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Show Page The Ogden Valley news Volume XVIII Issue VIII October 1, 2010 Time to Dress Up? Weber State University Department of the Performing Arts will hold a costume sale Wednesday and Thursday, October 6 and 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the main lobby of the Shepherd Union Building. The sale will include clothing, vintage clothing, costumes, fabric, hats, jewelry, and other items that are periodically cleaned out of costume storage due to space restraints. Those wanting a head-start on this year’s Halloween costume will want to shop this sale! For more information about the sale, contact Jean Louise England, Costume Studio Manager, 801-626-7768 or <jeanengland@weber.edu> Firefly Music Academy™ Now Enrolling Music Academy™ is now enrolling students For pricing, class times, and location, visit for classes that will begin October 11, 2010. The academy will start by offering in-home classes in Eden for children’s musical theater, children’s music classes, and piano, for younger, elementary, middle-school children, and adults. It will focus on providing quality instruction in a social environment, which will lead to productions servicing families and the community. <beafirefly.com> Firefly is also delivering fliers to Valley Elementary School. Please direct specific questions to director and owner Oleah Morris at 801-668-4998, or e-mail <info@ beafirefly.com> For information on guitar and string orchestra, including private violin, please contact Theresa Ellis at 801-745-9490, or visit <www.LodestarProductions.com> Contemporary Art Quilts at Universe City In conjunction with First Friday Art Stroll, Universe City opens “Contemporary Art Quilts” by Judy Elsley and Julie Nelson, Friday, October 1 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The show continues until October 16, Fridays 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturdays 1:00 to 6:00 p.m., or by appointment. For appointments, call Benjamin Jennings, 801 458-8959. The show will conclude with an art talk and reception on October 16 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be available during opening and closing nights. Julie Nelson and Judy Elsley are quilt makers living in the Ogden area. Both artists design and make their own quilts. They also meet regularly for “play dates” to talk about their individual work and try out new techniques together. Nelson uses a mix of commercial and hand-dyed fabrics, incorporating wood, metal, and gourd shells into her work. Elsley’s quilts are made from her own hand-dyed fabrics. Nelson machines and hand quilts her work, while Elsley often takes hers to a professional machine quilter. Elsley says of their work, “We draw inspiration from each other, learn from each other, and we play well together. I admire Julie’s creativity, her sense of color, and her beautiful quilts. We feel fortunate to have found each other and we enjoy collaborating.” In addition to being a quilt artist, Elsley is a well-known quilt historian, as well as a researcher and author on the topic of quilts and their place in culture. She has taught a course, “Text and Textile: Teaching the Literature of Quilting,” at Weber State University, where she is a Professor of English and also the Director of the Honors Program. The course familiarizes students with texts about quilts and quilters, ranging from such non-fiction as history, biography, and critical articles to a variety of fiction, including poetry, short stories, a quilt detective novel, children’s books, and a play. Elsley states that Quilt texts are often connected with the textiles that inspired them so, as well as reading, discussing, and writing about these texts, students are invited to bring in a family quilt to “show and tell.” As a final project, students make a small autobiographical quilt that they display and explain to an audience of family and friends. For more information about this show, contact Judy Elsley at jelsley@weber.edu or Benjamin Jennings at <benjaminjennings@ me.com> VoteGaGe.com “Bringing Results Home” “Gage is an effective representative for Weber County. At the Legislature, he has been a strong supporter of a robust economy, sound tax policy, and record education funding. Please send Gage back to Capitol Hill.” — Gov. Gary R. Herbert Over the past four years, I have made a sincere effort to work hard, listen to your concerns, and make good policy. I will continue to work to keep Utah as the best managed state in the nation by: • Promoting economic development that will bring more high-quality jobs to Weber County. I am committed to strengthening businesses in the state by reducing government regulation. • Placing our kids first in their need for a quality education. I will continue to work with parents and educators to ensure we are providing an education system that prepares our children for the future. • Continuing the battle for state rights. We need to remember that the states created the federal government, not the other way around. The Greenery Restaurant Presents Artist Sue Hillman The Greenery Restaurant is pleased to announce the showing the artwork of Utah’s own premier collage artist, Sue Hillman. Sue will be present at an Open House Friday evening, October 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Her art will be on display in The Greenery through the middle of November 2010. Sue’s style, affectionately referred to as “Gypsy Passion,” is as unique and diverse as she is. Her father was part of Minute Men