Mobile Sign Shop

The Mobile Sign Shop (MSS) is inspired by the vernacular of wooden/engraved/painted/handmade signs found in National/State parks and at cabins and homes in Greater Minnesota and beyond. The MSS is housed in a trailer that provides an attention getting location stocked with sign making supplies. This trailer is not a standard utility trailer, but recognizable as a location for activity, painted brightly, with flags and sample signs. Inserting a non-standard, incongruous tool into public space, brings out people’s curiosity and willingness to engage.

The MSS provides guidance and prompts on how to make a custom sign along with materials, paint and brushes etc, as well as staff to carve letters with a router. How it works: participants are welcomed and receive a blank wooden sign blank- 1”x”4 x 12” or 16” board. They are instructed in process and sign making prompt, then use a pencil to write word on sign blank. Sign Shop staff take the sign and carve the word/s with a router. Participants then take the sign and paint it at a communal painting table.

The MSS has been all over Minnesota from Phillips West to International Falls to the People’s Center working with a diverse audience of participants in over 100 communities and neighborhoods, from rural folks in Greater Minnesota to audiences in Phillips, Powderhorn and the West Bank. We work with Spanish speaking helpers when needed and our positive  experiences in Minneapolis and across the state are indicative of the ability for the Mobile Sign Shop to cross communities and boundaries.

You can find out how to hire the Mobile Sign Shop by visiting
readygoart.com/tools/mobile-sign-shop/
current pics here-facebook.com/MobileSignShop