Slimm Buick Selected for Art in Windows, Reception to be Held Nov. 21 in Richmond, CA

Richmond, CA, November 03, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Richmond Main Street recently announced that Slimm Buick of the Bicycle Art Salon will be the featured artist for their Art in Windows Series for Fall, 2011. Various works of his will be on display in the windows of commercial buildings in Downtown Richmond, at 1000 Macdonald Avenue and 400 Marina Way, beginning November 21, 2011. An Artists Reception to celebrate this opening will be held on Monday, November 21, from 5:00 to 7:30pm at the newly opened East Bay Center for the Performing Arts at 339 11th Street, Richmond, CA 94801. Richmond Main Street invites you to meet at the Richmond Main Street offices at 1000 Macdonald Avenue at 5:00pm for the launch, then a (short) walking tour of downtown to view Buick's work in the windows. From there the group may walk along the new Nevin Avenue Streetscape and Plaza to the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, where there will be a reception and viewing of the Richmond Main Street Downtown Champion Video Project, a film that recently premiered in the East Bay Center’s Iron Triangle Legacy Project.

About Slimm Buick: Slimm Buick is a San Francisco native, best known for his Art Bikes, such as Rawhide, the Elvis Bike and the Orange Barron. He also does customs for others, whether themed, or simply a tight, spiffy one speed, Fixie or Cruiser at the Bicycle Art Salon, his workshop at the Bridge Art Space, in Richmond, CA. These interests often collide and influence his art, whether kinetic, sculpture, watercolor, song or visual. Slimm celebrated his 25th Anniversary of building Art Bikes in 2011, and celebrated with the Orange Barron, a bicycle that resembles a Cafe Racer or Board Track Racer of (he's even getting pulled over by police who are confused until they see the pedals!). His work has been featured in Bay Area galleries, and throughout Northern California, and has appeared in the famed San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Oakland Museum and others. Several of his Art Bikes have also appeared in movies such as Rent (Sony Pictures, 2006) and Automorphosis (Harrod Blank, 2008) an award-winning documentary film being shown internationally as part of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs American Documentary Showcase. More recently, he was a performer at the Green Priz in San Jose.

About Richmond Main Street: The Richmond Main Street Initiative is a nonprofit organization that partners with the City of Richmond, merchants, and residents to implement its comprehensive, community-driven approach to developing and improving downtown Richmond. The target area includes Macdonald Avenue from 8th to 19th Streets, between Bissell and Nevin Avenues. Developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation more than 25 years ago and administered by the non-profit National Main Street Center of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Main Street Programs have utilized a public-private partnership of private investment, local government support, and local non-profit assistance to revitalize historic commercial districts such as Downtown Richmond, California. While not every city, town or neighborhood engaged in revitalization seeks Main Street certification, many California commercial districts actively pursue the prestigious designation of California Main Street District. A certified local Main Street program must meet stringent criteria set forth by California Main Street as well as complete an application and pass an on-site assessment conducted by the state program. California Main Street does not provide funding; the program provides training; information, research, and referral services, and technical assistance. Richmond Main Street Initiative was founded in 2000, and incorporated as a 501c3 in 2002.

For more information, call Richmond Main Street at (510) 236-4049, email admin@richmondmainstreet.org

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