“One Hundred Items” by Tooza Design. Image by Shawn Rossiter.

Set against the backdrop of the Taylorsville City Hall campus, the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center has become a gathering place for both performance and visual art. The center opened in 2021 after years of planning and brings much-needed theater and rehearsal space to the middle and southwest parts of the Salt Lake Valley. Inside are two main venues — a 400-seat theater and a smaller black box — along with a rehearsal and event space that stays busy with community and professional productions throughout the year.

Art plays a big part in the building’s identity. The lobby includes a rotating gallery of works from the Salt Lake County Visual Art Collection, as well as two permanent installations created through the county’s Percent-for-Art program. Adagio, by New York artist Danielle Roney, is a delicate sculpture made of hundreds of polished steel spheres that seem to move like a dancer. Outside, One Hundred Items by Tooza Design reflects Taylorsville’s character through metal and color.

Beyond the doors, the plaza itself has turned into a kind of open-air gallery. Each season, new sculptures are installed through the city’s Plaza +ART program, now in its fifth year. The 2025–26 Art Walk, unveiled September 26, brings together 22 pieces—eighteen new works and four permanent ones—that fill the plaza with texture, imagination, and a sense of play. The sculptures are free to view anytime, and the mix of materials and styles makes each visit feel a little different.

This slideshow highlights the current collection—art that’s meant to be walked around, stumbled upon, and experienced in the same everyday rhythm as the performances inside.

Images by Steve Coray.

Steve Coray

Steve Coray is a lifelong photographer with experience in photojournalism, freelancing, teaching, and a passion for capturing rodeos and nature, currently creating a rodeo-themed coffee table book.