Salt Lake County Arts & Culture Art Reach Programs
In addition to live performances on our stages, Salt Lake County’s Arts & Culture offers our community multiple ways to engage with the arts through our Art Reach programs.
Venue Tours
Come and see behind the scenes at your favorite venue! We offer community group and school tours, as the venue schedules permit.
Arts for All
We believe in Arts for All! Our Eccles Theater Arts for All program provides tickets to Broadway shows and other live events to qualified Salt Lake County Residents.
Residency Program
The County’s Arts & Culture division provides direct support to several of Utah’s finest performing arts organizations through our Residency program. Residents have dedicated rehearsal spaces, priority booking, and office and storage space. This program allows Residents to focus on the creation and performance of their art as well as their ability to grow their organization and programs.
Master Plans
Arts & Culture Master Plan
The Arts & Culture Master Plan is an important planning document for Salt Lake County as we develop and sustain County-supported facilities to meet current and future needs of our arts and culture organizations.
Cultural Core
Salt Lake City and County are working together to strengthen our community’s Cultural Core with an investment of more than $9 million over 20 years. The purpose of this investment it to bring new audiences downtown to support and engage in our cultural and economic life. The City and County are hoping to achieve our shared vision of creating an even stronger and more vital downtown arts and culture scene.
Venue Tours
Come and see behind the scenes at your favorite venue! We offer community group and school tours, as the venue schedules permit.
Community Group Tours
- Minimum six weeks’ notice required
- Minimum of 10 people and maximum of 30
- Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult
- Tours for groups greater than 30 require a minimum eight weeks’ notice and can be considered based on staff availability
School Tours
- Minimum eight weeks’ notice required
- Minimum of 10 people and maximum of 30
- Elementary, junior and senior high schools must have 1 adult per 10 kids
- Tours for groups greater than 30 require a minimum eight weeks’ notice and can be considered based on staff availability
- Students not following the rules will be asked to leave or sit in the lobby with a chaperone for the duration of the tour
Residency Program
Salt Lake County’s Arts & Culture Residency program provides direct support to several of Utah’s finest performing arts organizations. Residents receive priority booking, dedicated rehearsal space, and some have on-site office and storage spaces. This stability allows Residents to focus on their artistic and creative excellence, audience development, and organizational growth.
Abravanel Hall
Utah Symphony. The Utah Symphony is one of America’s major symphony orchestras; it is renowned internationally for its distinctive performances and recording legacy. The Symphony has a rich 75-year history of international and domestic tours, award-winning recordings, and in-depth educational programs. The orchestra’s 85 full-time professional musicians perform over 175 concerts each season.
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art believes in the power of the art of our time. Through programming, advocacy, and collaboration, we work with artists and communities to build a better world.
Capitol Theatre
Ballet West. Ballet West showcases a rich and varied repertoire, presented by elegant and versatile artists in a dynamic, expansive, and unexpected style. Its eclectic and ever-expanding outlook makes Ballet West a pioneer in the world of dance. Ballet West creates and performs most of its season at the Capitol Theatre.
Utah Opera. A focus on new works and non-traditional audiences has helped Utah Opera broaden opera-goers horizons. The company’s high production standards and vibrant energy have delighted patrons with both new and classical works.
The Rose
Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation
The Bachauer Foundation sponsors events, concerts, and competitions to enrich Salt Lake City’s culture by providing musical experiences for audiences and performers. The foundation has helped more than 1,000 pianists participate in young, junior and amateur piano competitions.
Plan-B Theatre Company. This award-winning company produces socially conscious theater with a local point of view and explores global stories from a local perspective. Plan-B also works to nurture a pool of Salt Lake City playwrights that rivals any other city in the country.
Pygmalion Productions. Pygmalion Theater Company creates performances that share the human experience through the eyes of women.
Repertory Dance Theatre. For more than 50 years, Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) has pushed the boundaries of modern dance, while preserving and celebrating its legacy. RDT is the nation’s oldest and most successful repertory dance company. Unlike conventional modern dance organizations, we present you with a diverse range of modern dance styles and choreographers paired together in dynamic and unexpected performances.
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. For the last 50 years, the internationally renowned Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company has made contemporary dance accessible to everybody through performance and education. The Company is well-known for producing innovative and original works, touring nationally and internationally, and providing dance education.
Regent Street Black Box at the Eccles
Jaks Theatre Company. Jaks Theatre Company is a unique program for young people, providing instruction in the basic components of performing arts.
The Sting & Honey CompanyThe Sting & Honey Company believes the theater should be a place of creation, beauty, and awe. They achieve this ideal by providing an environment where artists and audiences can open themselves to that transcendence peculiar to live theater.
Utah Classical Guitar. Utah Classical Guitar is dedicated to promoting classical music and music education to the State of Utah by means of classical guitar performances, clinics, master classes, outreach concerts, and education programs.
Wasatch Theatre Company. Wasatch Theatre Company produces timely, relevant, and entertaining theatre by supporting diverse artists and providing opportunities for unique voices to stimulate conversation, increase empathy, and empower positive social change,
Arts & Culture Master Plan
The Arts & Culture Master Plan is an important planning document for Salt Lake County as we develop and sustain County-supported facilities to meet current and future needs of our arts and culture organizations. Initially drafted in 2008, we updated the Master Plan in 2020.
We took a fresh look at the original plan and built on it, including a revised vision for success for the Arts & Culture sector in Salt Lake County; with an updated inventory of facilities and recommendations; existing and desired Public Art programs; and an evaluation and monitoring plan to gauge success.
2024 Abravanel Hall Master Plan
2016 Abravanel Hall Master Plan
2016 Abravanel Hall Master Plan- Executive Summary, Master Plan, Presentation
2020 Cultural Master Plan
SLCo Arts & Culture Master Plan Report
Arts & Culture Master Plan Summary
A&C Master Plan Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix 1 Phase I Definition of Success Workshop
Appendix 2 Phase II SLCo Stakeholder Interviews Final Summary
Appendix 3 Call to Request File
Appendix 4 Phase III SLCo Facilities Assessment Report
Appendix 5 Phase III SLCo Performance Facilities Inventory
Appendix 6 Phase IV SLCo Market Research – Database Review Summary
Appendix 7 Phase IV SLCo Market Research – Audience Summary
Appendix 8 Phase IV SLCo Market Research – Org Survey Summary
Appendix 9 Phase V SLCO Best practice case studies
Appendix 10 Arts & Culture Master Plan Recommendations
2008 Cultural Facilities Master Plan
2008 Cultural Facilities Master Plan
Cultural Core & THE BLOCKS
Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City are working together to strengthen Utah’s “Cultural Core” with an investment of more than $9 million over 20 years. Branded as THE BLOCKS, this County and City initiative focuses on attracting audiences to the 40-block neighborhood in downtown Salt Lake City that contains the state’s highest concentration of arts, culture, events, activities and entertainment. Working closely with the creative community, THE BLOCKS showcases the amazing talent and dynamic energy of downtown Salt Lake City while activating and reimagining underutilized public spaces and venues.