GIANT TROLL LINKS JACKSON WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES STEWARDING RESOURCES & CREATIVITY By Carrie Geraci, JH Public Art
This spring, Jackson Hole Public Art will bring a Giant Troll to life for all to enjoy. Artist Thomas Dambo - a highly acclaimed recycling artist - is traveling to Jackson from his native Denmark to construct a site-specific, immersive art installation, set within the Jackson Hole Land Trust’s beloved community conservation property, Rendezvous “R” Park. What’s perhaps most exciting is that the statue will be built entirely from recycled wood and locallysourced materials.
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To educate local youth about the importance of reuse, reduce and recycle, JH Public Art has teamed up with Subaru America, Grand Teton National Park, National Parks Conservation Association, and the Teton County Integrated Solid Waste & Recycling Center’s “Zero Landfill’’ initiative to offer an exciting STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) project facilitated with support from the pARTners program. Throughout the next few months, local youth in first and second grades will participate in an artist challenge to create their own
