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Truck'n With Vito

A traveling campaign to bring awareness that people with autism and other neuro-diversities need better choices and funding for art related higher education

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Truck'n With Vito

Truck'n With Vito

Truck'n With Vito

Truck'n With Vito

Truck'n With Vito

A traveling campaign to bring awareness that people with autism and other neuro-diversities need better choices and funding for art related higher education

A traveling campaign to bring awareness that people with autism and other neuro-diversities need better choices and funding for art related higher education

A traveling campaign to bring awareness that people with autism and other neuro-diversities need better choices and funding for art related higher education

A traveling campaign to bring awareness that people with autism and other neuro-diversities need better choices and funding for art related higher education

Vito Bonanno
Vito Bonanno
Vito Bonanno
Vito Bonanno
1 Campaign |
New Haven, United States
$515 USD 4 backers
2% of $18,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal


Please join us as a supporter in what may be a one of a kind traveling adventure.  This trip involves Vito Bonanno, a nationally recognized artist with Autism, and is called Truck’n With Vito!  Akin to the concept of food trucks in the culinary world, Vito has transformed a regular van into a roaming art gallery showcasing his art and art merchandise traveling to various art events and happenings in CT, NY and beyond.  We believe this may be the only truck/vehicle of its kind in the country.

This campaign will bring strong awareness, dare we say even START A MOVEMENT, with regard to the lack of choices for young adults with autism spectrum disorder and other similar neuro-diversities after they graduate high school.  Think of it this way; If you want to open the door but have been given the wrong key, is the door broken?  No, you just need the right key and the door easily opens.  The same is true for people with ASD and the key they need is modified classroom settings and curriculum for higher education and adult vocational training opportunities in art related studies that can lead to employment and professional careers.

TRUCK’N WITH VITO!  will be an inspiration to those on and off the spectrum.  The goal is to promote awareness of the untapped creative and productive lives of these individuals, which may never have a chance to be realized unless the public, businesses and communities change the way they perceive these artists.

Vito was fortunate to have a support group able to seek out and either find or create private instruction situations that have and continue to develop Vito’s talent and craft.  Without this help it seems likely he would not have realized his true artistic talent and current success.  So here is the disturbing question:  How many other Vito’s are out there?  People like anyone with hopes, dreams, desires and talents, but no way to gain access to instruction, education and funding to hone their craft and teach them how to turn it into a profession.  We fear the answer is alarming.

This truth is what fueled the concept of Truck’n With Vito. We feel compelled to bring attention to this educational deficit to all that will listen including state and government agencies.  Please take this journey with us and make a difference in the lives of countless adults.  The cause must start somewhere—let it be here—TRUCK’N WITH VITO!

Learn more about artist Vito Bonanno at www.vitobonanno.com


Check out our great PERKS below to thank you for your support!





Come visit Truck’n With Vito! at the locations noted below.  More will be added as the journey unfolds and announced on Facebook.com/trucknwithvito , Twitter @VitoBonannoArt/trucknwithvito


May 24-June: Vito Bonanno Solo Exhibition, Truck’n With Vito! , Umbrella Arts Gallery NYC Popping up here over the two months. 

May: Indigogo Truck’n With Vito! Campaign Launch Celebration May 24, 2014, Opening Reception 5-7, Umbrella Arts  Gallery, NYC

May: Bushwick Open Studios NY, May 30, 31 and June1

June: Land Gallery NYC

June/JULY:  Umbrella Arts NYC Special Events to be announced


July/Aug:  Uarts at Connecticut Commission on the Arts

September:  Dumbo Arts Festival, NY

September:  IAM Festival, CT

September 22:  Envision Fest, CT

October 3:  LAMP, CT

October:  Open Studios, CT


December:  Wynwood,  Art Basil Miami

January 2015: Metro Curates, NYC





BUDGET:

Our estimated costs per month are:

Driver Payroll    $2,000.

Artist Assistant    $1,500.

Parking expenses    $  550.

Fuel    $  450. 

Auto Insurance    $  125.

Travel/accommodations  artist/staff  $  550.

