Salt Lake City picks a 30-foot tree sculpture for the old Raging Waters site
Artist Matthew Mazzotta's piece for Glendale Regional Park is expected to be installed when the park's second phase is finished, on pace for spring 2029.
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Salt Lake City unveiled the design for a 30-foot, tree-shaped sculpture by artist Matthew Mazzotta that will stand at Glendale Regional Park, on the site of the former Raging Waters water park. Panels in its canopy catch and bend sunlight to create what city arts officials called an "ever-changing display of color as the day and seasons pass." The Salt Lake Art Design Board recommended it unanimously. [1]
Mazzotta, whose public art has earned fellowships from TED, the Guggenheim, Harvard and the Smithsonian, held "outdoor living room" meetings with west side residents last year to shape the design. Engineering and fabrication have not started. [1]
The sculpture is part of the park's second phase, which also includes a skating ribbon, splash pad, skatepark, sledding hill, event space and better Jordan River access. Construction is expected to start in the spring, take two years and finish around spring 2029. The first phase, a playground honoring Raging Waters, opened in December 2025. The work is paid for in part by the city's $85 million general bond approved by voters in 2022 and its Percent-for-Art program. [1]
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