Wake the Great Salt Lake Billboard Bash

Birds on the shore of Great Salt Lake

Wake the Great Salt Lake Billboard BashFriday, May 9, 6–8pm870 South 900 West, Salt Lake City A one-night-only pop-up event transforming a Poplar Grove billboard lot into a celebration of art, community, and the future of Great Salt Lake. The Billboard Bash is the opening reception for Nick Pedersen’s powerful new work, “Here Today, Gone […]

The Great Salt Lake: An Uplifting Artistic Oasis

Two Spirits Fling Goodbye to the Parting Day, Mabel Frazer

The Great Salt Lake: An Uplifting Artistic Oasis Exhibition of works from the Salt Lake County Visual Art Collection, curated by Salt Lake County Art in Public Places Opening ReceptionFriday, April 18, 2025, 5-7pm April 18, 2025 – December 15, 2025Salt Lake County Government Center2001 South State Street, South Building Utah boasts some of the […]

Lake Minded Libations with Great Salt Lake Hopeline

Lake Minded Libations poster featuring a psychdelic collage of a woman riding a pay phone handset like a bronco

Monday, March 24, 6–9pmFisher Brewing320 West 800 South, SLC21+ • free entry Calling all lake-minded individuals! Join Great Salt Lake Hopeline for a night of immersive storytelling where we’ll be sharing voicemails from the project, and offering you a chance to leave your own story of hope for Great Salt Lake at our GSL Hopeline […]

Lakefacing Stories Street Tour

Flor Isabel and her child at the Great Salt Lake by Jeri Gravlin, Of Salt and Sand

Join Of Salt and Sand and Wake the Great Salt Lake for an interactive walk tour and engaging afternoon highlighting the overlooked stories of people deeply connected to and impacted by the receding Great Salt Lake! Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025 Time: 11:30 am – 2:30 pm Mountain Time Location: 300 S (between West Temple […]

By a Thread opening reception and poetry reading

blackjacked stilt illustration by Kellie Bornhoft

The opening reception for Kellie Bornhoft’s By a Thread at the Marmalade Branch of the Salt Lake City Public Library will feature a poetry reading and snacks. Sift through the installation’s illustrated banners while listening to Great Salt Lake poetry by Rachel White, Laura Stott, Nan Seymour, Mustafa Congo, Scott Moore, Chloe Skidmore, and Jasmine […]

Opening Reception: Kellie Bornhoft, By a Thread

white faced ibis illustration by Kellie Bornhoft

Kellie Bornhoft’s interactive sculptural installation, By a Thread, will be exhibited at Westminster University’s Meldrum Science Center Foyer from October 29–November 25, 2024. This exhibition will be the first public installation of work from Wake the Great Salt Lake, a temporary public art project that aims to educate and inspire residents and visitors to understand and […]