JACKSON, Wyo. — The National Museum of Wildlife Art will host a free reception honoring the Jackson Hole High School student artists featured in the “Mythics of the West” exhibition this Saturday, Jan. 11.
The collection was curated by students Camille Bushnell, Marieli Flores Cabrera, Sadie Mae Laprade and Ellison Wild. In their statement accompanying the exhibition, they called the collection an exploration of animals and culture.
“The combining of animals is present in multiple cultures and knowing this we pulled from the idea of the jackalope within Western cultures and of alebrijes from Mexican culture,” the student curators said via press release.
“With this theme, we set off to create a group of wacky animals to curate a mythical world,” they said. “On our whimsical journey of combination, we asked Jackson Hole High School students to create their own animals by combining two animals from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Those who participated created paintings and sculptures capturing the magic of alebrijes and of our very own ecosystem, encouraging viewers to see our local story of weirdness and whimsy.”
See work by local high school students and enjoy refreshments in the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Wapiti Gallery on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.
