{"id":93294,"date":"2025-05-29T05:39:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=93294"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:40:10","slug":"from-murals-to-sculpture-matt-monsoons-new-public-artwork-celebrates-fairparks-unsung-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/from-murals-to-sculpture-matt-monsoons-new-public-artwork-celebrates-fairparks-unsung-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Monsoon\u2019s New Public Artwork Celebrates Fairpark\u2019s Unsung Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Best known for his colorful, expressive murals across Utah, Matt Monsoon<\/a> takes a leap into three-dimensional work with his new public sculpture “What We Build Together,” now installed in the heart of Salt Lake City\u2019s Fairpark neighborhood.<\/h4>\n

Commissioned through the Salt Lake City Arts Council\u2019s Public Art Program, the piece stands proudly in the traffic circle at 500 North and 1300 West. As a Fairpark resident, Monsoon was driven to honor the resilience and quiet strength of his own neighbors.\u00a0\u201cAs a Fairpark resident, I wanted to create something that makes my community proud and honors the many everyday unsung heroes who live here,\u201d said Monsoon. \u201cIt’s a tribute to the grandparents, neighbors, teachers, and friends who make this neighborhood special. I placed the figures atop an inverted pyramid to represent the idea of \u2018power to the people,\u2019 and I hope everyone sees a bit of themselves in it.\u201d<\/h4>\n

The project was shaped by extensive community input. After the Salt Lake Art Design Board and City Transportation team identified the site in 2022 as part of a traffic-calming initiative, a public survey gathered responses from over 240 residents, helping define the artwork\u2019s tone and direction. Monsoon’s project was “unanimously recommended by the Design Board for his strong neighborhood ties and alignment with community themes of equity, identity, and pride,” according to the city’s press release.<\/h4>\n

Fabricated by Metal Arts Foundry using durable, weather-resistant materials, the sculpture was installed in May 2025. A plaque at its base simply reads \u201cFairpark | SLC,\u201d anchoring the piece in its neighborhood home.<\/h4>\n

While Monsoon\u2019s vivid murals continue to enliven spaces across Utah \u2014 from libraries and community centers to ski resorts and city streets \u2014 “What We Build Together” marks his evolution as an artist, bringing his commitment to place and storytelling into a new medium.<\/h4>\n
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Best known for his colorful, expressive murals across Utah, Matt Monsoon takes a leap into three-dimensional work with his new public sculpture “What We Build Together,” now installed in the heart of Salt Lake City\u2019s Fairpark neighborhood. Commissioned through the Salt Lake City Arts Council\u2019s Public Art Program, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1587,"featured_media":93314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3095,45],"tags":[3979],"class_list":["post-93294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-lake-city","category-in_plain_site","tag-matt-monsoon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0334-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 19:35:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93322,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93294\/revisions\/93322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}