Jackson Hole Public Art Impact Report 2023
9 swings make you feel like a kid again
10 illuminated, dreamy artworks mesmerized thousands of viewers winterlong
50 Arapahoe School students painted traditional themes educating school-bound commuters
1500 curious minds expanded with experiential art
3 climbable sculptures to invite creative play and gross-motor skill development
7 lighted teepees represented collaboration and unity, sparking the largest circle dance in our community
9 murals beautified downtown walls and connected public to local conservation initiatives
$40k in grants awarded to local artists to create new public art experiences
$156k invested in the future sustainability of JHPA by visionary donors
500 MobileStudio artmakers learned new techniques
9 paid student interns learned new teaching and artistic skills from local artists
40 poems added inspirational words to thousands of passersby
Community as Canvas, Creativity as Catalyst.
Mission
2023 Staff
2023 Board
JH Public Art forges partnerships for the integration of art into any environment, to inspire lasting cultural, educational, and economic benefits.
Carrie Geraci | Executive Director
Robin Cameron | Project Manager
Kyra Foley | Communications
Shawn Meisl | Development
Kea Molnar | Chair
Adam Janak | Vice Chair
Chris Ludwig | Treasurer
Maggie Moore | Secretary
Peggy Davenport
Klaus Baer
Kristin Revill
Alexis Dittmer
R. Jason Snider
Sarah Fischel
Public Art Task Force
Katy Fox | Artist
Tammi Hanawalt Ph.D. | Curator of Art, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Morgan Jaouen | Executive Director, JH Historical Society & Museum
Matt Kissel | Landscape Architect, Hershberger Design
Joseph Lovett | Project Engineer, Jorgensen Engineering
Chris Ludwig | Senior Project Manager, Two Ocean Builders
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Snow King historic chair as part of Square to Summit project
Photo: Sam Pope
In 2023 we launched the Catalyst Fund to give JH Public Art a competitive edge to engage with exceptional public art opportunities when they arise, to match funding to close a budgetary gap, or build capacity at a pivotal moment. Importantly, the Catalyst Fund will help JH Public Art become more sustainable in the future.
Thank you to our founding investors, we are proud to report the Catalyst Fund is now $156,000 and growing.
Andy and Shawn Ankeny
Klaus Baer and Rush Jenkins
Katharine Conover and Fred Keller
Peggy and Kirk Davenport
Alexis Dittmer
Stephen Dynia
Sarah Fischel
Sheryl and Jeff Flug
Petria and Scott Fossel
Pam and Scott Gibson
Cynthia Hogan
Adam and Emily Janak
Maria and Worthy Johnson
Keller Foundation
Liz and Andy King
Carrie Kirkpatrick
Eric and Tracy Logan
Chris Ludwig and Sam Danahy
Sally Maca and Alex Alimanestianu
Jed and Krista Mixter
Kea and Tom Molnar
Maggie Moore
Stacey and Bob Morse
Erika Pearsall and Ned Jannotta
Julie and William Obering
Julie and Hugh O’Halloran
Kristin and Joel Revill
Carolyn and Andy Ripps
Trish and Michael Spain
Ted and Noa Staryk
Amy and Steve Unfried
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Lighted Teepees
Artists/ Presenters: Pretty Shield Foundation
Location: Base of Snow King Mountain
Dates: October 3-6, 2023
Sponsors: Petria and Scott Fossel, Leslye and David Hardie, Berte Hirschfield, Carolyn Miller, and Terry Winchell and Claudia Bonnist of Fighting Bear Antiques
On behalf of the Intertribal Gathering planning and supporting partners, and in partnership with the Pretty Shield Foundation and Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, JH Public Art celebrated the connection between communities, culture, and land with the Lighting of the Teepees attended by over 500 community members on Wednesday, October 4th in Phil Baux Park at the base of Snow King Mountain.
As the sun set, the audience enjoyed a special performance of REMATRIATE by Patti Baldes, featuring willow buffalo sculptures brought to life by dancers in a reflection of the relationship between Tribes, buffalo, and the land. Followed by the biggest Circle Dance recently seen in Jackson, we then watched the Lighting of the Teepees installation illuminate at dusk, standing as visual reminders of unity and collaboration.
