The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Utah, the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTSALP) and Murray City have created an opportunity for University of Utah undergraduate art majors, graduate art majors, BTSALP Visual Art specialists and elementary students to collaboratively paint nine socially engaged, portable murals in the elementary schools within the Murray City boundaries.
The murals will be unveiled by Murray youth at their annual “Murray Fun Days Parade,” July 2019. The murals will then be permanently displayed at various schools in the district. Each mural will have a theme developed collaboratively specific to the location and activities of the nine local elementary schools.
Get excited for the first installment of the … Murray Mural Project!!!
First day of class
Art 4185 Urban Artworks
Professor Kim Martinez
Students learn about traditions, materials and methods of mural making.
Field Trippin’ to the Murray Museum
Preliminary information is gathered 
BTSALP Visual Art specialists
Work With Kids Begins
What makes your school special? What do you like about living in Murray City? Students write and draw. 
Groups of elementary students work with a mentor.
Drawings are scanned and the combining of drawings and ideas begins!
