{"id":34268,"date":"2003-03-02T15:36:06","date_gmt":"2003-03-02T21:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=34268"},"modified":"2016-06-29T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T21:40:11","slug":"artstop-ogden-boyer-company-utah-power-open-doors-for-the-arts-in-ogden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/artstop-ogden-boyer-company-utah-power-open-doors-for-the-arts-in-ogden\/","title":{"rendered":"Artstop Ogden: Boyer Company & Utah Power Open Doors for the Arts in Ogden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to the unprecedented contribution of vacant office space from Utah Power and Boyer Company, on February 7th Ogden City Arts opened the doors on a whole new look for community arts development in Weber County.<\/span><\/p>\n

Virtually taking over the ground floor of the granite and smoke glass City Center building on the corner of 25th Street and Washington Blvd (formerly Ogden City\u2019s Municipal offices) — ARTSTOP:OGDEN functions as a multi-use visitors’ center for the arts which includes a working studio space for up to six artists, a community gallery, meeting & theater space, and the working office for Ogden City Arts Coordinator, Robin Macnofsky.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cAfter receiving the Ogden City Arts contract last November, Downtown Ogden, Inc. realized that office space for the arts presented an opportunity to increase public access to\u2014and awareness of\u2014local arts events, performances, and galleries,\u201d explains Dan Musgrave, Executive Director for Downtown Ogden, Inc. \u201cARTSTOP provides information on local arts organizations, granting opportunities, public art installations, and hosts artists\u2019 studio spaces.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

ARTSTOP\u2019s featured artists must live or work in Weber County, and since February\u2019s open house have included painters Gabriel Stockton, Glenda Smith, Glen Larsen, Nancy Clark and Cara Coolmees, ceramists Diana Lea, Ed Hymas, Suzanne Storer and Darnel Haney, printmaker Joe Dixon, textile wovens from Christina May, metals artist John Little, wood worker David Wolfgram, and mosaic artsist Christina Graham.\u00a0 Local artists who live in Weber County are encouraged to apply for display or studio space.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Stockton, Macnofsky explains the criteria for participation at ARTSTOP: \u201cWe are accepting applications for studio space based on \u2018reasonable need,\u2019 which may be either financial or spatial.\u00a0 We have even allocated space for itinerant artists who already have a working studio, but may need more room to work on a specific project for several days or weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The studio spaces are \u2018free\u2019 in the sense that no cash changes hands. However, Macnofsky has developed a system of swapping community service hours in exchange for the cash value of the space: The studio spaces are valued at $100 per month (based on comparable space in Ogden), while the artists\u2019 \u201ctime\u201d contribution is valued at $10 p\/hour for general projects (maintenance and set-up assistance for monthly shows and public arts events), and $20 p\/hour for time spent teaching art workshops at local after-school programs. Each month the artists log their hours contributed to service projects or teaching, and then Macnofsky deducts them from the ARTSTOP \u2018Bank of Hours.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIts a symbiotic exchange of services,\u201d claims Macnofsky. \u201cWe need volunteers for all types of arts projects within the community, and many artists are in need of affordable studio space. What artists generally do not have is cash\u2014what is more expendable (and equally valuable) is their time\u2014especially when it comes to teaching kids hands-on arts experiences.\u00a0 It\u2019s a winning partnership for everyone involved, especially for youth in this inner-city area who get very limited exposure to the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nARTSTOP:OGDEN joins Ogden\u2019s Gallery Street Stroll on the first Friday of each month, which begins and ends with anchors Gallery At The Station, the Eccles Community Art Center, and includes more than ten artists\u2019 studios, commercial galleries and independently owned businesses in Ogden\u2019s historic district. Thanks to its central location, ARTSTOP acts as connecting point between the 25th Street arts district and the Eccles Community Art Center located at Jefferson & 26th Street.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to studio space, the co-operative gallery offers another venue for local artists who often find a long and crowded waiting list to display their artwork in the established venues like Gallery At The Station and the Eccles Community Art Center. Recently, a handful of new galleries and co-operatives have sprung up in Ogden\u2019s historic district in response to this need for additional gallery space to represent the rapidly expanding pool of northern Utah artists. \u201cFor so many years, the Eccles Art Center has been a lone beacon for the arts in Weber County. Now\u2014other ships are finally appearing in Ogden\u2019s \u2018harbor\u2019. That means more local, emerging artists have a greater opportunity for exposure and a chance to display and market their work\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ogden's Arts Renaissance in Ogden?\u00a0 \u201cBelieve it or not\u2026 it\u2019s happening,\u201d says Macnofsky. Within the past two years, six new visual art galleries & studios have opened their doors on 25th Street: Wasatch Art & Frame, Gallery 25, Stuck-in-the-Attic Artists\u2019 Studio, The Fine Arts Gallery, Gallery at the Station and now ARTSTOP:OGDEN.<\/p>\n

Washington Blvd. is also home to several galleries: Art Glass Originals, Erica Martin Antiques & Gallery; 24th St.\u2019s B Gallery at Bartholomew\u2019s Frame Company; Ogden Blueprint & Supply \u2014even Zions Bank joined in the Gallery Stroll last summer with special exhibits at their 23rd Street Branch.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you add in the shops, restaurants and boutiques who feature the work of local artists\u2014Zenger\u2019s Deli, Grounds for Coffee, Jones & Co. Salon, Ruby & Begonia\u2019s\u2014there is a trend which positions the downtown core as an emerging arts district,\u201d Macnosky adds. \u201cThe number of arts businesses within a two-block radius of ARTSTOP will number more than 20 by May.”<\/p>\n

ARTSTOP:OGDEN exists solely on a month-to-month contribution for office space. The proposal was to \u2018dress-up\u2019 the space which had been sitting empty for three years, to make it more appealing to potential business-owners.<\/p>\n

According to Macnofsky, \u201cwe refer to our \u2018ephemeral\u2019 presence here as the \u2018Cinderella Syndrome\u2019\u2014we can turn back into a pumpkin at any moment: as soon as someone shows up with the capital resources to pay for the office space, we move on. . .\u201d\u00a0 But, Macnofsky is not complaining, \u201cThis embodies the essential practice of Buddhist \u2018non-attachment\u2019 \u2014when these spaces lease, of course we\u2019ll be sad to go. But it will demonstrate a tangible \u2018value\u2019 of arts directly impacting economic development. There are still other empty storefronts along Washington Blvd, waiting for their chance to be Cinderella . . . to be dressed up and re-valued.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Macnofsky likens the redevelopment currently underway in Ogden to cosmetic surgery, \u201cWe are in that awkward period of post-op following a facelift\u2014we should be hiding in the house with the shades drawn\u2014but life and business demand that we carry on as usual. Two years from now, with the mall renovation, the new IRS building, the American Can redevelopment, 25th Street\u2019s Union Square complex and the RiverWalk project\u2014Ogden is going to be radiant, and people will be doing double & triple-takes on what\u2019s changed in Weber County. I believe the arts district will be one of the gems that show-off Ogden\u2019s renewed beauty and \u201callure.\u201d<\/p>\n

ARTSTOP:OGDEN is a division of Downtown Ogden, Inc. located at 2484 Washington Blvd., Ste 101-102.\u00a0 For more information, to apply for studio space or to enlist as a volunteer Arts Ambassador, contact Robin Macnofsky at 393-3866.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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