MoonShot 5×5 call for visionaries

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Jackson Hole Public Art is looking for MoonShot 5×5 presenters and visionaries. 2022 marks JH Public Art’s 10-year anniversary and it will be celebrated with a special MoonShot 5×5 event, sponsored by First Republic Bank, and co-presented with JH Climate Action Collective, on March 2, 2022 with a juried Buzz Aldrin Award for the top presenter and a $3,000 prize.

“MoonShot concepts are catalysts to change the way people see the world and how we interact with one another,” says JH Public Art director Carrie Geraci. “We are looking for ideas that spark inclusive community interaction, reimagine how we connect to each other in public spaces, and should capture the relationship between creativity and play.”

Anyone with a bright idea (not necessarily a shovel-ready project but a visionary possibility) is invited to submit. MoonShot ideas must be submitted by January 31, 2022. Submission details in both English and Spanish can be found online. Finalists will be selected to present in a quick-paced format—using 5 slides and 5 minutes—at the Center for the Arts on March 2, and will be candidates for the 2022 MoonShot juried award.

The 2022 MoonShot 5×5 event will also feature keynote speaker and moonshot thinker Jason McLennan. McClennen will appear live at the Center with a presentation on his groundbreaking work on creating living buildings. McClennen is a winner of the Buckminster Fuller Prize, the planet’s top prize for socially responsible design, and he is considered one of the world’s most influential individuals in the fields of architecture and green building today.

MoonShot 5×5 is a core JH Public Art program now in its 5th year. It is sponsored by First Republic Bank, Friends of JH Public Art, and Wyoming Arts Council. The community event is always free and open to the public. It serves as a launchpad to rocket ideas out into the universe, where it is hoped they will land in reality.