Admisitrative/social media   $  400

Campaign and Advertising Costs  $  500

Misc supplies  $  100


Total Monthly Estimated Expenses   $6175.00


It is our hope we can raise 3 months of expenses, at which time we also hope that as Truck’n With Vito! travels and gets attention and momentum, it will realize enough sales from the truck’s showcased art, art merchandise and new corporate sponsors to become self sustaining, continuing its journey and message of hope through 2015 and beyond.




Vito Bonanno and the Truck’n With Vito! team would like to thank its current sponsors:

Just Gui Enterprises, llc

Chapel Haven

Taylorvision

Kosmoworks

State of Makers

Uarts

I3 imaging

Absolute video

Umbrella Arts Gallery

Miami Arts Scene












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Road Trip

$15 USD
Thank you for taking this road trip with us! For your support receive a hand screened Classic Vito traffic light small patch approximately 5" x 5". Attach it to your favorite jacket, jeans, bag or backpack. And you can always get a tack and hang it on your wall--art is art! See a pic of a sample patch in the gallery. Please note colors of fabric and ink may vary depending on Vito's choice that day!
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Unleaded

$25 USD
Keep us on the road with your Road Trip support. What you get is a large approximately 8" x 8" hand screenprinted patch made by the artist and his team. Super chic. Good sized to use as is and large enough to cut up and share with friends. Attach to your favorite item and add a Classic Vito flare to anything, backpack, your fav jeans or jacket, or just get some tacs and hang it like art! See a sample pic in the gallery. Please note that fabric colors and ink may vary.
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Beep Beep

$50 USD
Truck'n With Vito! t-shirt. All t-shirts are hand screen printed by Vito and his team in their CT Studio. Shirts are American Apparel. Please include size. Many will be made to order when we are not on the road! See pic in gallery.
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Traffic Light

$100 USD
1. Truck'n With Vito! t-shirt. All t-shirts are hand screen printed by Vito and his team in their CT Studio. Shirts are American Apparel. Please include size. Many will be made to order when we are not on the road! 2. And a traffic light hand screen printed patch that is personalized by the artist with extra hand drawings and/or other hand applied additions.. Each patch is unique because of the extra art work done by Vito.
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On Ramp

$250 USD
Limited Edition Silkscreen signed by the artist. Classic Vito Traffic Light that has been used on many of his logos is part of a Limited Edition being printed specifically for the Truckn'n With Vito! campaign and a variation of this print will be part of his solo exhibition at Umbrella Arts Gallery in NYC in June 2014. Get yours at this unbeatable price while helping to bring awareness to the special higher educational needs of people with ASD. See picture in gallery.,
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Full Tank

$500 USD
Original art on canvas from the Truck'n Series. For the launch of Truck'n With Vito! campaign party and solo exhibition in NYC, Vito has made small intimate drawings on 6" x 6" canvases. Each piece is a little treasure, a snap shot of images from the artists heart, mind and soul, packaged neatly into a little frame that can contain a few or many ideas. All original and made specifically for this project. See sample pictures in gallery and note the piece you get is not the one shown.
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Information Highway

$1,000 USD
Come on the road with us! Corporations and businesses. 1. Your ad measuring 2' x 3' on the side of the artmobile for 3 months! You supply the artwork, we get it on the truck! See pic in gallery that shows location of ad on truck. 2. Your logo will be prominently and proudly displayed on Vito's website in the sponsor section. 3. Also included is a Limited Edition Classic Vito Traffic Light silkscreen printed specifically for the Truck'n With Vito! campaign and signed by Vito.
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On the Road Again

$1,500 USD
Travel with us on our journey! 1. Your ad on the side of the artmobile for 4 months, 20 inches tall by 8 feet wide. All eyes will see you. See pic in gallery for ad location. 2. Your logo proudly displayed on Vito's website in the sponsor section. 3. An original Vito art on canvas from the Truck'n series .Each piece is a little treasure, a snap shot of images from the artists heart, mind and soul, packaged neatly into a little frame that can contain a few or many ideas.
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