When you think of Salt Lake City, what comes to mind? Likely mountains, skiing and nature. Me too! What I didn’t expect was for Salt Lake City to have such a thriving street art scene. I love street art because it’s unique, colorful, full of mystery and creativity and I feel like it really adds to a destination.
If you’re looking for some of the best Salt Lake City street art, then you’ve come to the right place. All of this street art is located in the downtown area and is easily accessible by walking around – particularly helpful if you don’t have a car like I did.
Best Salt Lake City Street Art
You can spend as much time as you like admiring the street art, but this whole tour will take you under an hour or two, making it the perfect addition to your Salt Lake City itinerary.
Corner of W 100 S and S Main St.
I came across this piece of street art just walking down Main Street and I just loved how much was going on and it reminded me of the old school comics I liked to read growing up.
Alley Off E 200 S Before Edison St. Cross Street
This cool little slice of street art I found by turning into a small alley off of E 200 S. This was just a few steps before you come to the cross street of Edison St.
As you can see, there’s some more street art off to the left as well, but unfortunately, I couldn’t get great views of it because of the parked cars.
Galleson’s Gun Shop
This is by far the biggest section of street art in the city. There’s street art on the shop itself and then an alley that runs alongside and behind it with some of the most impressive street art. It may feel a little seedy, but I promise it’s a perfectly safe area.
The artwork above is probably one of my favorites in this area. There’s just something about it that I find so fascinating and calming. I also love how there appear to be eyes in some of the blue blocks making up the sky. Interpret it how you wish.
I wish I knew the story behind the street art above but even after some Googling I still couldn’t find out what the meaning behind this one was.
Off S 200 E
Once you turn the corner onto S 200 E from Gallenson’s, you’ll see the First United Methodist Church. Walk about halfway down that block on S 200 E and you’ll find this cool bit of political street art on your right.
A bit of background about the Stand With Bears Ears statement: In December 2016, President Barack Obama designated Bear Ears National Monument; protecting the public land surrounding the Bear Ears – a pair of buttes in Utah. The Native Americans in the region all call the buttes different things in their own languages, but all of them mean Bear Ears.
Approximately, a year later President Donald Trump reduced the size of the monument by about 85%.
Ken Sanders Rare Books
I thought this bit of street art was so cute and appropriate for being on the side of a rare book store (also very worth going into).
I love how weird this is. There’s a book reading a book, but also a boy in the book. So many ways you could interpret that.
And there you have your very quick guide to some of the coolest street art in Salt Lake City. What’s some of the best street art you’ve seen in Salt Lake City? Share in the comments below!