Photo courtesy of Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Snow King Chairs
Location: Cache Street, Snow King Mountain, Downtown Jackson Installation Date: Spring 2023
Over 30 local businesses and organizations provided support for the Square to Summit project, a public art partnership between Snow King Resort, JH Chamber of Commerce, Town of Jackson, and JH Public Art.
Twenty-five salvaged Snow King Summit lift chairs were repurposed as colorful benches and swings to form a walking corridor from downtown Jackson to the Snow King summit. This project celebrates Jackson’s unique cultural identity, history, and people by elevating local ski culture, its heritage, and our landscape. The installations provide a place to be outdoors, relax, connect, and discover the history of Snow King Mountain. Signage at each installation celebrates this history, with interpretive support from the JH Historical Museum & Society, as well as recognizes businesses that have contributed funds to the project.
Title Sponsors:
Bank of Jackson Hole
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
JH Chamber of Commerce
JH Historical Society & Museum
JH Public Art
Newton Foundation
Premier Powder Coating & Custom Fabrication
Snow King Mountain
Snow King Resort Master Association
Town of Jackson
Westwood Curtis Construction
Community Sponsors:
Anvil Hotel
Berkshire Hathaway
Center for the Arts
CN Engineers
Deb and Peter Keenan & Family
Erika Pearsall & Ned Jannotta
Gallery Wild
Guild Mortgage
Haagen Dazs
Hotel Jackson
In loving memory of Karen Oatey
JD High Country Outfitters
JH Jewelry Co.
JH Wildlife Safaris
Jorgensen Engineering
The Kudar
Lee’s Tees
Made JH
Million Dollar Cowboy Bar
Nelson Engineering
Northworks Architects
Pinky G’s Pizzeria
Snow King
Resort Hotel
Stio
The Lexington at JH
The Liquor Store
Town Square Inns
Two Ocean Builders
Two Ocean Trust
Wort Hotel
Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
Wyoming Humanities
Wildwalls 2023
Mural Artists: Bailey Collins, Leann Dzemske, Nicole Gaitan, Patricia Griffin, Ed Lavino, Molly Martin, Miranda Raposa, Miga Rossetti, Lyndsay Rowan, Helen Seay, Alyssa Shaw, Kathryn Turner, Anika Youcha, and Jackson Hole High School student, Lucy Turner.
Augmented Reality Creators: Kika Macfarlane and Tala Schlossberg of Two Toes Creative
Location: Town of Jackson
Exhibition Dates: June - September 2023
Sponsors: The Nature Conservancy, Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Teton County Weed & Pest and PlayCleanGo, ArtShop, Pinky G’s,
Friends of the Bridger-Teton, Wyoming Untrapped, Dave Hansen Whiteater, Jackson Hole Book Trader, JH Travel & Tourism Board, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Wyoming Arts Council, Snake River Brewing, Stinky Prints, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, William E. Weiss Foundation, Inc., Anvil Hotel, Teton County Library
WildWalls 2023 combined some murals with augmented reality (AR) features to promote a greater understanding and awareness of the region’s ecosystem through contemporary scientific research. JH Public Art works with the selected artists and collaborating organizations to generate educational content that brings each mural alive.
Artisit Credit: Alyssa Shaw
Compound Camera
Artists: Pneuhaus
Locations: Center for the Arts, Teton County Library, Greenspace on the Block
Dates: July 2023
Sponsors: Wyoming Arts Council, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, William E. Weiss Foundation, Inc., Teton County Library, Jackson Hole Land Trust, Center for the Arts, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole.
Pneuhaus’ immersive sculptures and environments guide visitors into the universe of their senses and the joys of shared experience. Inspired by physics, biology, and craft, their work incorporates the lessons of nature in both form and function.
The Compound Camera is an immersive dome made of 109 inflatable pinhole cameras that each cast a live projection of the surrounding environment to create a stunning tessellated panorama likened to standing inside the eye of a fly.
Glownights 2023
Artists: Pneuhaus + Liquid PXL
Locations: Teton Village Commons, Center for the Arts
Dates: December 22, 2023 - March 4, 2024
Sponsors: Teton Village Association, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board, Wyoming Arts Council, and Center for the Arts.
