Bike show set for Saturday

Published 10:28 am Friday, March 21, 2014

Andy Hull is hoping to bring a different kind of art to Austin when the Build Art Bike Show is put on, 2 to 8 p.m. on March 22. -- Herald File Photo

Andy Hull is hoping to bring a different kind of art to Austin when the Build Art Bike Show is put on, 2 to 8 p.m. on March 22. — Herald File Photo

A local man is look to get Austin’s motors running for art.

Andy Hull is organizing the Build Art Bike Show from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the downtown bank building.

About 15 to 20 motorcycles will be on display for the art show, which is also a fundraiser for the Austin ArtWorks Center. Officials are currently working on a deal to transform the the bank building into the ArtWorks Center.

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While not required, a $5 donation is asked for at the door.

There will be plenty of other things to pique local interest, but it will be the bikes that will be taking center stage at the Build Art Bike Show.

Bikes of all kind will be on display including vintage bikes and bikes that are still in process of being built or refurbished. On top of that will be motorcycle-themed art on the walls as well as, if it works out, a projector upstairs that will play motorcycle movies. Also upstairs will be a show featuring minibikes.

“It’s not like the big outdoor shows,” said Hull, who also has a motorcycle-themed podcast — Hold Fast Motors. “It’s more like an art show.”

The idea stemmed from a show Hull visited recently in Milwaukee, Wis., where the show was held in an old warehouse.

“I loved the way it felt,” Hull said. “It was invite-only and it was only the bikes the guy wanted to be there.”

Hull admitted the whole project had to come together very quickly — about two weeks — and he gives The Austin Area Commission for the Arts Executive Director Jennie Knoebel credit for helping get this off the ground.

“It’s going to be super cool,” Knoebel said. “It’s all motorcycles that either have been built or have custom paint jobs or custom leather works. It’s a whole new thing for the motorcycle community.”