North Star
Ashley Quick, 2024
North Star is inside the Snowy Range Visitor Center vault bathroom in the Medicine Bow National Forest. The artist responded to Visit Laramie’s Cowboy Code of Ethics for responsible recreation.
From the artist:
This mural creates a quilt dedicated to caring for the places we spend time, whether that be as a year-round resident or as a traveller just passing through. With references to navigation and migration with the Big Dipper and the North Star, and the idea of being home with quilt blocks and wild strawberries, this mural invites us to take care of wherever we are, for however long we’re there.
Project support from Laramie Public Art Coalition and Visit Laramie. Thanks to the U.S. Forest Service Laramie Ranger District for their collaboration.