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"Becoming Native" by Tamara Kostianovsky created with discarded textiles on wood.

Flesh fabrications

Cooper Hatsis, Reporter February 9, 2023

“Mesmerizing Flesh” is a display using textiles and fabrics to symbolize carcasses. This provocative display by Argentinian textile artist Tamara Kostianovsky is at the Ogden Contemporary Arts Center...

Physics Professor Adam Johnston introducing John Armstrong, the director of the planetarium at WSU's Ogden campus.

The art of the matter

Terra Bell, Reporter February 9, 2023

John Armstrong, a professor of astronomy and physics and the director of Ott Planetarium, discussed the differences and similarities between learning physics and learning the arts in a physics seminar...

Honorable Mention winner, What I Saw (Left) and Summer, (Right) both created by Sara Luna.

Andanzas bohemias

Marianna Lopez Luritta, Editor De Sección January 17, 2023

En el año 1993, se creó el programa de arte de la ciudad Ogden, lo que llevó oportunidades y conexiones a varios artistas en la ciudad e inspiró a los ciudadanos continuamente. Entre la variedad de...

The stickers outside each of the official Art Stroll stops, to let visitors know where the locations are.

El corazón de Ogden

Nathanael Stout, Translator November 8, 2022

El arte es uno de los aspectos más importantes de Ogden. Los murales en los edificios, los músicos callejeros que actúan en las aceras y, lo más importante, las varias galerías de arte situadas por...

The Monarch Butterfly mural on the wall outside of the Monarch Art Gallery.

Ogden’s art avenue: First Friday Art Stroll

Anna Kuglar, Photographer November 8, 2022

Art is one of the most important aspects of what makes Ogden. It’s the murals on the buildings, the music buskers performing on the sidewalks and, most importantly, the many art galleries located throughout...

People browsing different vendors at the Beehive Bash.

Buzzing around downtown Ogden

Windsor Moore, Reporter August 1, 2022

The Beehive Bash returned for the second year to the Monarch Studios on 25th street in Ogden. The Monarch holds and rents studios out to different artists and creatives in the Ogden area. The Beehive...

Celeste Roy adding blue to her art piece. (Kennedy Camarena/ The Signpost)

Mixing the beet up

Coby Crisler, Reporter August 1, 2022

The 5th annual Beats and Beets competition was held July 30. This year’s group of seven artists all gathered beside the farmers market to paint their own interpretation of the market’s logo, the winner...

Artworks by B.J. Jensen and Roberta Glidden, as well as many others, are displayed. Photo credit: Hannah Moore

A tour of local art

Lexie Andrew April 6, 2022

The First Friday Art Stroll is a time for Ogden artists to shine. On the first Friday of every month, artists from the community come together to showcase their art and gain recognition. Each...

Artist Antonius Oki introduces himself to his audience. Photo credit: Kennedy Robins

An artist’s ownership

Coby Crisler March 23, 2022

Weber State University students and faculty had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by the artist Antonius Oki Wiriadjaia on March 18 in the Browning Center. Wiriadjaia, also known by his artist...

Ogden is full of artistic talent, found in every form of art, including graffiti. Photo credit: Hannah Moore

Tags of the town

Hannah Moore February 14, 2022

Graffiti has been around since the dawn of time when ancient civilizations painted stories depicting hunting trips and conquering tribes on cave walls. In the early 1900s, graffiti turned into a means...

Students can choose from a variety of subjects in sustainability for their posters. Photo credit: Weber State University

Calling all sustainability artists

Connor Hopson February 7, 2022

Weber State University’s Sustainability Practices and Research Center is organizing a poster contest for students to express their academic pursuits and achievements centralized on sustainability....

Ogden's new Dumke Arts Plaza provides an area for outdoor live performances, poetry readings and art. (Nikki Dorber/The SIgnpost) Photo credit: Nikki Dorber

Dumke Arts Plaza enhances Ogden

Caitlyn Nichols December 6, 2021

Ogden celebrated the grand opening of the newly completed Dumke Arts Plaza, on the corner of 25th Street and Ogden Avenue, on Dec. 3 with a night of music, poetry, art and gratitude. A press release from...

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