Retrofitted Bus Provides Studio for Native American Artists - News Summed Up

Retrofitted Bus Provides Studio for Native American Artists


The Rolling Rez Arts bus provides anyone interested in the arts — established and emerging artists, children and adults — a space to explore their creativity. The retrofitted vehicle crisscrossing the reservation, which is one of the most impoverished in the U.S., has an art studio and a business training center. He said many of the artists sell their work within the reservation, but they could reach more customers by taking a well-lit photo to sell it online. It also brings arts supplies, gives business lessons and even offers banking services; the bus has space for a bank teller and safe and is equipped with video cameras. "We have a two-day comprehensive business training ... but what we were seeing is that some of our artists were having to hitchhike to get here because they have transportation challenges.


Source: ABC News July 02, 2016 15:44 UTC



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