This mural was a public event designed and hosted by Jiemei Lin at Washington State University Vancouver. The event was held on the national day of racial healing. During the painting of this mural, any student can participate in painting a section of the piece labeled to its color. Art students were encouraged to show up and help, and as a result I as well as others of my art peers showed up to help paint for a few hours before our classes. As a result of this my name was added to the list of students that helped bring this mural to life.
The reason anyone was allowed to help with the mural was to support the views of equality on a day of racial healing. People of any race were able to support this mural by painting a section of it.

The creation of the “Moose Room Mural” was due to the collaboration of Joe Hedges intermediate painting class with the Charles R. Conner museum of vertebrate zoology.
The entire intermediate painting class of spring 2025 as well as some members of the advanced painting class worked for a little over two months on this room-sized mural. Peers adopted roles and positions for themselves throughout this process, such as people who would work specifically on hills, the sky, background trees, foliage and more. Jobs I had varied over time, as I tried to help with things that were not getting as much attention as others, such as foliage, rocks, and some trees for the forest area of the mural.
This experience was interesting for me and others for a few reasons. For one, this was an indoor mural. This means not only a lack of air circulation, but also the trapping of heat in the room as we work. There were also some large taxidermy animals that could not leave the space, as the room was built around them and they could not be moved out the door, because of this, we worked with the animals in the room, having to avoid and move around them as we painted.
The mural's grand opening was celebrated on April second of 2025.