MLAB is the collaborative effort of the Social Sculpture class at Syracuse University, comprised of 10 art and architecture students and lead by artist and Director of Community Initiatives in the Visual Arts of Syracuse University, Marion Wilson. Our mission is to transform a used, 1984 Recreational Vehicle Bus into a Mobile Literacy and Arts Bus for use by the Syracuse City School District and the greater Syracuse Community. Through the Partnership for Better Education, an incredible curriculum that bridges photography, poetry and literacy currently exists-- however due to a crisis of space, the schools don't always have the space or resources to house it. MLAB will be this space. The bus will serve as mobile classroom, digital studio, gallery space, and community center. As a team, we are doing it all: demolition, design, and construction. This blog serves as our main communication portal, and archives our history and progress.

Completed over the Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 semesters at Syracuse University. MLAB is currently scheduled to pilot at Ed Smith Elementary School and Henniger High School in the Syracuse City School District in the 2008-2009 school year.

Please visit MLAB's blog for more information.