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Buster Simpson is one of the nation’s foremost environmental artists. He has more than 40 permanently sited commissions to his credit across the U.S. and Canada, and projects continually underway. We asked him to define public art, what it was like to make an installation for Woodstock in 1969, and what he means by "poetic utility". He has been selected to build a Wildlife Viewing Platform near the Visitors Center to delineate the gateway to the National Parks. Currently, he's gathering inspiration for the piece by getting to know the poetry of place in Jackson Hole.

Mix’d Media is an arts event designed to entice museum-goers who wish to have a social experience alongside art. Tonight's celebration features interactive tours of one of Ansel Adam's personal photo albums and wet plate collodion portrait sessions by Lindsey Ross, owner of La Chambre Photographique. We talked with Lindsey and Andree Dean about why after-hours events draw a crowd, why we're drawn to vintage styles of photography, and more.

The event is at the National Museum of Wildlife Art at 6pm.

https://www.wildlifeart.org/events/mixd-media/

NOTE: This interview includes references to human reproductive organs and sexuality.

Marc Domsky is an amateur photographer and anesthesiologist in Jackson, Wyoming. His love of mountain culture led him to Bhutan where he was immediately struck by the incredible array of phallic forms, paintings and totems throughout the country. We talked with him about his book, "Phallus through Bhutan", which documents these artistic traditions and their meanings. We delved into the symbolism, why the values of Western culture limit our ability to appreciate phallic representations, and more.

NOTE: This interview includes references to human reproductive organs and sexuality.

Marc Domsky is an amateur photographer and anesthesiologist in Jackson, Wyoming. His love of mountain culture led him to Bhutan where he was immediately struck by the incredible array of phallic forms, paintings and totems throughout the country. We talked with him about his book, "Phallus through Bhutan", which documents these artistic traditions and their meanings. We delved into the symbolism, why the values of Western culture limit our ability to appreciate phallic representations, and more.

http://phallusthroughbhutan.com/

In honor of World Oceans Day, JH WILD will host a double-feature film screening at the Teton County Library at 5:30pm this evening. The film "Sonic Seas" explores the how man-made ocean noise threatens marine life and the film "Jago: A Life Underwater" follows an 80-year-old Bajau hunter that lives off the ocean. We talked with Mel Judd and Sarika Khanwilkar from JH Wild to learn more.

The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company returns to Jackson Hole for the second in a trilogy of dances, co-commissioned by Dancers’ Workshop. This one focuses on the turbulent and vibrant life of Jones' nephew. We talked with dancer Tallis Jackson about why Bill T. Jones is so notorious, his role in the performance, and his relationship to both dancing and teaching.

When visiting Zermatt, Switzerland, Sue Muncaster and her husband encountered a Treetop Adventure course and wondered if something like that might work in Jackson Hole. To put the plan in motion, Sue signed up for the Start-Up Intensive, an entrepreneurship program to help jump start aspiring entrepreneurs and to encourage Wyoming’s economic growth and diversification. Offered by Central Wyoming College and Silicon Couloir, the intensive is now accepting applications for their Fall 2016 session.

Children not proficient in reading by third grade are 4x less likely to graduate high school. In Jackson, that's 37% of 3rd graders. We talked with Teton Literacy Center's Executive Director Laura West Soltau about the achievement gap and how their programs address it.

The Rotary Club hosts the 21st Annual "Lunch for Literacy" today at noon at the Virginian Lodge to support Teton Literacy Center's programs for preschool to high school aged students and their families here in Jackson Hole.

The Town council meets tonight at 6pm to discuss plans to rezone District 2 in downtown Jackson, which could be a contentious order of business. The revision of District 2 would limit commercial and lodging development in hopes of encouraging private residential development.

We also touched on two Housing Authority Properties being considered for sale at the Joint Information Meeting being held at 3pm today.

Vice Mayor Hailey Morton Levinson joins us periodically for updates on local government.

This week the library airs an encore presentation of local poets.