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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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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).


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


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.



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.



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 *



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.



The Armadillo

Who’s Involved?Much thanks to our sponsors, partners, & advisors

Congressman Adam B. SchiffCalifornia’s 29th District

Cultural Affairs DivisionPlanning & Advancement



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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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The Armadillo

Contact InfoMedia, sponsorship, and tour inquiries:

‣ Jon Lapointe, Acting Executive DirectorSide Street Projects(626) [email protected]

‣ Emily Hopkins, Programs DirectorSide Street Projects(626) [email protected]

Side Street ProjectsPO Box 90432Pasadena, CA 91103

http://www.sidestreet.org

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> 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!

http://fematrailer.mit.edu:1000

http://fematrailer.mit.edu:1000