Mudmobile Archive 
Mudmobile 2003-2004: The 2003-4 Mudmobile season saw an increase in community activity beginning with demonstrations at Round Top Center for the Arts and at Common Ground Fair, and a children’s workshop at the Seacoast Learning Center, Boothbay Harbor. Throughout the year Mudmobile visited 37 sites, working with over 2300 students and teachers. We acknowledge the invaluable assistance from our financial contributors, our winter resident instructors and from our instructors-at-large in Portland and Manchester. The 2004-5 season is shaping up, what, with the news of $18,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a traveling “touch tank” exhibition to accompany the hands-on workshop offerings of the Mudmobile! Two groups we will be collaborating with in connection with this funding are the Iris Network, a statewide service organization for the blind and visually disabled, and young artists from the Ladd Recreation Center in Wayne. We anticipate a full calendar this year, check back here next year to see the highlights…thank you for your support! 
Mudmobile 2002-2003: During the 2002-3 school year Mudmobile visited 45 sites in 11 of the 16 counties in Maine, working with over 2700 children, adults, veterans and disabled seniors- keeping our winter residents/ Mudmobile extraordinaires with their hands full. Program support for Mudmobile is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and Fleet Bank; the Maine Arts Commission for Professional Development Workshops and for the "Artists in Maine Communities" program, where we target regional areas visiting sites like the Caribou Nursing and Veterans Homes, and 5 schools within Caribou and Presque Isle; and Tom's of Maine toward reaching these regions with a broad variety of hands-on and exhibition offerings. Special thanks to Maureen Barrett for her support in underwriting our initial Regional Programming efforts in Jackman last November. Mudmobile has continued to thrive due to the efforts of host site coordinators communicating to and for their respective communities what Mudmobile has to offer and what would benefit the community. A community wide supper and celebration and two community tile mural projects attest for the efforts of just a few individuals at three host sites. We look forward to a busy year, getting things started with our annual journey to the Common Ground Fair in September and a Teachers and Artists Residency Workshop in October. Mudmobile 2001-2002: As the Mudmobile rounds the corner on its fourth year on the road, we look back with joy to the connection and experience we have shared with students, teachers, parents and seniors of Maine. By May of 2002 the Mudmobile will have traveled to 27 schools and centers to work with more than 2600 students, teachers and life-long learners from 3 to 91 years young! The Mudmobile has grown steadily over the years, due to three key factors: the tremendous support from Maine communities, businesses, individuals and foundations; from building a reputation for bringing quality art education to our schools, community centers, social service centers and senior programs; and from the dedication and expertise of our talentedinstructors. We look forward to the coming year with the hope that we will continue to meet the diverse needs of the community as well as broaden our capabilities to serve greater numbers with even greater effectiveness. Here are some of the schools and centers we have visited in 2001/02:
Mudmobile 2000-2001: During the 1999/2000 school year, the Mudmobile traveled 11,000 miles serving 18 sites, 157 teachers and 2,417 K-12 students in 8 counties across Maine! Projects ranged from tile murals to masks to pit-fired rattles to collaborative sculptures. Mudmobile artist/instructors came from Watershed winter residency and from Maine-based ceramic artists. The 2000/01 season is off to an exciting start with a visit to the Maine State Museum for Earth Science Day on October 3, 2000 where the Mudmobile will provide clay art demonstrations and information about how the geology of clay in our area has had historic and economic impact on our communities. Then, it's off on the ferry for a three-day workshop on Vinalhaven Island where Mudmobile artists will help students create a tile mural for the new school being built there. Several projects in Bangor area schools will keep Mudmobile busy throughout the winter. On March 1, 2001 Mudmobile will attend Arts Education Advocacy Day at the Capitol in Augusta. |