Art exhibits to see during First Friday Art Stroll this week
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- The multimedia pop art of Steve Stones will be on exhibit at Eccles Art Center on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, through the remainder of the month.
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- The diverse landscape and wildlife paintings of David W. Jackson are part of the November exhibit at Eccles Art Center that opens on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, during First Friday Art Stroll.
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- Susan Jordan’s nature-infused artwork will be featured at Gallery 25 during Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll this Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.
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- “The Lighthouse” by award-winning artist Mike Gardner and other works will be on display at Gallery 25 during First Friday Art Stroll this Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.
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- On display at OCA Center throughout November is “La Llorona del Río Bucaná” by David Rios Ferreira as part of “Vida, Muerte, Justicia,” an exhibition of Latin American and Latinx artists.
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- On display at OCA Center throughout November is “Granary Storage and Ariana” by Andrew Alba as part of “Vida, Muerte, Justicia,” an exhibition of Latin American and Latinx artists.
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The multimedia pop art of Steve Stones will be on exhibit at Eccles Art Center on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, through the remainder of the month.
Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll, the monthly year-round event hosted by Ogden City, is happening once again on Friday from 6-9 p.m. in the downtown area. It’s a night when the streets and venues, from Ogden’s Union Station and The Junction to Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery at Weber State University and more, are filled with live music and great art.
This month, beautiful art exhibits will display the work of local and national artists at three art galleries, on Historic 25th Street and in the Nine Rails Creative District, during the Art Stroll on Friday night. Visit ogdencity.com/770/First-Friday-Art-Stroll for a complete listing of exhibit openings.
Gallery 25
Gallery 25, the oldest gallery on Historic 25th Street in operation for 19 years, is a cooperative of over 30 local Utah artists that offers a large selection of art in various mediums and artist styles for all tastes. In anticipation for the holidays, Gallery 25 members are offering art pieces at discounted rates, from 20% to 50%, throughout November to help art collectors fill the walls of their home with artwork they enjoy most.
Two of the featured artists at Gallery 25 this month are Mike Gardner and Susan Jordan. Jordan, a board member artist in Gallery 25 since 2016, incorporates elements of nature in her paintings and uses a variety of subjects, mediums and techniques in her visual art. Gardner is an award-winning artist whose artwork is based on themes of American life and wildlife in mediums that include oil-on-canvas, bronze sculpture and artistic jewelry. He has been featured in galleries locally and nationally.
Gallery 25, 268 Historic 25th St., will be open until 9 p.m. during the art stroll on Friday and during regular business hours. Read more at gallery25utah.com.
Eccles Art Center
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The diverse landscape and wildlife paintings of David W. Jackson are part of the November exhibit at Eccles Art Center that opens on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, during First Friday Art Stroll.
The November exhibits at the Eccles Art Center — a historic 1893 Victorian mansion that now houses the nonprofit organization that supports the arts in the community — will feature the painting and bronze sculptures of David W. Jackson in the Main Gallery and creative collages and paintings by Steve Stones in the Carriage House Gallery. There will be an opening reception for the artists during First Friday Art Stroll from 5-8 p.m., and the exhibits will remain open during business hours through Nov. 29.
David W. Jackson, who currently resides in Mountain Green, is known throughout the Intermountain West for his diverse landscape and wildlife paintings. While his monumental bronze sculptures are on display at Weber State University and Fremont High School, Jackson will have a few smaller bronze works included with his paintings at Eccles Art Center in November, along with some clay sculptures by his grandson, who he is mentoring.
Steve Stones is an Ogden native and adjunct professor of art at Weber State University whose humorous, mixed-media pop art is sourced from food packaging, advertising, comic book imagery, carnival banners, animated characters and famous paintings. He states, “My interest in painting lies in the deconstructing, appropriating and dismantling pop-culture, mass media images and symbols. My attempt is to present these images in a new context in order to change how the viewer normally views these symbols. I appropriate these images to communicate parody and humor in my work.”
Eccles Art Center, 2580 Jefferson Ave., will be open on Friday during First Friday Art Stroll from 5-8 p.m. and during regular gallery hours. For more information, visit ogden4arts.org.
Ogden Contemporary Arts
The national exhibition “Vida, Muerte, Justicia | Life, Death, Justice: Latin American & Latinx Art for the 21st Century” at Ogden Contemporary Arts can be seen during the Dia de Los Muertos celebration and Open Studio Night at The Monarch on Friday.
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Susan Jordan's nature-infused artwork will be featured at Gallery 25 during Ogden's First Friday Art Stroll this Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.
The exhibit includes 24 Latin American and Latinx contemporary artists whose multimedia artwork responds to themes of social and racial justice to inspire positive change, including international and museum-level exhibiting artists Harry Gamboa Jr., Giullermo Galindo, Tania Candiani and others. Andrew Alba, Nancy Rivera, Horcio Rodruiquez and Roots Art Kollective are among the prominent Utah artists showcased.
“Vida, Muerte, Justicia” is a collaboration between Ogden Contemporary Arts, Weber State University’s Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, curator Jorge Rojas and associate curator Maria del Mar González-González.
“Themes of life, death and justice have been inextricably linked throughout history,” said Jorge Rojas, a Mexican artist, curator and educator based in Salt Lake City who is one of the exhibit curators. “We’re looking at these concepts through the rich and complex lens of Latin American culture, which encompasses many countries, peoples and visual languages.”
“Vida, Muerte, Justicia” will be on display at OCA Center now through Nov. 27. Visit ogdencontemporaryarts.org for more information.
"The Lighthouse" by award-winning artist Mike Gardner and other works will be on display at Gallery 25 during First Friday Art Stroll this Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.
On display at OCA Center throughout November is "La Llorona del Río Bucaná" by David Rios Ferreira as part of "Vida, Muerte, Justicia," an exhibition of Latin American and Latinx artists.
On display at OCA Center throughout November is "Granary Storage and Ariana" by Andrew Alba as part of "Vida, Muerte, Justicia," an exhibition of Latin American and Latinx artists.