OGDEN AREA
The Ogden First Fridays Art Walk takes place every month on the First Friday. Galleries are open from 6 to 9 pm for receptions.

The New Gallery (Shepherd Union Building, 3850 Harrison Blvd) UPCOMING: The Paintings of LeRoy Jennings, opening reception Thursday, February 14, 2-4pm. Jennings work includes waterscapes, landscapes, portraits and still lifes. Most of his work approaches photo realism and reflect the color of the local and regional landscape. However, he has recently completed a number of abstracts in a very different color palette. Through February 28. *About the new Shepherd Union Building Gallery: Located on the main level of the newly renovated Shepherd Union the gallery/exhibition space is 724 square feet and adjacent to the primary lounge area on the main level.

Eccles Community Art Center UP: 11th Black & White Competition, a juried competition, is open to recent works by Utah artists in all media. Jurors for this year's competition are Jim Jacobs, Professor of Visual Arts and Art Department Chair, Weber State University, and Josh Winegar, Professor of Visual Arts. Weber State University. AND: Wildlife photography by Randy Chatelain in the Carriage Gallery. Dr. Chatelain is best known as an Associate Professor of Family Relations at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He is also an lover of wildlife and avid photographer.

Gallery at the Station UP: Two Spring City artists make the trek north to exhibit at Ogden's Gallery at the Station. Paintings by Kathleen Peterson and pottery by Joe Bennion, through March 4.

Gallery 25 UP: Carol Fielding of Roy, who works in a variety of media, will be the featured artist during the month of February.

Myra Powell Gallery UP: Let Wonderland Tell Its Story, Alberttypes of William Henry Jackson through May.

Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery at WSU UP: Life, Times, and Matters of the Swamp, chlorohyl prints by Vietnamese artist Binh Danh. Binh Danh is the Dean W. and Carol W. Hurst Artist in Residence for the College of Arts Humanities for the 2007 – 2008 school year. Through February 16. UPCOMING: 3rd Annual Northern Utah High School Art Exhibition, March 3– March 21.

Universe City (2556 Washington Blvd, Ogden 458-8959 ) UP: Paintings and sculptures by Darnel Haney and metal art by John "Roughcut" Little. Haney's work depicts the historical development of black Americans. His paintings and sculptures portray, through emotion and warmth, black America's struggles from the tribal villages of Africa to the plantations and ghettos of modern America. Little's work in metal is sometimes utilitarian, as in his vessels and platters, or strictly artistic, as in his sculptures and wall pieces. Through February 16.

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Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art UP: Abstracting the Land: Southwest Transcendentalism, an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection focusing on painters working in New Mexico in the 1930s, called the Transcendental Painting Group. The artwork selected for this exhibition exemplifies these artists’ explorations of the southwestern landscape, expressions of the sublime, and a universal shared sense of values in human experience. Through May 3.

ALSO: Clay: Points of View in the Nora Eccles Treadwell Harrison Ceramics Gallery. Seven graduate students from the ceramics program, in the art department of Utah State University have curated an exhibition from the Museum’s collection. Through April.

AND: USES OF THE REAL: Originality, Conditional Objects, and Action/Documentation, Contemplation an exhibition of objects selected from the museum's collection, many of which will be shown in NEHMA for the first time. The museum’s major works of art will remain on display throughout the exhibit, but other elements of the exhibit will change as the exhibit explores what makes art "real" art. Through December 2008.

BRIGHAM CITY
Brigham City Museum-Gallery UP: Elements From the Front Range Contemporary Quilters, featuring 40 quilts by artists throughout the West. Through March 8.