The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Public Art Program is excited to announce the selection of four Utah-based artists—Jann Haworth, Lenka Konopasek, Trent Call, and Jason Manley —for the Unifying Artworks for Parks, Trails, and Open Spaces Bond Sites public art project. This public art commission is part of a larger reimagining of Salt Lake City’s natural spaces, made possible by the voter-approved Parks, Trails & Open Space General Obligation (GO) Bond. For Call, Haworth, and Manley, this marks their first commission with the Salt Lake City Public Art Program.
The artists were recommended by the Salt Lake Art Design Board and approved by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in Spring 2025. Eligible artists were drawn from the 2023–2025 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool. Through this project, the Public Lands Department and the Public Art Program seek to unify GO Bond sites across the city, strengthening connections between parks, trails and open spaces through art.
Each artist will create a sculptural model that will be fabricated into five bronze or steel replicas, producing a total of 20 sculptures. These artworks will be installed across all seven City Council Districts, encouraging residents to explore Salt Lake City’s parks and natural spaces while discovering artworks that connect and celebrate its green spaces.
The selected proposals highlight a creative celebration of nature – embracing its joy, playfulness, and capacity to inspire wonder, peace, and belonging. Together, they reflect the defining elements of Salt Lake City’s parks, trails, and landscapes. Installation is anticipated to begin in Summer 2026 and and will proceed in phases until all Bond-funded projects are complete.
The Unifying Artworks public art project is possible through the GO Bond’s allocation of 1.5% for public art. The Public Art GO Bond funding will also support site-specific artist commissions for Glendale Park, the Fleet Block Public Open Space, Warm Springs & North Gateway Parks, and Donner Trail Park.
Jann Haworth is an artist closely associated with the 1960s Pop Art movement in Great Britain. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with recent solo shows at Gazelli Art House, London (2023), the National Portrait Gallery, London (2023), the Louis Vuitton Foundation’s Pop Show, Paris (2024), and the MORE Museum’s POP Show, Netherlands (2025). In Utah, she has created major public artworks including Work in Progress Women’s Mural and Utah Women Mural (both with Liberty Blake), as well as Utah Women with Alex Johnstone for the Dinwoody Building in Salt Lake City (2025). Over the course of her career, Haworth has presented 25 solo exhibitions across Europe and the United States.
Lenka Konopasek is a Czech-born mixed media artist whose work represents a collision between nature and people. She studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague before earning a BFA from the University of Utah and an MFA from the Maine College of Art. Konopasek’s practice includes significant public art commissions in Utah, as well as participation in numerous residencies and exhibitions both nationally and internationally. She received the Utah Visual Art Fellowship in 2018, and her work has been featured in New American Painting, Southwest Contemporary, and other publications. She currently teaches studio art at the University of Utah and Westminster University.
Trent Call is a painter and multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. A graduate of the University of Utah (BFA, 2004), Call’s practice merges academic painting with comics, graffiti, and popular culture. His projects range across diverse media. Call currently works from CAPTAIN CAPTAIN Studios in downtown Salt Lake City.
Jason Manley is a sculptor and installation artist whose work blends typography and experimental writing with sculptural forms. His solo exhibitions span international venues such as Buinho in Portugal, Torrance Art Museum, and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. His public artworks can be found in California, Iowa, Utah, and Nebraska, including A Path Forward at the Utah State Capitol. Manley earned his MFA from the University of Arizona and has participated in residencies at Skowhegan, Bemis Center, and UMOCA. His work has been supported by grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation and the Arizona Commission of the Arts.
We invite you to follow us on Instagram at @slc_publicartprogram for updates on this project and the many others we sponsor throughout Utah’s capital city. The Public Art Program is a service of the Salt Lake City Arts Council, residing within Salt Lake City’s Department of Community and Neighborhoods. You can learn more about what we do at publicart.slc.gov, saltlakearts.org and slc.gov/can
