Art Cart NYC™ and Etta Place Present Truck Yeah™: A Mobile Meet Up at Pine Box Rock Shop during Bushwick Open Studios and Art Festival, June 1st-2nd, 2012.

Art Cart NYC™ and Etta Place are proud to announce their second Truck Yeah™: A Mobile Meet Up event, taking place June 1st and 2nd, 2012 as part of Bushwick Open Studios. Truck Yeah™ will bring
together fifteen organizations to celebrate Brooklyn’s mobile arts and culture at Pine Box Rock Shop on 12 Grattan Street. Pine Box will host a Truck Yeah™ happy hour from 4-8 pm on Friday June 1st. The event will resume on Saturday from 2-8 pm. Truck Yeah™ envisions the urban center as an ever- changing backdrop from which mobile culture emerges to create an energetic and colorful metropolis.

For Truck Yeah™: A Mobile Meet Up, Art Cart NYC™ will show Allie Pohl’s exhibition, Defaced, a project that invites the public to reveal what it really thinks about using social media. By anonymously entering
comments to the dedicated website, individuals will participate in a roving discussion highlighting the many facets of and emotions resulting from the social media experience. El Camino ARTRV will present War Wagon by B. Thom Stevenson. A War Wagon is a mobile armory that biker clubs utilize during excursions when trouble is anticipated from other gangs or clubs. B. Thom Stevenson will be simulating its contents out of repurposed and found objects. Rabbit Movers ART ATTACK! will exhibit new work by Jaimz Deen. Brooke David presents Delicate Materials, a series of rendered images of armor and edible chocolate sculptures, and Anonymous Gallery will stage their multi-media shop in a vintage 1964 Airstream Tradewind. Brooklyn Art Library will include a portion of the Sketchbook Project and a participatory art exchange, Tiffany Nicole will hold her popular $10 fashion sale, and Bang-On! NYC will play throughout the event.

Enjoy delicious savory and sweet treats from NYC’s favorite food trucks: Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches, Gorilla Cheese NYC, Green Pirate Juice Truck, Kimchi Taco Truck, and S’amore NYC. Our host, Pine Box Rock Shop, will be serving up libations all weekend.

Truck Yeah™ participants include: Anonymous Gallery, Art Cart NYC™. Bang On! NYC, Brooke David Brooklyn Art Library, Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches, El Camino ARTRV, Gorilla Cheese NYC, Green Pirate Juice Truck, Kimchi Taco Truck, Rabbit Movers ART ATTACK!, S’amore NYC, Sherry Truck, Submergedart, Tiffany Nicole Mobile Vintage Shop

Truck Yeah™ is a hub for all varieties of mobile culture – art, design, fashion, theater, music, and food. Truck Yeah™ specializes in events ranging from intimate gatherings to large-scale events and festivals that transform unlikely locations into creative happenings. Truck Yeah™ maintains an online Truck Registry as resource for mobile ventures across the country.

Located in an old casket factory steps from the Morgan Ave L, Pine Box Rock Shop offers 16 drafts and impressive specialty drinks, along with a seasonal cocktail menu. In the heart of Bushwick’s arts community, Pine Box hosts many emerging artists, musicians, filmmakers and comedians. Visit the website for monthly events and show times. Weekly Staples: Happy Hour (everyday until 8pm), Trivia Night (Wednesdays @ 8:30), Karaoke (Thursdays @ 10pm), and Televised Events. (Open at 4pm weekdays, 2pm Sat/ Sun.)