis area and many places in between.
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Watercolor painting with a group of curious and adventurous artists in Millennium Park.
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A chalk drawing of a bike takes shape in front of BFF Bikes in the Bucktown neighborhood.
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A new friend proudly displays his painting of the "bean" in front of the "bean."
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Holly prepares to teach a class of art therapy students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Fellow art therapist Julie adds to our incredibly long rolling mural.
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A collage created during the Art and Expression group at Trilogy in the Rogers Park neighborhood.
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We made it to Chicago

9/3/2014

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We are so excited to arrive in Chicago and fulfill the prophecy as foretold by the fortune cookie. Come make art with us  (and find out what is in the treasure chest) at 2 locations: on Saturday, September 6 at 10 am in Grant Park, and on Sunday, September 7 at BFF Bikes from 9 am to 11 am (2113 W. Armitage in Bucktown).
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Art Adventures

8/29/2014

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What should we do on a rainy day in the campground? Holly makes art with her new friends Sophia and Julian.
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Bert leaves the Galena Public Library after some impromptu art making with the after school crowd.
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Crossing state lines

8/29/2014

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The invisible state line to Illinois.
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Look hard. Can you see the tiny shape of Wisconsin in the background?
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