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Show Page The Ogden Valley news Volume XVI Issue III February 1, 2009 Gallery 25 Hosts Invitational Show It’s a Valentine’s Day Chocolate Affaire The Ogden Opera Guild’s 21 Annual This annual event is the Ogden Opera st Chocolate Affaire will be celebrated on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2009. Chocolate from the Heart will feature the hand-dipped chocolates that the Chocolate Affaire is known for along with other sweet delights, cheeses, and delicious, savory delicacies. The silent auction will feature a vintage ice cream table with heart-shaped chairs; a vacation get-away; collectible crystal, porcelain and silver; original artwork; and other out-of-the-ordinary finds. Guild’s only fundraiser. Event proceeds go toward sponsorship of a performance of the Utah Opera as well as toward our educational outreach program for area youth. St. Joseph’s High School’s Black Box Theater at 1790 Lake Street will be scene of this year’s Affaire. The time is 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 in advance, or $55 at the door. For more information, please call Betty Symonds at 771-9460. Master of the Impossible Returns to Weber State Outrageous performer Tomás Kubínek brings his “brilliant one-man show of absurd stories, death defying experiments, and spontaneous hilarity, affordably priced and once seen, cherished for a lifetime” to Weber State on February 20 and 21, 2009. Billed as a “Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible,” Kubinek delighted Ogden audiences of all ages in 2004 in two completely sold out shows. This visit, part of the Cultural Affairs series at Weber State, offers three performances—two evening and one matinee. The story of Kubínek’s rise to fame is nearly as inspiring as the performances themselves. After escaping the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Kubínek family immigrated to Canada. At age 5, Kubínek witnessed his first circus and became inspired. Shortly thereafter, he began to perform his own shows and by the age of 13, he made his circus debut with a Brazilian clown duo as the rear half of a two-person horse. In his 20s, Kubínek traveled to Europe to study with some of the world’s greatest teachers of theater. Combined with his own tireless experiments in the art of live performance, these studies led to the creation of his award-winning solo show. His exposure to various cultures from an early age has been a positive influence on Kubínek as a human and a performer. “... our family was friendly with other immigrant families from many parts of the world and I think this has given me an openness and love for seeing the many different ways people live and celebrate life,” said Kubínek. “And it keeps me curious and connected to my fellow humans as I keep traveling. . . .” Tickets are available from the Dee Events Center ticket office 626-8500. Impress that Special Someone with a Valentine’s Lodging Package at Wolf Creek Utah Wolf Creek Utah is offering a special Valentine’s lodging package valid for the entire month of February. Availability is limited so guests should book their getaway today! Bring your sweetheart to frolic in the snow at Wolf Creek Utah. Guests can ski Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort, snowshoe under the light of a lover’s moon, enjoy a romantic horse-drawn sleigh ride, then wine and dine at the Club at Wolf Creek Utah restaurant overlooking breathtaking Ogden Valley. Package includes a two-night stay in either an intimate suite at Red Moose Lodge or a Cascades Condominium Suite, two passes to Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort, a $100 dining certificate at the Club at Wolf Creek Utah, two pairs of snowshoes, and a horse-drawn sleigh ride for just $135 per person, per night based on two persons and a two-night stay. Both choices for accommodations are romantic and luxurious. Located adjacent to the second fairway of Wolf Creek Utah’s 18holechampionship golf course, the Cascades townhomes feature built-in entertainment centers, great rooms with dramatic vaulted ceilings, and extensive view windows. The community features fully landscaped grounds with a multitude of streams and waterfalls, a 3,000-square-foot clubhouse and fitness center, pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, volleyball, and running trails. The Red Moose Lodge is a ski-style log lodge surrounded by a beautiful waterfall and pond and offers guests exclusive amenities such as an on-site pool, hot tub, and fire pit. The luxury suite includes a fireplace and Jacuzzi. To book your romantic escape at Wolf Creek Utah, please call 800-301-0817 or email us at <lodging@wolfcreekutah.com> For more information about other seasonal vacation packages at Wolf Creek Utah, visit <www.wolfcreekutah.com> Gallery 25 is hosting an invitational show for the month of February featuring Debra Marin, Roberta Glidden, and Joe D’Agnillo. The exhibit will open with a reception on Friday, February 6 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. All three painters find enjoyment painting “en plein aire,” which means painting the landscape on location, in the open air. Debra Marin has painted for many years in Utah, and appreciates the variety of landscapes in the West. She works in oil and pastels, and also has a special love of watercolor and printmaking. The artist has studied