{"id":97179,"date":"2025-10-18T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=97179"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:16:57","slug":"new-murals-transform-salt-lake-citys-ballpark-neighborhood-into-an-open-air-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/new-murals-transform-salt-lake-citys-ballpark-neighborhood-into-an-open-air-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"New Murals Transform Salt Lake City\u2019s Ballpark Neighborhood into an Open-Air Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the summer of 2025, the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake City has become an open-air gallery, thanks to the Ballpark Mural Program\u2014a creative initiative that brought ten new murals to walls across the district.<\/h4>\n

\u201cThe Ballpark mural program has turned the Ballpark neighborhood into an open-air gallery,\u201d said Renato Olmedo-Gonz\u00e1lez, public art program manager for the Salt Lake City Arts Council, at a community celebration hosted on October 16 by Big Willies, one of the participating businesses now sporting a vibrant new mural.<\/h4>\n

The program, years in the making, was a collaboration between the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency (CRA) and the Salt Lake City Arts Council, which provided both funding and organizational support. The CRA dedicated $150,000 to the effort, inviting Ballpark business owners to participate by offering a visible wall and pairing each with a local artist drawn from a prequalified roster.<\/h4>\n

\u201cWe wanted to give the artists as much freedom as possible, but we did establish some parameters that we wanted them to honor,\u201d Olmedo-Gonz\u00e1lez explained.<\/h4>\n

The result is a collection of ten distinctive works that celebrate Ballpark\u2019s layered identity\u2014its industrial roots, its century-long connection to baseball, and the creativity and cultural diversity that define it today. Each mural was shaped by dialogue between artist and business owner, resulting in designs that are both site-specific and community-centered.<\/h4>\n

Some murals draw from the neighborhood\u2019s industrial and automotive history, while others highlight nature, local culture, or the character of the business itself. The murals outside the Engine Block, Big Willies, and Honeysuckle Coffee Company are among those already drawing visitors and locals alike.<\/h4>\n

Beyond their visual appeal, the murals embody the goals of the Ballpark Mural Program: to celebrate community identity through public art, to uplift small businesses, and to make the streetscape more dynamic and welcoming.<\/h4>\n

Here are the new murals. Below, use our Art Lake City map to find more public art and street art in the neighborhood.<\/h4>\n
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Lockhart Enterprises, 60 E. 1300 South \u2014 Designed by Trent Call<\/p><\/div>\n

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Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake, 120 W. 1300 South \u2014 Designed by Roots Art Kollective<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Road Home, 1415 S. Main \u2014 Designed by Paul Heath<\/p><\/div>\n

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15 Main, 15 E. Kensington Ave. \u2014 Designed by Caro Nilsson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Big Willies, 1717 S. Main \u2014 Designed by Isaac Hastings<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Honeysuckle Coffee Company. 1588 S. Main \u2014 Designed by Joseph Toney<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Engine Block, 232 W. Hope Ave. \u2014 Designed by Trevor Dahl<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Engine Block, 1388 S. 300 West \u2014 Designed by Smock and Roll<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stained Glass Illusions, 1416 S. West Temple \u2014 Designed by Traci O’Very Covey<\/p><\/div>\n

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Liberty Bark, 1608 S. 300 West \u2014 Designed by Lindsay Huss<\/p><\/div>\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n

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Over the summer of 2025, the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake City has become an open-air gallery, thanks to the Ballpark Mural Program\u2014a creative initiative that brought ten new murals to walls across the district. \u201cThe Ballpark mural program has turned the Ballpark neighborhood into an open-air gallery,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1587,"featured_media":97174,"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":[3095,45,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-lake-city","category-in_plain_site","category-visual_arts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1824.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-29 11:44:45","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\/97179","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=97179"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97189,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179\/revisions\/97189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}