Over the summer of 2025, the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake City has become an open-air gallery, thanks to the Ballpark Mural Program—a creative initiative that brought ten new murals to walls across the district.
“The Ballpark mural program has turned the Ballpark neighborhood into an open-air gallery,” said Renato Olmedo-González, 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.
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.
“We wanted to give the artists as much freedom as possible, but we did establish some parameters that we wanted them to honor,” Olmedo-González explained.
The result is a collection of ten distinctive works that celebrate Ballpark’s layered identity—its 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.
Some murals draw from the neighborhood’s 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.
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.
Here are the new murals. Below, use our Art Lake City map to find more public art and street art in the neighborhood.
Lockhart Enterprises, 60 E. 1300 South — Designed by Trent Call
Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake, 120 W. 1300 South — Designed by Roots Art Kollective
The Road Home, 1415 S. Main — Designed by Paul Heath
15 Main, 15 E. Kensington Ave. — Designed by Caro Nilsson
Big Willies, 1717 S. Main — Designed by Isaac Hastings
The Honeysuckle Coffee Company. 1588 S. Main — Designed by Joseph Toney
The Engine Block, 232 W. Hope Ave. — Designed by Trevor Dahl
The Engine Block, 1388 S. 300 West — Designed by Smock and Roll
Stained Glass Illusions, 1416 S. West Temple — Designed by Traci O’Very Covey
Liberty Bark, 1608 S. 300 West — Designed by Lindsay Huss
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