art at the University of Utah, and has a degree in art from Southern Utah University. She credits several Utah artists for helping her develop her craft in plein air painting workshops, including David Koch, Diane Turner, John Hughes, John Poon, and many other generous teachers along the way. Debra resides in Ogden, Utah. Roberta Glidden speaks of her art, “Most think that the task of a landscape painter is to find beauty in nature depicted in large sweeping panoramas. But the genre also includes close up views, odd angles, things that most don’t notice, like an interesting play of light on an abandoned truck or a fresh mud puddle. A landscape painting could be a traffic jam in a snowstorm—anything out of doors really. It’s mainly about light and air. A well executed painting invites the viewer to share the experience of being there.” Joseph D’Agnillo (Joe to all his friends), is a Northern Utah native reared on one of the many farms in the Riverdale area that is now mostly covered by retail establishments. After high school, Joe attended and graduated from Weber State College and Utah State University with degrees in art and a minor in business. Joe spent approximately ten years in commercial art after graduation, and later worked as an Architectural Designer and, finally, with the Federal Government as a Design Draftsman and Administrator. He has been spending considerable “retirement” time since 2000, sharpening his drawing and painting skills with oil painting. During the past several years, Joe has been instrumental in establishing a local cooperative art gallery (Gallery 25). Also winning a few awards—Third Place in the 2003 Eccles Statewide competition—Joe also teaches beginning and intermediate oil painting classes at the Eccles Community Art Center. He has participated in workshops at BDAC, Provence France, Tuscany Italy, New Mexico with Robert Johnson and Ken Auster, and Mexico with Frank Gardner—along with a local group of painters from the Ogden Palette Club in 2007. Joe’s landscape paintings are primarily plein aire, or produced at the location, which he believes is the most accurate way of reproducing what the eye sees at the time. His motto is “spend your time having fun creating art.” He adds, “How good can it be that I can create art and have the pleasure of selling many pieces to individuals from many locales?” The exhibit will be held at Gallery 25 until the end of February. Continuing artwork will also be on display by gallery members Lucile Chamberlin, Keith Dabb, Lauri Eskelson, Carol Fielding, Jeff Hepworth, Liz Pierce, Mac Stevenson, Lorin Wilde, and Doug Wride. Gallery hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call 334-9881. Photography and Watercolors Featured at the Eccles Community Art Center Photography and watercolor paintings will the Agora Gallery in New York City February be featured during the months of February and 24 through March 17, 2009. She last exhibMarch at the Eccles Community Art Center, ited at the Eccles Community Art Center’s 2580 Jefferson Avenue, Ogden. The Main Carriage House Gallery in May 2004. Gallery will open a juried exhibition of photogMs. Beesley’s preferred medium is waterraphy from the 16th Statewide color with her chosen theme Photographic Competition. still life. A recent internet The Carriage House Gallery article states, “The artist will feature the watercolor [Terrece Beesley] captures paintings of Terrece Beesley with an inquisitive eye and of Layton. These exhibitions surprising sense of humor, will open Friday, February the cultural signifiers of 6, and continue on display contemporary society, and through Saturday, March 21, explores the quizzical inter“Sweet Tooth” 2009. An artists’ reception, at action between natural and which awards will be presented, is scheduled manmade objects. Although Beesley works for February 6 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The with traditional mediums of watercolors and public is invited to attend. clay board, her still lifes are anything but The 16th Statewide Photographic old fashioned; instead, each of her paintings, Competition will feature recent (within the filled with an assortment of knickknacks, last two years) original photographs by resi- present the viewer with not only a personal dent Utah photographers. Salt Lake City vignette, but a cultural commentary.” photographer Dr. Laurel Casjens served as The article concludes with the statement the juror for the competition. It is an interest- that “Bessley paints with glimmering colors ing exhibition. in a multitude of short, quick, brushstrokes, Awards presented at the opening recep- creating lively, energetic paintings which are tion will include monetary awards for four a refreshing contradiction to preconceived Honorable Mentions and a $300 Best of notions of still life.” Show award. This project has received We invite to you to visit these exhibfunding from grants provided by Ogden City its and the Eccles Community Art Center. Arts, the Utah Arts Council, and the National Regular gallery hours are Monday through Endowment for the Arts. Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and. Saturday, Terrece Beesley is an award-winning art- 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, ist who has exhibited through the Western please call 801-392-6935, or check on-line at United States. 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