Evenings for Educators: Cycle Thru! The Art of the Bike

Thursday, May 15, 2025 from 4–7 p.m.

Registration required.
Members: $10  
General public: $20  
College students: $5   

Enjoy an evening learning about Cycle Thru! The Art of the Bike. Hear from Amy Dehan, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, enjoy dinner, and then experience a docent guided tour of the exhibition. Cycle Thru! presents the bicycle as a way to explore intersections of history, popular culture, design, and modern and contemporary art. Spanning the 1860s to today, more than 20 bicycles from The Bicycle Museum of America in New Bremen, Ohio, illustrate the design innovations—both functional and aesthetic—marking the vehicle’s development. Paired with contemporary art by Jarbas Lopes, Bas Jan Ader, and Bari Kumar—as well as selections from the Cincinnati Art Museum’s collections of photographs, fashion, posters, and paintings—visitors can pedal through and ponder the role of the bicycle as an evolving icon, a connector of cultures, and a vehicle for autonomy and freedom to all, regardless of age, gender, and geography.  

For each program attended, you can earn CEU’s and 1-2 graduate credits for an additional fee. 

About Evenings for Educators 
Evenings for Educators is the museum’s monthly teacher professional development program. Through the lens of the museum’s collection and exhibitions, Evenings for Educators supports all subjects taught in the classroom. It also encourages a STREAM approach as well as Twenty-First Century Learning strategies. The program is offered for teachers of all grade levels and disciplines, art appreciation volunteers, pre-service education majors, teaching artists, as well as community and museum educators. 

image credit: Sears Spaceliner, 1965, Victor Schrekengost (American, 1906–2008), designer, Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company (American, 1919–1988), manufacturer,  Sears, Roebuck & Co. (American, est. 1893), retailer, steel and plastic frame with leather saddle, Bicycle Museum of America, New Bremen, Ohio

If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at [email protected] or fill out the accessibility request form.