Buster Simpson’s Presence : 475 S. 300 East
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HB Boys Mural : 2280 S. Main Street
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Step Into Art Mural: 2700 S. West Temple
This mural is for the selfie generation. Designed by University of Utah professor Kim Martinez, and executed with the help of her students, this mural near 2700 South features quotations from a number of famous art works and the placement of painted footprints to suggest one take a photo of oneself in the […]
Art in South Salt Lake
Take a detour into South Salt Lake to check out interactive murals, painted electrical boxes and other eclectic artistic expression.
Courage Under Fire at Fire Station 6
Each of Salt Lake City’s Fire Stations features artwork by Salt Lake City artists and Fire Station #6, in Salt Lake City’s Poplar Grove neighborhood, now features “Courage Under Fire” a collaboration by John Hess and Benjamin Higbee. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map […]
Nine Muses at 9th & 9th
The Nine Muses, designed by artist Troy Pillow, surround the intersection of 9th East and 9th South, a hip neighborhood complete with a bike shop, bar, coffee shop, cinema, gelateria, dance studio and more. Discover more art with our Art Lake City map 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE […]
Utah’s Public Art Program
“Cloud,” a public artwork commissioned by Utah Arts & Museums, has been named as one of the 50 best public art projects by the 2013 Public Art Network Year in Review by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts. Installed at Dixie […]
Going Bold at 35: Ben Wiemeyer Hits Cannellas
To celebrate their 35th anniversary Cannella’s, the Salt Lake City restaurant devoted to good food and good times, has unleashed artist Ben Wiemeyer on the south side wall of their building. Founded in 1978 by Joe and Missy Cannella on the corner of 500 South and 200 East, […]
Ruby Chacon’s TRAX Mural Project: Jackson\Euclid TRAX station, 850 W. North Temple
From a 15 Bytes article by Sue Martin on the Airport Line artwork:Ruby Chacon, who is known as a community activist as well as a gifted painter, was charged with developing a station art project that would involve the diverse community around 850 West, as well as reflect […]
Shawn Porter’s Spatial Perception: 1950 W. North Temple TRAX Station
Shawn Porter’s “Spatial Perception,” part of the TRAX Airport Line, was installed in Spring of 2013. Porter has said of the work: “This series of two sculptures reference the Jordan River, Riparian Zones, wetlands and wildlife existing throughout the Salt Lake Valley and near the Salt Lake City […]
West Side Story: TRAX’s Art in Transit
The decisions to place public art pieces at the six stations on the new TRAX line was far from an afterthought. In fact, it was just the latest iteration of a longstanding collaboration between Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and Salt Lake City’s Public Arts program, which is part […]
Impromptu graffiti art at Liberty Park
It’s that time of year in Utah when it’s hard to tell if it is spring or winter. Days brimming with sixty degree weather can be chased away by snowstorms that blow horizontally. Earlier this week someone down at Liberty Park decided to embrace the warm weather to […]
Season’s Greetings
For over 50 years a Salt Lake City neighborhood has celebrated the season by displaying paintings illustrating the Bible story of the nativity in their front yards. The current owners of the houses aren’t sure how the tradition started, they just know that when they moved in they […]
James Burnes Sculpture Installed in Park City
Gallery MAR recently announced that their featured artist James Burnes installed a new public artwork in Park City. “Flanco” was selected by the Park City Public Art Advisory Board as part of their Rotating Sculpture Project. It is for sale through Gallery MAR and will be on display […]
Utah’s Art City
Walk along the streets of Springville to see why they call it “Art City.”
53 South 300 East
When artist Ben Wiemeyer lived in this complex he convinced the landlord to let him and some friends paint the concrete walls in the parking lot behind the building and the walls have been going through periodic transformations ever since.As they appeared in 2018. The walls as […]
Bridge Over Barriers
In October 2008 we first reported on Salt Lake’s Bridge Over Barriers, saying the project to transform the underbelly of an I-15 overpass between the Guadalupe and Jackson neighborhoods of Salt Lake into a work of art might take years to complete. Our prediction proved prescient: four years later […]
Utah State Capitol
“Brigadier Thomas L. Kane” by Ortho Fairbanks. Photo by Kelly Green, September 2012. “The Lions” by Gavin Jack. Restored by Ralphael Plescia. Photo by Kelly Green, September 2012. “Martha Hughes Cannon” by Laura Lee Stay. Photo by Kelly Green, September 2012. 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 […]
Artesian Well Park: 500 E. 800 South
“Untitled” by Sam Allen created in 1979. Photo by Kelly Green, September 2012. 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
