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Below: Manifestation 1, Elise Wehle, 18" x 34", hand cut paper and mixed media
Updates and latest events
ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE MONARCH
FIRST FRIDAY ART STROLLS: What’s Still Happening First Friday Art Stroll by Ogden City Arts will continue to be a virtual affair in August and the following months until further notice. However, they’ve developed creative and engaging ways to support our local arts community online. Additionally, in-person events have resumed throughout the Nine Rails Creative District in conjunction with First Friday Art Strolls.
Here’s where to go, in-person or online, to enjoy and elevate yourself through art, music, and performance art offerings in the community on the first Friday of every month.
Open Studio Nights at The Monarch Forty+ artists at The Monarch open their studio doors to share their latest inspirations. Stroll through this beautiful historic structure to view and purchase original artwork and meet the artists and makers.
Features: • 6 p.m.: Open Studios, Dinner & Drinks at WB’s, and Art Box featuring a new artist
• 6:30 p.m.: Exhibits and
Performances by Ogden Contemporary Arts
• 7 p.m.: Live Music with Van Sessions by The Banyan Collective
Special safety guidelines including required masks, social distancing, and frequent sanitizing will be practiced. For a detailed schedule, visit Facebook @TheMonarchOgden
#OgdenSharesArt Ogden City Arts will continue to go virtual for First Friday Art Strolls. Traditional summer events, like Monday Night Movies and Tunes at Noon at the amphitheater, have been put on hold until next year. However, the life-sized fiberglass horses, which are painted by local artists, mark “The Trail to Ogden Pioneer Days” on downtown streets this time of year and are on display through the end of August at parks and neighborhoods throughout the city. See a map at horsemap.ogdencity.com. Each month during First Friday Art Stroll, Ogden City Arts presents a slideshow created from all the art pieces, projects, and performances shared by people on social media, using the hashtag #OgdenSharesArt. Follow on Facebook @ OgdenCityArts, Instagram @ Ogden_Arts, and on their website ogdencity.com/770/First-Friday-ArtStroll.
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Paper Projects at Argo House Carper Contemporary presents “Paper Projects” in conjunction with First Friday Art Stroll, from 5-8 p.m. every first Friday through October. It is also open to the public Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.., and weekends/evenings by appointment. The exhibition features five artists, including Amanda Lee, Anna Laurie Mackay, Elise Wehle, Lydia Gravis and Ya’el Pedroza, who each use the intimate material of paper as their primary medium. The press release states, “Seemingly fragile or impermanent, works on paper are often undervalued in the art world or overlooked by collectors, who give more clout to canvas and oil paint than paper and pencil. The all-female roster also speaks to the evolution of women in the art world, who, similarly to the presented medium, were long undervalued or overlooked in mainstream gallery and museum scenes, and who are finally taking their place in the public eye through solo exhibitions or female-focused shows.” All CDC guidelines and regulations will be followed for the opening event, and face masks are encouraged.