Missiles, and moved the family all over the states, finally settling the family down in Utah when Sue was a teenager. As an adult, her marriage to an airline pilot afforded her the opportunity to live and travel up and down both the East and West costs before landing in the Midwest, her favorite region of the U.S. As a young mother in her 100-year-old home in Michigan, one mile from the Raisin River, her early work flourished. Years later, Weber State Cultural Affairs Announces 2010 - 2011 Season Beginning October 2, 2010, Weber County can expect good things to come its way during the Weber State University Cultural Affairs Season. The schedule includes some of the finest artists touring. Lúnasa has become one of the most soughtafter bands on the international Celtic music scene. The band’s inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves are steering Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory. On their first American visit, word-of-mouth led to sold-out shows and rave reviews. “A standing-room only crowd in New York confirmed Lúnasa’s reputation,” wrote The New York Times. “This is the hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet.” The band will open the season at the Browning Center for the Performing Arts on October 2 at 7:30 p.m. One week later, on October 9 at 7:30 p.m., The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet will take the same stage and bring a whole new sound to the audience. With a long reputation of for playing as a unified whole at the highest level, the quintet will play a program of Anton Reicha, Pavel Haas, Samuel Barber, and Carl Nielsen. The rest of the season includes The Portland Cello Project (November 5 at Peery’s Egyptian Theater), Circo Aereo from Finland (February 18 & 19), The Harlem Gospel Choir (January 17), and the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile (also at Peery’s Egyptian Theater). Full season information can be found at www. wsuculturalaffairs.org or by calling the WSU Cultural Affairs office at 801-626-6570. For tickets, contact the Dee Events Center Ticket Office at 801-626-8500. Eccles Community Art Center Hosts Artist Reception and Celebration The Eccles Community Art Center will be tunity to paint the moments captured out of life. opening new exhibits, and celebrating the art center’s members. The paintings of Heather Barron of SLC, and Meri DeCaria of Ogden along with Ceramics of David Socwell of SLC will be on display in the Main Gallery; while in the Carriage House Gallery the paintings of Annette Orrock and the soft sculpture witches of Arlene B. Muller will be featured. A reception for the artists, and a party for art center members, new and supporting, is scheduled for Friday, October 1 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Artists’ works will remain on exhibit through October 30. Along with the reception for the artists, a party with refreshments and entertainment in celebration of appreciation for the art center’s members will be held. Art Center new and supporting members are invited to participate by attending and entering a drawing for a giclee print by Meri DeCaria. Only members present will be eligible. Those interested in becoming new members may join this evening. An annual donation for as little as $25 allows you the benefits of being a member which include discounts on classes; delivery of a quarterly class schedule; invitations to lectures, exhibits, and artists’ receptions; and advance notice of the annual art auction. Of her art, Heather Barron says, “Being raised in England, I was surrounded by history and developed a great love for the patron saints of medieval times. I have come to realize that my works to this day are greatly influenced by my happy childhood and stories of 18th Century Europe. I initially began painting religious icons and saints finding my inspiration from the Renaissance era. Lately, I have developed a larger format allowing me the creative oppor- I am happy when I am exploring the unknown. I enjoy the process and seeing these works evolve from the small format where I started. As I continue to create larger works, I can still visualize an icon figure waiting to be painted. I want to invoke in others the passion and the awakening that happens to me when I see a great piece of art. I intend my images to be a source of comfort, a work of art within your space to find pause.” Meri DeCaria says she “draws inspiration from the images and patterns of 60’s modernism and using fluid forms derived of the occasional doodle. I assemble fragments into abstract compositions. Finding a pleasing arrangement of shapes and colors in the pursuit of beauty is my intention.” David Socwell began working with ceramics over 20 years ago while studying landscape architecture and environmental planning at Utah State University. He was exposed to primitive firing techniques such as raku and salt firing. His interest moved to pit fired and saggar fired pottery. He prefers making refined classic shapes and forms with hand-burnished and Terra Sigulatta surfaces. The pit firing process achieves spontaneous and varied surface affects with vivid color, texture, and depth. Many of his most recent works include carving the surface with scenes reminiscent of pottery from the craftsman period of art. Annette Orrock explains, “To begin a painting takes a leap or a shove but once a few good marks show up, I fall into a trance that is peace and exhilaration, quiet and brave. I don’t trouble myself when I paint. 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