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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/18/2026 - Meeting Materials (3) Jj l : E41 I- Salt Lake City Public Art Program ! It Lake City Arts Council Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez Public Art Program Manager Public Art in Salt Lake City Our Purpose • Enhance the natural and built environment through high-quality, site-specific public art • Create meaningful aesthetic experiences in public spaces i • Contribute to the social and economic vitality of Salt \ Lake City + \ Our Commitment • Reflect the rich diversity of Salt Lake City's ` communities • Commission local and national artists • Steward work that is enduring, thought-provoking, " fiscally responsible, and contextually appropriate Our Collection - • 160+ permanent public artworks across parks, civic buildings, streets, plazas, recreation centers, libraries, fire stations, and sports courts ° • 120+ artworks in the City & County Building Fine Art Collection • The Mayoral Portrait Collection, dating back to V Brigham Young a The Strategic Plan & Public Art .r Vision Statement We envision a connected and = �� vibrant Salt Lake City where artists and culture- makers thrive, diverse voices shape the city, and the - - -- arts are integral to our community fabric. Geographic Reach 4;a Cf r • Art Design Board Members represent the seven s r C U n t i districts • Careful attention is given to creating new projects - --�� occur in each district. Special attention has been given to the westside for the past three years. Expand Diversity and Representation • This is achieved through supporting emerging artists, working with communities to design artwork that is appropriate to the community, such as Japantown. Cultivate and Build Partnerships • The Public Art Department has close, active working relationships with many other City Departments. • Ongoing collaboration with Grafitti Abatement & MySLC App to report vandalism, theft, etc. r How the Public Art Program Works Funding Structure • Established in 1984 through Salt Lake City's Percent- for-Art Ordinance • 1.5% of eligible City capital project funds allocated to public art (since 2021) • o 10-20% of annual funds dedicated to maintenances. and conservation - What It Funds • Artist services for new and existing City-owned buildings and public spaces • Site-specific, integrated artwork as part of capital construction projects Governance & Oversight ., • The Salt Lake Art Design Board (7-member citizen ; a advisory body) • Reviews artist qualifications and proposals • Recommends artists to the Mayor r • Final approval by the Mayor of Salt Lake City i • We want to hear from neighborhood residents about your experiences, Ideas,and hopes for a Site Selection: Winter 2023 Community Engagement: Call for Artists: Late Summer • Worked with Transportation Summer 2023 & Fall 2023 (designer)and Engineering • Working with City and external • Using the findings from the (construction)to understand site& stakeholders,the Public Art Program Engagement Report,a RFQ for Utah propose it to Board for public art conducted project-specific artists was drafted and published in funding. engagement to better understand late summer 2023 • Art Design Board selected site for community wishes for public art in • Call for Artists was Utah-specific, public art funding in Winter 2022.As that location. with a$55,000 commission part of their decision, Board asked • A Bilingual(English/Spanish)Survey • Fall 2023:Three artists developed for further community engagement was conducted. site-specific proposals(paid)that as part of the artwork development • An Engagement Report was produced, were presented to the Art Design process. which informed community's desires Board for consideration. for types of art and artist selection. Matt • • • Build Together • • North 1300 West PI 79 Via' � ' ��•� -:.�_ �," i Selection of Artist for Early 2024: Artist commission:winter 2024- contracting,commission Late 2024 — Early 2024 announcement, •Usingfindingsfrom engineering and site 2025 Artwork May 2024: Engagement Report,Art Design integration Fabrication Artwork Board recommended Matt Monsoon,a local •Artwork commission was •Throughout winter 2024- �n$tallation neighborhood artist,for announced in April 2024 commission.Mayor approved •Throughout the process,the 2025,artist worked with commission in December 2023. Public Art Program has provided Metal Arts Foundry to What We build •Matt's design honors the support and guided the artist fabricate his artwork. •The Public Art Pro ram Together was working class,everyday heroes through the process of bringing g of the neighborhood,with two his artwork to life,including worked closely with the i nsta I led i n late sides(youth and connections to art fabricators artist to best integrate and M a 2�25� elders/wisdom)representing and further engagement install artwork on site. y neighborhood diversity. introducing artwork to community 1 _ 2025 Recently Completed