Downtown Bed Racing April 27th

Artists and others are invited to create a racing bed as part of Tacoma Art Museum’s free community festival celebration on Friday, April 27, at 6 pm.

Inspired by the current exhibition Frida Kahlo: Images of an Icon, Tacoma Art Museum will host a surprise party to celebrate the centennial of Frida Kahlo’s birth in 1907.  Join the fun with a racing bed.

Participants are encouraged to work in teams to recreate Frida Kahlo’s famous bed into a motorless, manually powered racing vehicle. Timed heats will be held across Pacific Avenue from the museum in Tollefson Plaza beginning at 6 pm. Cash and other fabulous prizes will be awarded for the fastest, most alarming bed, most creatively dressed team, as well as most closely related to the artwork of Frida Kahlo.  Everyone dressed as Frida Kahlo will receive free tickets for select paid goodies and activities that are a part of the celebration.

The Rules:

• One person must be on the bed during the race with the remaining teammates pushing
• No motors, engines, or gas-powered means of locomotion
• Maximum size of the bed not to exceed 5 ft. long x 3 ft. wide x 5 ft. high.* There is no minimum size, but one participant must be able to fit on the bed
• Beds must have headboard and footboard
• Races will occur in heats, the number depending upon the number of participants
• Beds must remain on assigned course throughout the race
• Tacoma Art Museum will not provide for the transportation or security of the beds
• Registration is free, but participants must pre-register. Artists who register by April 20, 2007, will have their names included in the program. Entry form is available at www.TacomaArtMuseum.org.