The Rusty Iris | Art Car | Charlottesville

What
IS
The Rusty Iris?

The Rusty Iris is a school bus designed to explore transformation through the process of collaborative creation.

We need you to help us get prepared for

TomTom Festival 2024 April 17-21

Rusty will host the Family Stage Friday and Saturday with her new digs

2nd upper deck with catwalk

Orb lounge and DJ booth

Sound, Lights, Fire, Art

We need 200 people to donate $15 each

We need that to be YOU. NOW.

Donate Today!

Half of our funds come from generous donors like you! Every bit counts. Please join the fun, make this dream real, and click below.

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The Team

The Process

The Art

The Fire

The Celebrations

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Rusty Crew Raises the Roof

47 Folks showed up to raise the roof and prepare Rusty for Phase II. THANK YOU to all the lifters and shakers and merry-makers. YOU are...

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Birth of the Orb

The orb will replace the back of the bus and will be a DJ booth up top and lounge below. We had SO MUCH FUN building it. Progress...

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Rusty prepares for her next phase!

Rusty shed her windows and parts of her roof and walls in preparation for her next phase of transformation!