ProjectsM,w • What We Build Together by Matt Monsoon • Celebration of unsung heroes in a - working-class neighborhood �_� •a �i n04,11 • Sidewalk Poetry by 20 local writers , • , F • Poems celebrating SLC by artist without previous public art experience • Life on State by 8 local artists • Neon artworks celebrating State Street `5 visual culture and made by artists without previous public art experience • Foothills Trailheads: Bike Rack Murals by 10 local artists = � • Artworks by painters & muralists across • two Public Lands' sites with a utilitarian function 2025 Recently Completed Projects • 2026-2028 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool featuring 62 Utah-based artists • Refreshed every three years, the Pool is both a community resource and an effective way to commission Public Art Projects a • Seven Canyons Refuge by Stephen Goldsmith • Reimagined a legacy artwork with the -- original artist & converted it into a dry Eiw L_. Ll feature -�- • Ballpark Neighborhood Murals by 10 Pool artists - • Implemented with our colleagues in the CRA, this project aimed to celebrate the Ballpark =_ neighborhood and place murals in businesses throughout the area 2026 Upcoming Projects coo 400 South Viaduct Trail by Haddad Ha n arc � Druga (March) Installation in progress. Artists were imbedded into engineering design g g g team & shaped aesthetics of major ♦ ' ' ♦ ♦ " infrastructure project Japantown Mural (May/June) • Implemented in coordination with CRA, a mural for the MESH Building is currently being commissioned „ e Poplar Grove Park by Roots Art Kollective (Summer) „ Sports court murals by the RAK for o tennis/pickleball & basketball court • North Temple Mural Project (Late Spring) _ •` ' Implemented in coordination with the CRA, we aim to commission 5 — 7 murals along North Temple. Call for „ - ••^! Walls currently underway! ^� e 2026�r _h p. Upcoming Projects Kosmo the Dinosaur by Garth Franklin — (Spring) �ng) Currently working with artist to t accept artwork as a donation to SLC e j & place it on 700 South 1000 West roundabout Common Roots by James Shen & Jennifer Tran (September) • Pioneer Park's first public art installation, honoring the neighborhood's multicultural history Journey Lines by Adam Kuby (early �- Summer) Landscape integrated artwork for Donner Trail Park • A new mural for Out of the Blue (late Summer) • Finalists were recently selected by the Salt Lake Art Design Board to develop proposals for a new mural 2026 WOW,- —_ Upcoming Projects p g J 0: v The Gulls of Salt Lake City by Tom Van Sant (November) • Formerly at the Prudential Building in Y downtown SLC, the artwork will be reinstalled in the Eccles Theater for its 10' Anniversary • Unifying Artworks for Parks, Trails, and Open Space General Obligation Bond by four Pool artists (ongoing — 2030+) • Four artists created unique sculpture models that will be casted into 20 sculptures to be placed at each of the GO Bond Sites • A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake by Olaf ur Eliasson (March 26 — April 4) • To take place at Memory Grove as part of the Wake the Great Salt Lake Bloomberg Philanthropies' Public Art Challenge 2027 & beyond Glendale CALL Park _° Q What's Ahead Matthew Mazzotta ARTISTS A (n Request for Qualifications F • Glendale Park by Matthew Mazzotta o (2027 — 28) rarrmonr nark & • commissioned as part of Mayor McClelland Shared Street Mendenhall's initiative to create "iconic" 4`" } A Public Art Installation artworks for the West Side, Mazzotta's artwork is being developed to be integrated into this major new regional park o Deadline to Apply: Dec 9, 2025 • Fairmont Park & McClelland Shared Street (2027 — 28) SALT LAKE " o • CITY • In coordination with Public Lands & Transportation, these two sites will be AM "unified" under a single artist commission & COUNCIL multi-site artwork • Jordan River Murals (Spring 2027) fE IN Funded by Public Utilities and in coordination with Public Lands, we will commission four to five murals along ther�3 Jordan River's Rose Park section ,. ` ► ;,: 4EE .. " _ - "5R _. �► -. 2027 & beyond CALL o CALL 0 What's Ahead FOR FOR ARTISTS N ARTISTS FT • Fleet Block Open Space (2027) Request for Qualifications o Request for Qualifications 0 • Currently in the artist selection process by Fleet Block Open Space Q the Salt Lake Art Design Board, this A Public Art Installation 9—Line Trail commission will honor the social justice A Public Art installationfor 1 legacy of this site Deadline to Apply: Salt Lake City's West Side Feb 17, 2026 • 9-Line Trail (2027 — 28) Deadline to Apply: Funded by the CRA & developed as part of Nov 18, 2025 LINE Mayor Mendenhall's initiative for "icnonic" � TRAIL artworks for the West Side, finalists will be - presenting their proposals to the Salt Lake I Art Design Board in early March and one will ; be recommended to the Mayor for commission • Warm Springs & North Gateway Parks ." (TBD) �w • GO Bond-funded commission that will aim to honor the Indigenous presence in the area .