May 19, 2025 (Moscow, Idaho) — The City of Moscow and the Moscow Arts Commission announce the installation of four new vinyl wrap artworks in the Moscow community. The Vinyl Wrap program, an integral part of the City of Moscow Temporary Public Art Collection, features artworks on City-owned traffic signal boxes throughout the community. Accessions made in 2025 include two previously-wrapped box locations: Stadium & Hwy. 8 and S. Jackson & Hwy. 8. This year’s installations also include artworks at two new locations: 8th between Jackson & Main and 6th & Deakin. The artworks selected in 2025 were among a total of 18 designs submitted by artists from the Moscow region. The 2025 artists, artworks, and installation locations are as follows:
Garrett Britton, “Moscow Seasons,” 2025, 6th & DeakinGarrett Britton, “Moscow Seasons,” 2025, 6th & Deakin
Jean Crawford Evans, “Flutterbyes and Dragonflies,” 2025, 8th between Jackson & MainJean Crawford Evans, “Flutterbyes and Dragonflies,” 2025, 8th between Jackson & Main
KJ Elmose, “Daisy Chain,” 2025, S. Jackson & Hwy. 8KJ Elmose, “Daisy Chain,” 2025, S. Jackson & Hwy. 8
Josiah Nance, “Local Bounty,” 2025, Stadium & Hwy. 8Josiah Nance, “Local Bounty,” 2025, Stadium & Hwy. 8
(All photos taken by Geoff Crimmins)The Vinyl Wrap program started in 2012 with the installation of a wrap at the Wren Welcome Garden. Since that time, the City of Moscow has continued to add vinyl wrap locations throughout the community, with the collection currently including 23 traffic signal control boxes. Artworks are selected on an annual basis, with design proposals reviewed by a selection panel made up of Moscow Arts Commission and community members. The artwork at each location is replaced approximately every five years. More information about the City of Moscow Public Art Program is available on the City of Moscow website.

About Moscow Public ArtPublic art is at the heart of Moscow’s creative culture, and with a collection including works by local and regional artists, its public spaces reflect the Inland Northwest’s tradition of artistic excellence. The City of Moscow Arts Department and the Moscow Arts Commission (MAC) share a mission to enrich the community by celebrating and cultivating the expressions of all forms of art and culture. The MAC has fostered artistic excellence and public access to the arts in the city since its founding on October 2, 1978. Programming includes curation of exhibition space at the Third Street Gallery inside City Hall, a biennial Mayor’s Arts Awards, Moscow Poet Laureate programming, and a comprehensive public art program. The City of Moscow’s acquisition of public art began in the 1980s and is supported by a 1%-for-the-Arts fund established in 2004. A Public Art Master Plan, adopted in 2015, guides the incorporation of new works into the City’s landscape. Stewardship of the collection is a collaborative effort, with artistic advice from the MAC, direction from City Council, and operational details managed by Arts Department staff. The Public Art program aims to reflect the character of Moscow by fostering relationships between individuals and institutions in the community. Whether part of the University, business community, or the agricultural tradition, the City’s creative partners generate aesthetic excellence, civic identity, and economic strength by supporting the arts.The Public Art collection is currently comprised of more than 220 temporary and permanent features. Temporary artworks include vinyl-wrapped utility boxes and bus shelters as well as a sculpture garden featuring artworks on loan to the City. Artworks in the permanent collection range from mosaic murals and sculptures-in-the-round to framed pieces in the Portable Collection. Each new piece in the permanent collection joins others by celebrated regional artists including Harold Balazs, David Govedare, Miles Pepper, Robert Horner, Melissa Cole, J. Casey Doyle, and artist team Jennifer Corio and Dave Frei. Moscow is a community rich with diversity of thought, inhabited by minds open to possibility and creative interpretation. As such, the Public Art program not only celebrates the artist as a professional and valued business partner, but also welcomes a broad range of appearances, media, and art-making processes into its collection.