Eccles Community Art Center UP: 100 Impressions from Cache Valley works by Adrian Van Suchtelen of Logan features a presentation of portfolio prints of the area the long-time USU professor has made of the valley he calls home. "The term impression can be thought of as a sensation, a visual response, or even a style of painting," the artist writes of the title for the exhibition. "In this case however, it refers to the work as being "impressions" from a plate that is hand inked, wiped and printed on a traditional etching press. This printmaking method is in the tradition of Rembrandt, Goya, Kollwitz and Picasso is where an artist uses and explores the unique qualities of the process to achieve a personal expression." Van Suchtelen's decision to make 100 prints was inspired by two Japanese artists: Hiroshige, created "100 Views of Edo" and Hokusai's "100 Views of Mount Fuji."

"Dealing with subjects of personal experience is important to me because I feel that, even though artists spend a lot of time and effort mastering technique and approach, art is not about the visual language itself. It is ideas expressed by language, ideas about who we are, what we are and how we live, ideas that serve the purpose of calling attention to the poetry of the human condition."

"I see art as a metaphor, as an attempt to create a sincere and emphatic reflection about our beliefs and values. I make art to substantiate my humanness, to share my inner life, my frailties, my strengths, my sadness and my pleasures," Van Suchtelen concludes “ I make art to remind myself to be thankful every day and to celebrate life with each renewal of the Seasons.”
Through May 31.

AND: Mohter and daughter exhibit by Ilona Fellows and Ann Cornwall in the Carriage Gallery. Fellows is an outdoor person and her work reflects her enjoyment of nature. Ann Cornwall's work appears as an abstraction of natural landscapes. Through May 31.

Universe City (2556 Washington Blvd, Ogden 458-8959 ) UP: Found Arts and Assemblages by David Winward and Paintings by JulieAnn Henneman. David Winward has been producing art from unusual media for a long time. The work in this exhibit has been assembled from a variety of found objects and other items not necessarily thought of as "art supplies," creating a very absurdist view of contemporary topics. He also manipulates photographic images. One piece is made entirely of plastic army men. One piece is titled "Invertebrate Congress." Another work is 2 inches high and 365 inches long, made from two lengths of a metal tape measure. The 365 inches are used to chart the American and Iraqi lives lost day by day in 2007. David works as a paralegal but has been a working artist since he was young. JulieAnn Henneman's work is more interior and personal. She is better known as a writer but turned to painting within the last year to express feelings out of reach of works. All of her work is abstract and colorfully charged with emotion. She has worked as an additions counselor and is the author of four books. All of these experiences had lent content to her paintings. Sometimes with humor and at other times with pathos, the two artists together explore the dilemmas faced by thinking and sensitive individuals in a world filled with more information than can be taken n all at once, much less sorted into understandable cubbyholes. Through May 30.

Gallery 25 UP: Works by Keith Dabb. Dabb and his wife Gaylene reside in Plain City, where they can enjoy the beautiful sunsets from their brand new home. After spending two years in South Dakota and Montana working with the Sioux and Crow Indians, then a stint in the Navy he returned home to complete a degree in art education. He taught at South Jr. High, then Weber High, then finished his career at Fremont High. After 30 years in education, he retired to do what he always wanted to since he was a young boy, which is to paint. Dabb has recently returned from the winter art show in Show in Scottsdale Arisona.

Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery at WSU UP: BFA Thesis Exhibition through May 9th.

Gallery at the Station UP: Painting by Robert J. Johnson and wood turning by Lane Phillips through May 27.

LOGAN
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art UP: 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. Through December 2008.

AND: Richard Buswell: Traces – Montana's Frontier Revisited. This exhibition contains photographs of hidden Montana ghost towns and isolated sites of early settlement. Through photographs of personal possessions and eroding structures, Dr. Buswell tells tales of nature's reclamation of frontier sites. His new work explores abstract patterns seen in landscapes and everyday objects. Through May 10.

ALSO: Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935 - 1943, a unique series of photographs showing the place of religion in American society through the lens of some of America's most well known photographers-Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks. Through June 28 in the West Gallery.