Spring into the Ogden arts scene this Friday
A guide to the First Friday Art Stroll
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- A painting by Mac Stevenson, the featured artist at Gallery 25 for First Friday Art Stroll.
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- Ogden City Arts hosts First Friday Art Stroll every month. Things are back in full swing for spring this Friday night, April 1, 2022.
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- Open Studio Night is every first Friday in conjunction with the art stroll by Ogden City Arts.
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- The Awesome Autistic Art Stroll exhibit will feature the artwork of autistic youth this Friday, April 1, 2022, at The Monarch to kick off a monthlong series of events.
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- “Van Sessions” is a live music podcast that the community is invited to watch every first Friday at The Monarch.
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- A new, immersive video installation opens at Ogden Contemporary Arts on Friday, April 1, 2022, during the art stroll.
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- The Frame Your Pet Competition exhibit opens on Friday, April 1, 2022, during the art stroll at Eccles Art Center.
Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll this month lands on April Fool’s Day — but the Ogden arts scene is no joke. This spring stroll will be one of the biggest the city has seen since before the pandemic.
Art galleries, businesses, events venues, coffee shops and more are blooming this Friday night with new art exhibits, live music and celebrations at various locations all over town. A Community Art Show at Ogden Union Station showcases over 30 youth artists, and art exhibits abound on Historic 25th Street from Grounds for Coffee, to Gallery 25 and Wasatch Coffee. Be sure to stop into Open Studio Night at The Monarch for the Awesome Autistic Ogden Art Exhibit, a new video installation at OCA Arts Garage and free live music with “Van Sessions.” The Local Artisan Collective at The Junction will be busy with classes and demos, and the budding Emmisoure Gallery on Washington Boulevard has a special exhibit. The Eccles Art Center hosts an exhibit opening for the Frame Your Pet Competition, and it’s worth the short drive over to Shaw Gallery at Weber State University for the closing of “All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy” exhibit in addition to the audio project “A Counting: Ogden” by Ekene Ijeoma.
The art stroll is hosted by Ogden City Arts on the first Friday of every month to support arts organizations and independent artists and “enrich the lives of Ogden residents and visitors by ensuring access to visual, performing, and literary arts and arts education.”
This month, it is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Friday in various locations all over Ogden.
For complete event details, get your map at The Corner, the white building located on the corner of Washington Boulevard and 25th Street, and follow these social media outlets for more details: Instagram @Ogden_Arts and The_Corner_Ogden, or Facebook @OgdenCityArts, The Corner and OgdensFirstFridayArtStroll.
THINGS TO SEE DURING YOUR APRIL STROLL
- Shaw Gallery at WSU: Last night of “All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy” and closing of “A Counting: Ogden” by Ekene Ijeoma.
- Eccles Art Center: Frame Your Pet Competition and Secondary Students of Ogden City exhibit openings.
- Dumke Arts Plaza: Exhibit on display by Chakaia Booker.
- The Monarch: Open Studio Night, Awesome Autistic Ogden Art Exhibit, featured emerging artist D Bowden at Art Box, and 40 creative studios, plus “Van Sessions,” a live music podcast that’s free and open to the public featuring JD & the Brass Saddle Band, Wood Carver and Fever Dream at 7 p.m.
- Ogden Contemporary Arts: “The Little Way” immersive art installation by Kansas City artist Rashawn Griffin.
- The Junction: The Local Artisan Collective is featuring leather goods artist Earl Talbot, plus tons of classes and artist demos.
- Emmisoure Gallery: Featuring artist Susan Snyder.
- Gallery 25: Featuring artist Mac Stevenson.
- Wasatch Roasting Company: Featuring artist Belle Jen.
- Ogden Union Station: Wasatch Fiber Artists and Community Art Show, 30-plus youth artists, public vote.
- Cara Koolmes Gallery.
- Myra Powell Gallery: “Don’t Read This” exhibit.
- Grounds for Coffee 25th Street: Featuring artist Lucy Nutall.