McCaslin Underpass Mosaic

McCaslin Underpass Mosaic The McCaslin Underpass mosaic project will be installed in the pedestrian underpass between Harpwr Lake and Davidson Mesa in Louisville, Colorado.

The artwork will be 8 panels of native wildlife scenes made of handmade ceramic tiles.

We had a fabulous opening ceremony and ribbon cutting for “Beneath the Mesa” Tile Murals at the McCaslin Underpass. THAN...
07/10/2021

We had a fabulous opening ceremony and ribbon cutting for “Beneath the Mesa” Tile Murals at the McCaslin Underpass. THANKYOU to Louisville Cultural Council, Louisville Open Space Depaetment, friends and family!!

Join us for the ribbon cutting and activities. See you there!!
07/10/2021

Join us for the ribbon cutting and activities. See you there!!

Join us July 10th at 10am for this event! Visit the tile murals, go on a nature walk, play Prairie Bingo, eat gummy worm...
06/23/2021

Join us July 10th at 10am for this event! Visit the tile murals, go on a nature walk, play Prairie Bingo, eat gummy worms and cookies and meet the artists.

We did it! All eight panels are installed!! Grouting next week! Ribbon cutting on July 10th at 10am. Harper Lake. Lou...
06/17/2021

We did it! All eight panels are installed!! Grouting next week! Ribbon cutting on July 10th at 10am. Harper Lake. Louisville w family activities and surprise refreshments. .

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We did it! All eight panels are installed!! Grouting next week! Ribbon cutting on July 10th at 10am. Harper Lake. Lo...
06/12/2021

We did it! All eight panels are installed!! Grouting next week! Ribbon cutting on July 10th at 10am. Harper Lake. Louisville w family activities and surprise refreshments. .

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Tile Mural installation Day 4 and we’ve got 6 panels installed. Today Megan of Big Heart Films joined the action. Her vi...
06/11/2021

Tile Mural installation Day 4 and we’ve got 6 panels installed. Today Megan of Big Heart Films joined the action. Her videos will be available soon as we work to create natural history content to go along with the murals. Stay tuned!! .

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First panel installed in the Underpass!
05/22/2021

First panel installed in the Underpass!

04/22/2021

Here is a list of all the native species we have included on the Underpass Ceramic Murals; we will be creating a guide to help viewers find and identify the plants, animals, and fungi soon!

LIST OF SPECIES:
American Bullfrog, pollywog stage
Ants
Black Blister Beetle
Black Swallowtail butterfly
Black-billed Magpie
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
Blue Eyed Darner Dragonfly (nymph)
Bobcat (tail end)
Boreal Chorus Frogs (hibernating)
Buffalo Grass
Bullfrog Eggs
Bumblebees
Burrowing Owls
Camel cricket
Coyote
Coyote pups
Darkling Beetle
Desert Cottontail Rabbit
Desert Cottontail Rabbit
Desert Stink Beetle
Dung Beetle
Dung Beetle Larvae (grubs)
Earthworms
Green bottle fly
Green-striped grasshopper
Hister Beetles
Human (booted foot only)
Ladybug (Convergent Lady Beetle)
Ladybug larvae
Long-horned Beetle
Mallard Duck (Legs only)
Meadow Vole
Meadowlark
Monarch Butterfly
Painted Lady Butterfly
Peppered Jumping Spider
Pill bugs (rolly-polys)
Robin
Round-backed Millipede
Shield bug
Small Wood Nymph butterfly
Swainson's Hawk (legs only)
Thin Legged Wolf Spider
Urbane Digger Bees
Western Bullsnake (Gopher snake)
Western Tiger Salamander
White Footed Deer Mouse
Whitelined sphinx moth (Pupa)
Whitelined sphinx moth (Pupa)
Wolf Spider
Woodhouse's Toad
Yellowjacket Wasps
Common Lichen
Oyster Mushrooms
Tree Lichen
Yellow Map Lichen
Rock Lichens
Big Bluestem
Big Sagebrush (root only)
Blackeyed Susan
Blanket Flower
Blue flax (prairie dog eating flower)
Cattail
Common Sunflower (sprouts only)
Crested Wheatgrass (introduced)
Early Purple Milkvetch
Eastern Cottonwood
Eastern Cottonwood (root only)
Eastern Cottonwood (root only)
Golden Current
Hairy Golden Aster
Indian Paintbrush
Indian Rice Grass
Little Bluestem Grass
Plains Prickly Pear Cactus
Plains Prickly Pear Cactus (root)
Rubber rabbitbrush
Showy Milkweed
Sideoats grama Grass
Soapweed Yucca
Soapweed Yucca (root only)
Spotted Gayfeather
Switchgrass (root only)
Yucca (root)
American Plum
Two-Striped Grasshopper

Eighth Tile pane is completed. We are jazzed with all eight. Installation in June. DM us to volunteer.
04/12/2021

Eighth Tile pane is completed. We are jazzed with all eight. Installation in June. DM us to volunteer.

Eighth tile panel all loaded up. As soon as it warms up outside we will start installation! DM if you’d like to help o...
04/03/2021

Eighth tile panel all loaded up. As soon as it warms up outside we will start installation! DM if you’d like to help out !.

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A few closeups of the sixth panel we’ve completed. .of.robyn and have been packing each mural with prairie wildlife. We...
03/21/2021

A few closeups of the sixth panel we’ve completed. .of.robyn and have been packing each mural with prairie wildlife. We’ve consulted with City of Louisville Open Space Naturalist Steve Roels throughout the design of this public art piece. .

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