The idea
The project designed for OMA Bikes shop at Fulham Palace Road, aims to foster better cycling through graffiti art. The programme compromises a series of workshops targeted for Hammersmith and Fulham youth. We will offer 2 types of workshops, the first to learn how to use the spray paint and the second to foster autonomous and safer cycling. The workshops outcome will input feedback to create a mural for OMA Bikes's façade, embellishing the road and attracting new clients and street art fans. The main aim of the project is to enhance Better Cycling, to not only generate awareness of the positive impact of responsible cycling for the community wellbeing, but also to show how cycling reduces carbon emissions and sound pollutions of commuters. We would like to invite secondary school students with their parents to engage on the safer cycling workshops, so that Better Cycling also has a long term impact onwards reducing accidents.
What we'll deliver
- 2 Safer Cycling Workshops for Secondary Students
- Safer Cycling Guidelines for for each Secondary Student attending to Safer Cycling Workshop
- 2 Freehand and Stencil Spray Paint Workshops for Secondary Students
- A3 personalised canvas for each Secondary Student attending to the Spray Paint Workshop
- 1 Mural for OMA Bike’s façade
- 1 Short Documentary promoting Better Cycling
Why it's a great idea
- Promote Better Cycling.
- Protect OMA Bikes façade from vandalism by gifting a mural.
- Give inclusive access to arts and culture by displaying a mural on the public space.
- Teach secondary students how to freehand and stencil spray paint.
- Encourage a sense of community through an inclusive project that provides leisure, responsible cycling training and artistic development.
- Educate secondary students with their parents for autonomous safer cycling.
- Showcase the community benefits of cycling through a mural.
- Reduce carbon emission and sound pollution by encouraging better cycling.
- Advocate for physical and mental wellbeing through cycling and socialising.
- Bring new audiences and clients to Fulham Palace Rd stimulating the local economy.
- Generate workshops to strengthen healthy youth community activities like cycling and painting.
- Reduce accidents on the long term by giving training of safer cycling.
- Reaching a wider digital audience through a short documentary.
Steps to get it done
- Arrange dates with local secondary schools for 4 workshops
- Purchase 30 spray paint cans and 10 L of acrylics, rollers and brushes
- Paint mural
- Apply anti-graffiti varnish
- Launch event for local community
- Publish short documentary