Cloud Lights hovered over the Teton Village Commons at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Created by designers and fabricators Pneuhaus, these artful
inflatables cast warm colors that glowed and reflected in snow.
At the Center for the Arts Lawn, five Electric Dandelions rose 25 feet above the landscape. Created by Liquid PXL, a Los Angeles art collective, the sculpture used LED lights to cascade twinkling colors high above the ground.
Art & Healing
Artists: 12 Local and Regional
Locations: St. John’s Health
Professional and Medical Buildings, Sage Living
Sponsor: St. John’s Health Foundation
Through an emerging and growing field of research, art in healthcare settings is recognized as a powerful tool used to create a healing environment by lowering stress and anxiety, of patients, families and staff.
The collection of temporary and permanent artworks displayed in St.
John’s Health and the Professional Building is managed by St. John’s Health Patient Services. New acquisitions and donations to the collection are stewarded by St. John’s Health Foundation.
In 2014, JH Public Art was hired by St. John’s Health Foundation to develop new collection criteria and donation policies guided by evidence-based criteria and designed to promote healing, wellness, and excellence in the art collection. JH Public Art is proud to continue to provide art consultation services to furhter this mission.
Kathryn Turner’s Artwork courtesy of St. John’s Health
Advice for erecting a new barn
After seasons of curing there comes time for a new barn
if evening storms seep through split boards, and the roof could pull clean off.
Don’t in haste send the old to the burnpile.
Piece by piece accept the good. Claim the bones that had you fall in love. What we hope for is a better barn. But not one without influence or the stirring ache of memory.
- Reed Mattison
Poetry Box
Artist: John Frechette
Curated by: Matt Daly
Location: East Broadway in front of Persephone Bakery
Date: 2010 - present
Production: Jackson Hole Writers & JH Public Art
Sponsors: MADE, Mountain Dandy
The Poetry Box places poetry into the hands of passersby by enticing them with its whimsical design to reach into the box and take a free poem with them as they go about their daily business.
“A beautiful aspect of the process was how much our students enjoyed being part of something so much larger than themselves. Murals take the emphasis off the individual artist. It becomes “ours” and about what we can accomplish collectively. Students would come in each day looking forward to see what had been painted by other students and they were excited to see what new part of the mural they would get to paint.”
Adrienne Vetter, K-12 Art Teacher
“Being chosen to be an artist for WildWalls was transformative for me! I had never created a piece of art for our community like this before, and I was incredibly inspired by the Pollinators theme, from both an environmental and a sacred place. The JH Public Art team was attentive and supported throughout the process. As an artist, it helped me to create a vision for a whole new body of work!”
Lyndsay Rowan, artist
“Thank YOU for all that you support, inspire and cultivate to ensure public art is a meaningful part of our community, AND the entirety of our community is considered and represented in creative expression and engagement! I wholeheartedly believe public art is a critical and dynamic way to democratize creativity and place making, and deeply appreciate the work of JH Public Art.”
Anonymous Donor
“It makes me feel like I am in a different world. It is like a portal where everything is upside down and when you exit out the black door you’re in a different dimension.”
Sebastian, Age 6 (and a half) Compound Camera visitor
2023 MobileStudio & Community Artists
Artists: Ava Reynolds, Suzanne Morlock, Jessyca Valdez, Sam Pope, Jenny Dowd, Alyson Spery, Lauren Arndt, Lizzie Needham, Ellen Wilkins, Winter Heaton, Jose Torres, Fabian Negrete, Bailey Collins, Cori Patrick
Locations: Across Jackson Hole
Dates: Annually June - December
Collaborating Organizations: High Mountain Pollinators & Bees, Slow Food in the Tetons, Hole Food Rescue, Community Entry Services, Teton Literacy, People’s Market, JH Land Trust
Sponsors: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Anonymous, Teton County Recreation District, Wyoming Arts Council
Featured Pollinator Projects:
- Bug Bungalows by Lizzie Needham and Ellen Wilkins
- Tiny Gallery Collective by Ava Reynolds
- Abuzz by Suzanne Morlock and CES
- The Cloud Factory by Jenny Dowd
- Invisible in Plain Sight by Jessyca Valdez
- Kenin Audio Adventures by Lauren Arndt
JH Public Art Community Artists work across existing agencies and programs including conservation, physical and behavioral health, transportation, pedestrian safety, environmental sustainability, and civic planning. Our Community Artists facilitate arts-based experiences to gather people, teach them arts skills, and to offer a sense of belonging
as an antidote to those who feel isolated and unheard. Artists interact with community at events like the People’s Market, and in parks and neighborhoods to reach diverse groups, underserved populations, and broad swaths of our community. This we know: the act of collective artmaking generates feelings of self worth, happiness, and productivity.
