Mural at Three Creeks Confluence
A Mural Created by the Community, for the Community
We’re bringing community art to Three Creeks Confluence Park! In partnership with Salt Lake City Public Lands, Seven Canyons Trust is working with local artist Pablo Ayala Garcia to create a new mural that celebrates the Glendale community, our waterways, and the places that bring us together.
In 2021, Seven Canyons Trust partnered with Salt Lake City to transform this space into Three Creeks Confluence, restoring a portion of Red Butte, Emigration, and Parleys Creeks and creating a new gathering place for the community. Now, we're building on that work by bringing more art and creativity into the park!
Made possible through funding from the Love Your Block Grant, this project invites community members to help paint the mural alongside the artist. Whether you're an experienced painter or picking up a brush for the first time, we want you to leave your mark!
This project is another step in our effort to make Three Creeks Confluence Park a welcoming space that reflects the people who use it. Through art, we're bringing neighbors together, building community pride, and celebrating the connection between our neighborhoods and waterways.
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About the Artwork
About the Artist
Watch Our Community Mural Come to Life!
Create Art Together
Bring community members of all ages and artistic abilities together to paint the mural alongside local artist Pablo Ayala. This is a community-painted mural where residents will have the opportunity to contribute directly to the finished artwork.
Celebrate Our Community
Create a vibrant piece of public art that reflects the identity, creativity, and character of the Glendale neighborhood.
Strengthen Community Connections
Provide a welcoming, hands-on experience where neighbors, families, and volunteers can connect while working together toward a shared goal.
Inspire Community Pride and Stewardship
Encourage residents to take ownership of and pride in their public spaces by directly participating in their beautification.
Connect Art, Nature, and Place
Celebrate Three Creeks Confluence and the waterways that connect our neighborhoods, highlighting the importance of protecting and caring for these shared natural spaces.
Salt Lake City: Love Your Blocks
Taking Root
Three Creeks, One Community is a community-painted ground mural that celebrates the interconnected relationships among water, ecology, cultural heritage, and intergenerational stewardship.
Designed for the semicircular pedestrian surface at the Three Creeks Confluence, the composition uses concentric rings, overlapping fish scales, scalloped patterns, and radiating geometric forms to represent the convergence of Red Butte, Emigration, and Parleys Creeks into a shared watershed that connects the Jordan River and Great Salt Lake.
The mural is envisioned as a radial story network in which three waterways converge through repeating patterns and ecological imagery. Each radial band will contain pictographic symbols of native wildlife and vegetation, collectively illustrating the relationships that sustain the watershed. These forms reference rippling water, aquatic life, and structural geometry, connecting environmental processes with the physical and cultural foundations of our communities.
Pablo Cruz-Ayala
Pablo Cruz-Ayala, a Mexican-born, Utah-raised artist and immigrant advocate, explores the impact of undocumented migration on cultural identity through urban and Chicano-inspired materials. Through the lenses of representation and the power of collective activism through art.
Holding deep respect for the cultural heritage of Utah and Mexican ancestors, to tell the stories of love and labor throughout marginalized communities. Material exploration and scientific principles guide their work to explore differences within personal identity and collective visibility.
Utilizing 3D resin printings, concrete, and traditional visual art materials, their work excavates a narrative of social connections in Utah. Engaging in art and community health praxis, Pablo redefines narratives of displacement, belonging, and adaptation through storytelling and a community-focused approach.