Art+Truck

A DOCUMENT REVIEWING "INSTALLATION ART"

THIS YEAR'S ART TRUCK FEATURES BYU ARTIST, PETER EVERETT -This is a link to his profile artspace with a slideshow of his work. This would be great to show to your kids.

Project 337 has not published the lesson plans for this exhibit yet. They promised April (must still be a bit early). So, here is a description that should be shared, defined and maybe modified for your students before art night. They will enjoy the truck much more if they know a little bit about it.

The Art Truck is back! This 30' vegetable truck has been retrofitted to bring original art by America's best contemporary artists directly to local schools and communities free-of-charge. The Art Truck has won numerous awards including: the Salt Lake City Mayor's Service to the Arts Award, the Best of State Medallion for Arts in Education, the Best of State Statue for Overall Winner in the Education Category, the Best of Broadway award for Service to the Community, and a Beehive Award for Best Mobile Art Experience.

This year the Art Truck will house an interactive multi-media exploration of Utopia by BYU Professor //**__Peter Everett:__**//  "Growing up my family moved frequently--sometimes 2-3 times a year. I saw a lot of moving trucks and like how they are associated with change, hope for new beginnings, and a better existence-feelings similar to those driving utopian cities and cultures. I want to paint the outside of the [Art Truck] to look like a UHaul truck.the ones with pictures of a particular city on them, but to make the city my fictitious utopian city (familiar but strange). So the truck literally becomes a moving truck exploring the moving target of utopian drive and its various manifestations-kind of like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."