Pathways Murals
Artist: Colleen Friday
Educator: Adrienne Vetter
Title: Yeneini3i’ 3o3outei’i | Four Hills of Life
The four foot by 80-foot mural was created by Wind River artist Colleen Friday, in collaboration with educator Adrienne Vetter and 5th and 7th grade student artists of Fremont
County School District #38. The mural represents the Arapaho lifeway of four hills of life (yeneini3i’ 3o3outei’i) and is visually divided into four 20-foot sections that reflect Northern Arapaho culture with seasonal and life ways as interdependent to the buffalo. In mythical time, buffalo were human persons and a source of knowledge about the natural world and our movements through it.
Arts for All Grants Announced
Nearly $46,000 in Arts for All funding provided by Teton County and the Town of Jackson has been awarded to 16 local arts and culture organizations. These grants provide direct support to organizations and individual artists to address gaps in existing art programs, broaden public access to the arts, enhance arts education, support the production and presentation of new works, and provide ongoing operating assistance.
JH Public Art facilitated the Arts for All grant process with a panel of local community members with diverse experience in the arts who scored and discussed applications.
The following 16 local organizations were awarded a total of $45,754 in funding with individual grants from $1,754 to $3,000:
Art Association of Jackson Hole Cathedral Voices
Community Center for the Arts
Coombs Outdoors Dancers’ Workshop
Grand Teton Music Festival
Jackson Hole Community Radio
Jessyca Valdez Perez
National Museum of Wildlife Art MusicLand
Off Square Theatre Company pARTners
People Spread Love Riot Act
Teton Artlab
Teton Music School
Photo courtesy Off Square Theatre Company
Climbable Touchable Art
Bison and Wallow
Artist: Ben Roth
Project Administration: JH Public Art
Location: Greenspace on the Block
Funded by: JH Land Trust
Ben Roth used a chainsaw, grinder, and impact driver to create a sculpture from 30 logs, both fir and pine trees harvested as part of planned fire mitigation. The sculpture is sited on a highly visible portion of the Greenspace near a pathway that welcomes local and tourist traffic. Roth worked with local youth from Coombs Outdoors and Jackson Hole Children’s Museum to conceptualize the interactive artwork. He worked on the sculpture from June to July, often fielding questions from people passing through the Greenspace.
Abuzz
Conceptual Design and Coordination: Suzanne Morlock
Artists: Community Entry Services Clients
Location: Center for the Arts
Sponsors: Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole Public Art
Abuzz is the culmination of a 12-week exploration of “the hive,” pollinators and creative art making. The investigation included field trips to – the public art site, Sage Living pollinator gardens, Pneuhaus’ Compound Camera, the WildWalls scavenger hunt and a wildflower seed giveaway at the People’s Market in collaboration with Jackson Hole Public Art and High Mountain Pollinators and Bees.
Butterfly and Caterpillar
Artist: Bland Hoke
Project Administration: JH Public Art
Location: Children’s Learning Center, Mercill Ave.
Funded by: Head Start grant
Two new climbable sculptures by artist Bland Hoke landed in play spaces at Children’s Learning Center (CLC) on Mercill Avenue in Jackson. The sculptures, a caterpillar for the youngest children and a butterfly for older children, together represent metamorphosis – a theme that aligns with how quickly children grow. The caterpillar sculpture is based on a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar with pronounced eyes. It is powder coated in Supergrip Yellow. The butterfly is colored Mermaid Candy, with an iridescent sparkle, and is 24 inches tall and mounted to a foundation.
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