ALCES
COMMUNITY
WORKS
ALCES COMMUNITY WORKS IS A NON PROFIT PUBLIC ART AND HISTORY DESIGN STUDIO BASED IN LARAMIE, WYOMING
WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE TO TELL COLLECTIVE STORIES OF PEOPLE, PLACE AND CULTURE — PAST AND PRESENT.
FEAUTURED: WHITE PELICAN PROJECT
The White Pelican Project takes its name from the beloved bird that migrates between the Gulf Coast of New Orleans and the Intermountain West, embodying connection across distance and place. This initiative brings New Orleans–based storytellers, artists, and creatives to Albany County to share their practices through free community workshops and presentations, exhibitions, and performances.
our approach
create
We curate, co-create, and support public art and public history projects rooted in community voice and civic partnership. We believe that when people see themselves in the public record, something fundamental shifts — a sense of belonging, of mattering, of what might be possible.
amplify
We create and share multidisciplinary stories rooted in the lived experiences of Wyomingites — amplifying narratives that shift perception, challenge erasure, and make the case that art and storytelling are not only reflections of social change, but engines of it.
support
We connect and champion artists and storytellers across Wyoming — paying them equitably for their labor and ideas, honoring their full humanity as visionaries and culture bearers, and opening doors to the national opportunities and civic stage their work deserves.
educate
We develop curricula and public programming that deepen engagement with our projects and the histories they uplift — co-creating place-based, justice-oriented learning experiences with schools, universities, and community organizations that build informed, imaginative civic participation.
FEAUTURED: High iron
High Iron is a moving piece of public art—a modified train car— presently in Laramie, Wyoming before travelling to Cheyenne, summer 2026. It houses an interactive labor exhibit, an oral history collection station, and is the center of accompanying community programming. High Iron features stories of ancestors who constructed the transcontinental railroad, multigenerational laborers who built the economy of Wyoming, and contemporary rail workers and their unions. High iron shines light on buried narratives of: crucial labor, an incredibly diverse state, a culture of care, and immigrant contribution.
