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The Ninth Muse seeks to bring a true art renaissance to Ogden

“Talent is not born, it’s made,” is Sarah Abagulum’s teaching philosophy. The founder of Ninth Muse Academy of Art tells her students that you become good at what you like doing.The Muses were goddesses that inspired artists in ancient Greek mythology, Abagulum said. The Ninth Muse, ...

Art Scene Selections: March 18-25

<h2>‘Women: The Creative Edge’</h2>The Eccles Art Center features another exhibit of winning artists across Utah. This month, women take to the forefront with mediums including sculpture and painting in the juried works accepted for the Second Annual Women: The ...

Women of the Nine Rails: Venessa Castagnoli

“It’s not every day your dream job opens up and is just a five-minute commute from your front door,” said Venessa Castagnoli, the executive director at Ogden Contemporary Arts (OCA). Castagnoli is a true woman of the Nine Rails who is engineering a foundation of arts advocacy in Ogden.At ...

Women of the Nine Rails: Lauren Argo

“Knowing the City’s plans for designating the creative district might come to fruition, we took a considerable risk, hoping others would follow,” said industrial and information systems designer Lauren Argo, one of the first contributors to what has become the Nine Rails Creative ...

Ceramic artist Cynthia Jeppson shapes empty vessels full of meaning

<strong>A</strong>s a small child in Roy, Cynthia Jeppson recalls being filled with excitement driving into the “big city” of Ogden for shows at the grandly decorated Peery’s Egyptian Theater. Decades later, one of her own art pieces, an Egyptian vessel, would ...

Art Scene Selections: March 5-7

<h3>Open Studio Night</h3>The Monarch doors will swing open for the public once again this Friday<span class="print_trim" data-mce-mark="1">, March 5,</span> from 6-9 p.m. for a special Open Studio Night on the east 25th block. The ...

Construction begins on Ogden’s downtown arts plaza

OGDEN — After more than two years of planning and preparation, construction on what will be the centerpiece of Ogden City’s burgeoning downtown creative district has begun.A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for the Dumke Arts Plaza, a new public gathering place that will be located ...