Park City Main Street Mural

Park city is no stranger to street art.

Park city main street mural. Park city mayor andy beerman estimated nearly half of the people who sent messages to himself or members of the park city council in the approximately two weeks after a black lives matter mural and other artworks with social justice themes were put on the main street asphalt are not full time park city or snyderville basin residents. This past weekend four murals were painted on park city s historic main. The murals were a joint project between the park city summit county arts council and park city municipal. Park city utah street art painted in support of the black lives matter movement was vandalized overnight tuesday.

There had been a demonstration at park city high school that drew approximately 300 people as well as a smaller one at the olympic welcome plaza but neither garnered the visibility of the main street murals with thousands of people walking or driving the street in a city where the u s. In 2010 the famous some say infamous and anonymous british artist banksy in town to premiere a documentary at the sundance film festival tagged a. In a prepared statement read at last thursday s city council meeting councilwoman nann worel made it clear she was in full support of the city s efforts towards social equity but was worried the project was rushed without proper input from the community and local businesses. Executive director of the park city summit county arts council jocelyn scudder says her group saw an opportunity to create public art on the pavement when they realized park city had closed main street to cars for the holiday weekend.

Visitors can shop among over 100 independent boutiques dine at 50 one of a kind restaurants relax at a restorative spa ride the town lift to play in the mountains stay in style within a short walk of everything revel in our spirited nightlife discover something to treasure from our lively art community connect with someone who can help you start a life in park city or meet within the. The park silly sunday market usually draws people to the shopping dining and entertainment strip weekly. Park city pedestrian zone debuts exuding summertime on main street brook freeman the manager of park city mercantile on main street is used to crowds on sundays in the summer. The four 20 by 300 murals are being painted on the street.

Surveillance footage shows two people on park city s main street around the time a black lives matter mural was defaced on july 8. I think it s very disrespectful to go and ruin somebody s time and effort and energy that. Spencer burt posted at 5 26 pm jul 17 2020. Four large temporary art installations are underway on park city s main street this 4th of july.