Press Release: GlowNights a Blaze Through End of January
Jackson, WY: GlowNights public art installations – produced by Jackson Hole Public Art and in partnership with Teton Village Association and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort – are up through the end of January, each with an augmented reality message about ENERGY: how we use it, where it’s from, and where it will go. Energy Conservation Works (ECW), Jackson’s local energy conservation organization, partnered with local artist Ouree Lee and JH Public Art to provide the three distinct messages, which can be activated via the HOVERLEY app on your mobile device (when you are viewing each installation) or via JH Public Art’s Vimeo account, linked here. The augmented reality messages address Where Green Energy Comes From, Why Switch to LEDs, and Why Choose Electric Start Buses.
Teton Village GlowNights is now in its third year of illuminating solstice-season nights and is sponsored by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and Teton Village Association. Two large scale, intricately-cut luminaries, designed and built by Rexburg, Idaho’s Premier Powder Coating, placed in the Village common space to bring wonder and awe to passersby. The Grand Antler, JH Public Art’s enormous inflated elk antler by local artist Bland Hoke, is suspended above the
skiers flat next to the Mangy Moose and Heart Mountain, an illuminated crystal provided by JHMR, will also be on view across from the Tram in Teton Village. Jackson GlowNights is hosting three installations: Tall Grasses by artist Geoffrey Hicks at the Center for the Arts Lawn; a new work titled The Sun by Bland Hoke at the Teton County Library; and Undercurrent by CLB Architects for Greenspace on the Block. For more information on each of these pieces, please visit our website here.
Major funding for GlowNights is provided by the Teton Village Association and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, with additional support from Friends of JH Public Art, the Center for the Arts, Energy Conservation Works, Guild Mortgage, First Western Trust, Jackson Hole Land Trust, Teton County Library, Toran Accounting, and the Wyoming Arts Council. Hughes Productions will provide lighting components and support for the installations.
* Additional High Res images are available upon request; contact Alexandra Pope alex@jhpublicart.org
ABOUT ENERGY CONSERVATION WORKS
Energy Conservation Works Energy Conservation Works provides leadership, engagement, and implementation specific to energy conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and reductions in emissions.
Contact: Phil Cameron, Executive Director pcameron@energyconservationworks.org www.energyconservationworks.org
ABOUT JACKSON HOLE PUBLIC ART
JH Public Art forges partnerships for the integration of art into any environment to inspire lasting cultural, educational and economic benefits. JHPA is a non-profit organization and our community’s leading presenter of artist-driven projects in public spaces. We place artworks outside traditional venues of museums and galleries to provide access to art for all people.
Contact: Carrie Geraci, Executive Director carrie@jhpublicart.org www.jhpublicart.org
