Utah Arts Alliance Art Castle

Castle art center

A chapel built for art

A 1904 landmark with Hollywood ties becomes a creative playground where Salt Lake City makes, shows and hears new work.

Under construction now

The accessible restrooms and ramps are going in now. That lets the castle soft open in 2027, before we build the homes.

The 1904 chapel returns to life as a place for art and music. Every room has a job, and each one invites people in.

  • Days and nights split the crowd: families visit by day, and after dark the attraction favors 21 and over.
  • Art on the Margins gives urban, ethnic, folk, fringe, fandom and maker art a home.
  • An immersive art attraction and living museum anchors the restored chapel and features Ralphael Plescia’s work, which UAA rescued.
  • Two concert venues fill the building with live music.
  • Galleries and changing immersive spaces show new work.
  • KUAA 99.9 FM community radio calls the chapel home.
  • Universal ADA design keeps the doors open to everybody, with sensory-smart spaces and restrooms packed with infant changing tables.
Concept rendering of the chapel from 900 West at sunset. The Illuminator, the crystal-and-heart sculpture, a lion and the Westside Whale Tail stand on the lawn, with the new homes building behind the chapel and mountains beyond.Concept rendering
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Our mission

Art on the margins

Utah Arts Alliance has championed art on the margins for 24 years: the urban, ethnic, folk, pop culture, fringe, fandom, kid-friendly and maker work Utahns want and rarely get. Art Castle gives it a permanent home in the heart of the Westside, a third of a mile from TRAX.

Artists and groups who will perform here

These groups will host or co-host events and workshops at the Art Castle once the accessibility upgrades finish.

The building

One of four chapels left

The 15th Ward Chapel went up in 1904 at 915 W 100 S. On the National Register of Historic Places, it’s one of four Pioneer-era ward chapels left standing in Salt Lake City.

Read the chapel’s full story

The pastel chapel on a sunny day, with a shingled spire, a lawn and benches in front.The front
Caption: The chapel from 900 West.
The chapel tower seen from the northeast corner, with turrets, gold trim and a bright blue sky.The tower
Caption: The tower and its turrets.
A dark canopy and a gold-trimmed arch frame the chapel’s front door and its stained glass.The door
Caption: The canopied front door.
A stained-glass rose window in a dark gothic arch with gold trim.Stained glass
Caption: Stained glass in the doorway.
A small stained-glass window in a weathered black frame, in red, blue, yellow and purple.Stained glass
Caption: A small window of painted glass.
The lilac side wall of the chapel with three tall gothic windows and the spire beyond.The side wall
Caption: The lilac side wall and the spire.

Photos: UAA, 2026.

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Crystal Young
Development Lead, Sterling & Pink
cy@sterlingpink.net

Derek Dyer
Executive Director, Utah Arts Alliance
derek@utaharts.org

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