JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — A new mural is finished and in place at the Cow Tunnel underpass along Path22.
Titled “Cow in Motion,” the mural spans the length of the underpass, which is located near the entrance to Teton Science School’s campus. Community Pathways, Prospect Studio, and Jackson Hole Public Art came together to bring the project to life.
Installation took place over the course of a single day thanks to members of Wyoming’s American Institute of Architects (AIA) chapter with the additional help of Teton Science Schools’ Mountain Academy art students.
The genesis for “Cow in Motion” came from local architect firm Prospect Studio and Project Architects Zeke Nelson and Carl Kohut. In planning this year’s AIA Wyoming conference, which took place in Jackson over September 16-18, the Prospect Studio team looked for opportunities that would engage the state’s visiting architects with the local community.
JH Community Pathways and JH Public Art offered up the chance to paint the Cow Tunnel underpass (historically used to run cattle) and the team came up with the idea to reinterpret English photographer Eadweard Muybridge’s “Horse in Motion” series.
The team created 8 stencils of a cow in motion, and on Friday, September 17 a group of 15 architects came together to lay the stencil along the underpass. Mountain Academy students Dolyn Kinney and Augustine Porter also joined to add whimsical, colorful graphics to the monochrome stencil.
“As a professional organization, AIA Wyoming seeks to engage the public in alternative ways to increase the connectivity within the communities we work,” Kohut said. “The Cow Tunnel mural was an amazing opportunity to do that kind of work in a fun and creative way working with Teton County Pathways, JH Public Art, and Teton Science School.”
