- Salt Lake City’s whale sculpture is scheduled to receive a new mural design next year.
- The Salt Lake City Arts Council launched a survey on Monday for community input on the design.
- The mural will change every three to five years to reflect the neighborhood’s evolving spirit.
SALT LAKE CITY — “Out of the Blue” is about to look drastically different for the first time since Salt Lake City’s beloved whale first made a splash over three years ago.
A process to find a new mural to paint onto the 23-foot whale sculpture is now underway. The Salt Lake City Arts Council launched a community survey on Monday, asking residents a few questions about what the whale and the 9th & 9th neighborhood mean to them.
Feedback from the small survey will be used as the city hires a muralist to repaint the whale. A call for artists is expected to be issued in November, and the whale will be repainted with the winning design sometime next year, city officials say…