If you’ve strolled down Park City’s Historic Main Street this season, you may have noticed that the town takes Winter seriously! Among the holiday decorations are seven snow globes commissioned by the Historic Park City Alliance (HPCA) as part of a partnership project with Canyons Village Management Association to bring the Gondola & Snow Globe Art Strolls to life.

Each snow globe contains an installation created by a Utah artist, inspired by our state’s Olympic legacy. The globes are placed along the length of Main Street, and if you’re helping keep Utah’s snow season spectacular by riding Park City’s free, electrified buses, you can spot one at the Main Street Transit Center! Every globe also holds hidden objects that are part of a scavenger hunt, so you can test your sleuthing skills by looking for each one; HPCA has provided a handy list of clues and a map to help you get started.

The Call to Artists for this seasonal project generated a buzz among Utah creatives, who responded by sending in a flood of applications. Six individual artists and one two-artist team were selected to install their designs in the snow globes, and three of those artists are Summit County residents. Eric Warner, founder of Mountain Aesthete, has a long history of design work for prestigious brands such as Hermés, Cadillac, and Levi Strauss & Co, and his snow globe design reflects his commitment to refined craftsmanship. Anna Leigh Moore’s love of Winter sports shines through in her installation, which features gold figurines carving the slopes. Emily Miquelon’s sought-after earrings might decorate many an earlobe this holiday season, but she brought her construction skills to bear on her snow globe design, which honors Park City’s past and future Olympic legacy. The remaining globes were designed by Utah artists Ashley Emerson Moore, Libby Peterkort, Elizabeth Walsh, and the artist duo Brooke Smart and Jeremy Morgan, all of whom created snow globes of exceptional quality and creativity.

Summit County is known as a hub for Arts & Culture within our state, and it is projects like the Snow Globe Stroll & Scavenger Hunt that provide opportunities for local artists, as well as holiday cheer for everyone who visits or lives in our region. As Anna Leigh Moore puts it, “Creating a moving sculpture inside a 4ft wide snowglobe was an incredibly fun and festive way to create outside my typical mediums. I'm so grateful to the city for offering these unique projects for local artists to expand our skillset, and gift the community with public art.” The snow globe artists were able to install their designs at the WEBB Productions warehouse in Salt Lake City, which Anna Leigh Moore says was one of her favorite parts of the project: “You wouldn't believe the crazy stuff they can make!”

Ashley Emerson Moore, though not a Summit County resident, has a long-standing attachment to the Park City community that fueled her work on the Snow Globe Stroll: “As a child, I loved visiting Park City and enjoyed the mining exhibits and the town's rich history. When I entered high school, I began to appreciate visiting the many fantastic galleries on Historic Main Street. Since that time I've dreamed of having my art in Park City. When the opportunity to work on the Snow Globe Art Stroll was given to local artists, I knew instantly that I wanted a chance to be part of it. I am grateful that Summit County celebrates and respects local artists enough to hold events that bring families and communities together. When communities make space for showcasing local talent and commissions them for their time and skills, it sends a message that art and artists are worth the investment.”

The snow globes were installed on November 28th, and will be leaving after January 3rd, so if you haven’t seen them yet, you still have time! To learn more about the Snow Globe Stroll & Scavenger Hunt, check out HPCA’s site here.

All photos courtesy of Ginger Wicks/HPCA.

Main Street’s Snow Globe Stroll & Scavenger Hunt Delights Residents and Visitors