PBS Newshour

Utah art project spotlights Great Salt Lake’s fragile future

As the Great Salt Lake in Utah continues to dry up, the arts community has mobilized to lay bare the major ecological, economic and health stakes if the decline continues. The public art project, Wake the Great Salt Lake, aims to educate and inspire residents and visitors alike.

Salt Lake Magazine

Public Art Project Wake the Great Salt Lake Addresses Environmental Crisis Through Art

An ongoing collaboration between three Salt Lakers, Han Calder, Nick Carpenter and Ben Doxey, the Great Salt Lake Hopeline is a mobile phone booth and dial-in hotline that invites callers to record their memories, hopes and fears for the lake.

Salt Lake Tribune

The SLC Arts Council got its ‘largest grant ever’ to raise awareness about the Great Salt Lake.

The grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies was the “single largest grant ever awarded” to the Salt Lake City Arts Council.

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The Mystery of the Pink Payphone Pop-Up in Salt Lake

The Pink Payphone allows individuals to call in, listen to the sounds of the lake and leave voice messages reflecting on their experiences.

ABC4

A payphone is popping up in Salt Lake City, inviting you to share memories of the Great Salt Lake

No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. A pink-colored payphone is popping up around Salt Lake City. But picking up the phone won’t allow you to call just anyone. Instead, payphone users will hear memories and stories of the Great Salt Lake from other callers, sounds from the lake itself, and have the opportunity to leave a voicemail of their own.

15 Bytes

Billboards, Phone Booths and Pelicans: Creative Calls to Save the Great Salt Lake

First there was the billboard. Now the phone booth. Interventions by public and private organizations on behalf of the Great Salt Lake continue at pace. That sense of urgency and connection is echoed in another public art initiative: the Great Salt Lake Hopeline.

KSL Newsradio

Pink phone booth encourages callers to share messages of hope for Great Salt Lake

The interactive art pop-up is called the Great Salt Lake Hopeline. It was created by Han Calder, Nick Carpenter and Ben Doxey in an effort to change the messaging around the lake.

KRCL 90.9FM RadioACTive

Art appreciation and legislative appropriations

The Great Salt Lake Hopeline is taking your calls. RadioACTive talks with its creators, Salt Lake-born and raised Han Calder, Nick Carpenter, and Ben Doxey. Childhood friends and long-time collaborators, these multi-talented artists created a dial-in hotline that invites callers to record their stories, fears, and hopes for the Lake. Plus, Siri Vlasic, the Salt Lake City Arts Council's Wake the Great Salt Lake project coordinator.

KSL5 TV

‘Frame by Frame’ event celebrates local artists as Sundance Film Festival wraps

After 10 days, the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is coming to a close. While Utah will host the festival again in 2026, the decision for the 2027 location is still forthcoming.