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On June 13th, Side Street Projects is embarking on an exciting 6,500 mile cross-country road trip from Pasadena, to Boston, and back to retrieve The Armadillo — an actual FEMA trailer deployed after Hurricane Katrina that MIT students and faculty transformed into a vertical (and mobile) community garden. MIT awarded The Armadillo to Side Street Projects after a nation-wide search. A companion for our renowned Woodworking Buses, The Armadillo is the newest addition to our fleet of mobile art education classrooms for kids in LA County.
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Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
MIT turned a FEMA Trailer into a garden.Side Street Projects is gonna go get it.
What is The Armadillo?
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Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
‣ MIT awarded The Armadillo to Side Street Projects after a nation-wide search.
‣ An actual FEMA Trailer deployed after Hurricane Katrina.
‣ Turned into a mobile, vertical community garden by MIT Visual Arts Program.
‣ Includes composting drum, irrigation system, and permaculture library.
‣ Clean interior is ideal meeting & work space (community digital lab).
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The ArmadilloExterior Vertical Planting WallsModular metal racks & 2-liter plastic bottles, with self-contained irrigation system
Composting CenterWith retractable “armadillo” shell cover
Interior Meeting Room/WorkspaceNew home of Side Street Projects’ Community Digital Lab
What is Side Street Projects??
‣ Founded in 1992, Side Street Projects is a completely-mobile, artist-run nonprofit organization based in Pasadena, CA.
‣ We teach artists of all ages how to roll up their sleeves and do things themselves.
‣ Education programs encourage self-reliance and creative problem solving in a contemporary art context.
‣ The only sustainable, mobile, urban community art center in the USA.
Mobile HeadquartersStrength Through Mobility
‣ Affordable office space is a serious problem for 80% of America's nonprofits. We became a completely mobile, self-sustaining organization in 2008.
‣ Off-the-Grid: vintage trailer offices on a vacant lot, 100% solar powered, with satellite Internet uplink.
‣ We plug into spaces no other organization could conceivably occupy, ironically achieving stability through mobility.
‣ In partnership with the City of Pasadena, we will remain permanently mobile and continue to transform vacant lots into thriving community art centers.
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Mobile Art EducationThe Alternate Routes Program
‣ Wood shops on school buses where kids learn about art, design, and engineeringusing only hand tools, raw materials,and their imagination.
‣ Integrates art, math & science in a100% hands-on environment.
‣ More than 10,000 children in LA County have thrived in the program since 1997.
‣ Expanding Alternate Routes fleet withnew mobile classrooms for different typesof art media. The Armadillo is the firstsuch vehicle.
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The ArmadilloUS Tour | Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
‣ 6,500 mile trip round trip from Pasadena to Boston to retrieve The Armadillo.
‣ Return trip: 20-day, multi-city goodwill educational tour.
‣ Stops include New Orleans & Houston — cities affected by Katrina.
Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
‣ The Tow Vehicle: 2008 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Diesel.
‣ 3/4 ton truck, Alison Transmission, 38,000 pound tow capacity.
‣ Fuel efficient “green diesel” gets impressive 22 mpg highway.
‣ Runs on regular diesel & bio-diesel (B5).
‣ Gift from the Pasadena Community Foundation.
Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
Travel ItineraryPublic Presentations & Free Family Art Workshops
‣ Present The Armadillo at art museums, educational institutions, and large public parks.
‣ Additional programing in small towns, trailer parks, and truck stops along the way.
‣ Scheduled stops in major media markets (times TBA).
June 13 Pasadena, CA * DEPART FOR BOSTON *
June 18 Boston, MAThe Rose Fitzgerald KennedyGreenway ConservancyOfficial "hand-off" ceremony
June 22-23Baltimore, MD
Washington, D.C.
Patterson Park Community Gardens
The National Mall (TBA)
June 26 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center
June 28-30 New Orleans, LA The Louisiana State Museum
July 2 Houston, TX Discovery Green
July 8 Pasadena, CA * RETURN TO PASADENA *
Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
Free Family Art WorkshopsRecycled Vertical Planters
‣ We’ll use The Armadillo as a mobile classroom to offer free hands-on projects at most stops along the tour.
‣ Project: Create your own vertical planter made entirely from 100% recycled materials, inspired by The Armadillo's ingenious 2-liter bottle planting system.
‣ Projects are appropriate for all ages— children, adolescents, adults, and seniors.
‣ Side Street Projects staff will facilitate with volunteer support from host venues.
‣ Materials needed: plastic bottles, plastic grocery bags, old phone lines, computer cables... anything that can be woven or braided.
Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
Who’s Involved?Much thanks to our sponsors, partners, & advisors
Congressman Adam B. SchiffCalifornia’s 29th District
Cultural Affairs DivisionPlanning & Advancement
Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
ActivationHow are we getting the word out?
‣ Follow The Armadillo on
‣ Coordinated PR effort between Side Street, MIT, & host venues in 6 media markets:- Los Angeles, Boston, D.C./Baltimore, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Houston
‣ Daily blogging w/ videos, photos uploaded from the road at AT&T Hotspots across USA.
‣ Trailer signage, banners, sponsorship truck decals, branded stickers & print collateral.
‣ Staff and board expertise with PR, marketing, production, and social networking.
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Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
Side Street Projects & MIT Visual Arts Program presents...
The Armadillo
Contact InfoMedia, sponsorship, and tour inquiries:
‣ Jon Lapointe, Acting Executive DirectorSide Street Projects(626) 798-7774jon@sidestreet.org
‣ Emily Hopkins, Programs DirectorSide Street Projects(626) 798-7774emily@sidestreet.org
Side Street ProjectsPO Box 90432Pasadena, CA 91103
http://www.sidestreet.org
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Alternate Routes: The Armadillo | US Tour - Summer 2009
> Project Directors
Jae Rhim LeeVisiting Lecturer, MIT Visual Arts ProgramDept of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning
Sally SusnowitzAssistant Dean, Student LifeDirector, MIT Public Service Center
> Project Advisors
Ute Meta BauerAssoc. Professor and DirectorMIT Visual Arts Program, Dept. of ArchitectureSchool of Architecture and Planning
Lars Hasselblad TorresMIT IDEAS CompetitionMIT Public Service Center
> Team Members
Gena PedittoProject Manager
Tarick T. WaltonUROP, Project Coordinator
Caitlin BerriganTeaching Assistant
Gina BadgerColin KerrSamuel KronickLisa SchlectAlyssa WrightMike ShafranChristopher TaylorKari WilliamsLucille Ynosencio
> Alumni
Allison DeeUROP Management Sciences
Maryann ChuUROP Civil Engineering
Jason RockwoodGrad. Student,Comparative Media Studies
Priyanka ShahTeaching Assistant,DUSP/Architecture
Jegan Vincent De PaulTeaching Assistant,Visual Arts Program
Side Street Projects would like to recognize the talent, generosity, hard work, and vision of the MIT FEMA Trailer Project Team:
Visit http://fematrailer.mit.edu:1000 for the whole story.
THANK YOU!
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