Some avid RISD | Public Engagement blog readers might remember the Armadillo Project, an MIT-sponsored repurposing of a FEMA trailer, from the Tricks of the Eye exhibition earlier this spring.
Last week, MIT professor and Armadillo project coordinator Jae Rhim Lee, passed off the keys to the trailer to an AMAZING arts group based out of Pasadena, CA called Side Street Projects. In a nutshell Side Street Projects is a completely-mobile artist-run organization that helps visual artists with a wide array of unusual programs and practical services that help artists roll up their sleeves and do things themselves.
Each year, more than 1,000 children age 5-11 participate in SSP's renowned Woodworking Bus program, which teaches kids how to use tools and create unique objects out of wood. For the grown-ups, they also provide a host of practical support services designed to meet the needs of working artists.
You can follow the Armadillo's journey back to California here. Once it returns the Armadillo will become newest addition to Side Streets fleet of mobile art education classrooms for kids in LA County.
A happy ending to a great piece of public art!
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