Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Utah artist told he must change his strip club mural design and that all murals must be painted
Utah artist told he must change his strip club mural design — and that all murals must be painted with ‘neutral earth-tone’ colorsA Utah artist said he’s been told to change the design for a mural he had planned to paint on the side of a South Salt Lake strip club — and that all murals in the city must now follow neutral color palettes.
Shae Petersen, an award-winning artist who signs his work SRIL, says he met with South Salt Lake officials on Wednesday and was told to alter his proposal to paint a stylized panther and a woman teasing a bare shoulder on the side of the Exotic Kitty, a strip club at 3055 S. State St.
The South Salt Lake arts council had given full approval of his original design, but the city planning commission denied Petersen a permit in December, saying the mural wasn’t really a mural but a sign advertising Exotic Kitty — a violation of a city ordinance for sexually oriented businesses.
On Wednesday, Petersen says he was given a new stipulation — all murals in South Salt Lake must follow a “neutral earth-tone color palette.”
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/02/07/utah-artist-told-he-must-change-his-strip-club-mural-design-and-that-all-murals-must-be-painted-with-neutral-earth-tone-colors/