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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....

Ogdens 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...

The Monarch Building in Downtown Ogden hosts the Vida, Muerte, Justicia art exhibit.  (Nikki Dorber/The Signpost) Photo credit: Nikki Dorber

Ogden on display

Makayla Geddes November 3, 2021

Ogden is full of different opportunities to get involved in the arts. Whether it be music, galleries, performances, street art or zines, there is a place for everyone to enjoy the creativity and ingenuity...

The sound of saxophones fills the air during the Jazz Ensemble performance.  (Nikki Dorber/The Signpost) Photo credit: Nikki Dorber

Jazzed to be back

Caitlyn Nichols November 1, 2021

For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Weber State University Jazz Ensemble returned to the stage for an in-person concert on Oct. 26 in the Allred Theater. The performance...

The mural integrates the beauty of bright colors while tying in the importance of music in the citys history.   (Nikki Dorber/The Signpost) Photo credit: Nikki Dorber

A stop above the rest

Lucas Moore November 1, 2021

Ogden City and the Utah Transit Authority are collaborating on an artistic project to decorate the new Bus Rapid Transit stops with murals in the windscreens. The BRT, now dubbed Ogden Express or OGX,...

Kelie Hess surrounded by her artwork. All of the paintings in Hesss series known as Consciously Breathing represent a statement on living with intention.  (Kelie Hess)

Art beyond limitations

Adam Rubin October 18, 2021

Art is an expressive outlet for many, and it is no different for Kelie Hess, who visited Weber State University to present a speech titled "Living Beyond Your Limits" on Oct. 12. Hess is an abstract artist...

Using brown working gloves and rods bent into circles, artist Michael Pribich of New York hopes to represent the forever need for essential workers. To visit Pribichs work visit the Vida, Muerte, Justica art exhibit in The Monarch in Ogden.  (Nikki Dorber/The Signpost)(Nikki Dorber/The Signpost)

Life, Death, Justice

Alexandrea Bonilla October 4, 2021

The United States Census reports that Ogden has one of the largest Latinx and Hispanic communities in Utah, composing roughly 31.9% of the population.Ogden Contemporary Arts is collaborating with Weber...

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