| Updated: April 17, 2021, 12:25 a.m.
A nonprofit arts group has unveiled its big plans to convert a 121-year-old church into a performance and creation space on Salt Lake City’s west side.
The Utah Arts Alliance gave tours to the media and public Friday of what it’s calling the Art Castle, in a Victorian Gothic building that was once the 15th Ward meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Art Castle, said Derek Dyer, the alliance’s executive director, will be an incubator for creative businesses and groups. It also will be a community art center, including an outdoor sculpture garden and amphitheater. And it will include an immersive art attraction, similar to the walk-through exhibition Dreamscapes that the alliance now runs at The Gateway.
Dreamscapes: Salt Lake City’s Immersive Art Experience is open in a new, larger and dreamier location. This immersive experience follows a dream-inspired storyline through polychromatic vignettes meandering an ethereal labyrinth. Appropriate for all ages, Dreamscapes follow’s true to the Utah Arts Alliance mission – To foster the arts in ALL forms in order to create an aware, empowered, and connected community
A project of the nonprofit Utah Arts Alliance, Dreamscapes is born from the imaginations of nearly 100 artists, builders and audio-visual wizards. CDC and Utah State guidelines have been implemented to ensure the safety of our guests and staff. Dreamscapes is located at 111 South Rio Grande St. at The Gateway in Downtown Salt Lake City.
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Dreamscapes at The Gateway is meant to pull visitors into a different world. The immersive art experience is so popular, Utah Arts Alliance Executive Director Derek Dyer said it sells out every weekend. It s kind of like a dreamland. It s just beautiful, and just a really fun experience, he said.
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