Sure this is an SF blog (soon to also be found at TheSanFranista.com), but there’s no reason admirable art on the other coast can’t get a nod from time to time. After all, it’s not everyday you get a note about “a vintage ice-cream truck turned mobile art space,” but then, not everyday is the debut of Mister ArtSee. The mobile arts lab is to serve as a traveling home to installations, sound-pieces, performances, and visual art following its September 10 introduction at NYC’s Half Gallery.
I’m eagerly awaiting a look at artist Elliott Arkin’s completed hybrid, which he describes this way: “Like a Swiss-army knife, Mister ArtSee will be equipped with numerous extensions—a platform stage, video projectors, a podium—with the ability to fold out and open up to facilitate such projects. The design seeks to achieve maximum versatility and world class artistry to fulfill the mission of bringing information and contemporary art to the areas it visits, especially neighborhoods, schools, playgrounds, parks and public spaces not typically served by traditional art institutions.”
Art-Z, the group behind the project, plans to unveil the fully functional version next April on National Arts Advocacy Day. I hope they’ll take a nod from the Weinermobile and start offering rides around the country in advance (in the name of arts education, of course).