September 30th | 6:30-8:30pm | $40

Come capture your favorite furry friend in a wonderful work of art! In this popular class led by the talented Pamela Beach, you will create an 8" x 8" painting of a beloved pet or favorite animal. As in all of Pamela's classes, the focus will be on COLOR and how to use it more creatively in your work. Learning about more unique and interesting color combinations, you will come away with an expanded view on color in art, and a portrait of an animal you love!

October 1st | 6-9pm | Free

Laurie Harrower is a self-taught oil artist. Painting from her own photographs, Laurie has recenlty been tapping into her unique vision and intuition bringing much success and happiness in her work. She feels very fortunate to be doing what she loves and inspiring others in the process.

Although Laurie works mainly in oil, she also loves to experiment and play with different mediums. She uses oil paints and cold wax for many of her abstracts which create great texture. She also tends to work wet into wet for subtle color and soft edges. Laurie will also let paintings dry and then go back into them with a more critical eye, editing and reworking pieces until they are completed.

Come meet Laurie and learn more about her work!

September 18th | 2-5pm | $50

Back by popular demand! We had so many requests for this class that we are bringing it back in September just in time for fall. Nancy’s fabulous teaching skills have helped beginners create amazing pieces on their very first lesson. In this class, Nancy will guide you to paint a bright and fresh summer landscape, while teaching you how to make your watercolor paintings more vibrant. In the tonal color scheme of your choice (think oranges/yellows, pinks, blues, or violets), you will learn the techniques needed to make a loose sparkling watercolor on a gold-trimmed 9.75” x 10.5” wood board. You will be using bright pigment paints actually made by Nancy, which will also be for sale at the class! All materials, including images to use for inspiration, will be provided, so you can just sit back, play and create.

September 3rd | 6-9pm | Free

We are so excited to have Mark B. Goodson back at Art Box! Mark was our first featured artist and many of you will remember his amazing Converse sneakers piece that hung in our shop when we were down on lower 25th Street. Mark’s work covers a broad range of genre including portraiture, figurative, still life, and landscapes. Although Mark did not begin painting until age 47, he is an accomplished local, regional and internationally award winning artist.

Mark’s paintings have an innate feel of light, color, form and atmosphere. As a representational painter, Mark works in a naturalistic style, both realistic and painterly. Mark’s works read well up close and at a distance. They also exhibit a richness of color combined with the natural, yet lively, beauty of both light and shadow. Mark enjoys the buttery body of the paint on the palette and the brush, and its textures on the canvas. He likes the brush stroke to be visible-the hand of the artist evident.

We are honored to have Mark back with us and hope you can stop by to meet him and see his incredible work in person!

Friday | September 3rd | 6-9pm

Art Box is excited to feature another young creative entrepreneur! We invite you to come visit Half Baked Clay, the Pop-Up Shop of 7th Grader Rachel Long, during September’s First Friday Art Stroll and Open Studio Night at The Monarch.

Working in clay, Rachel has formed a new creative outlet and a fun way to express herself! Rachel crafts whimsical gnomes, mushrooms and more out of bakeable clay. Her work is inspired by the world around her, her imagination, and her heritage. Her magical gnomes include Vikings, mermaids, nature & garden gnomes, seasonal characters, and gnomes embracing inclusivity. No matter the theme, each clay piece is hand created by Rachel with love.

In addition to being an active 7th grader, Rachel is a Student Councilmember and a member of her school’s choir. Being passionate about art and music, Rachel loves Broadway musicals, Anime artwork, music of many genres, and theater, and has been in several musicals herself!

Come meet Rachel and be inspired by her enchanted creations.

August 6th | 6-9pm | Free 

Gillian Chapman (aka “boujee hippie art”) is a local artist from Ogden studying Political Science at Weber State. This 22-year-old, who lives with bipolar I disorder, has been doing artwork since her childhood. Using art as an outlet, much of her work is done during or right after manic episodes which spark her creativity. Gillian gets inspiration from her dreams, and looks up to artists such as Van Gogh who also lived with bipolar disorder or manic depressive disorder. As such, you can see different moods throughout her work.

Working on canvas and wood, this exhibit consists mostly of landscapes and different places Gillian has been, including Colorado and the mountains of Utah. She is also exhibiting several abstract nude paintings. Most of this body of work was done in the last year during or after manic episodes.

July 2nd | 6-9pm | Free

Based in Salt Lake City, Heather Olsen began her art endeavors at a very young age and her passion for creating grew as she did. She studied with various professional artists at the Bridge and Hein Art Academies and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Utah. From figures to still life, landscapes to animals, Heather is interested in the human condition and emotional aspect of our existence, and portraying the soul of every living thing. As a lifelong animal lover, animals often appear in much of her work.

Heather’s paintings are rooted in realism due to her classical training, but passionately creates her art with expressionistic brushstrokes and heavy application of paint. The use of vivid color and texture in each piece captures the emotional aspect of each subject.

For this exhibition, Heather will be featuring a collection of various animals that the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah treats and saves, and will also be donating part of her proceeds from the sale of her work to this amazing cause.

June 19th | 3-5pm | $40

Come dive into the world of Tarot with Alan Dee Geddes. Alan discovered Tarot at the age of 13 and has been reading cards for over 25 years. In this class, Alan will cover many topics, including the Fool's Journey, the Celtic Cross Spread, Cord Cutting and the Minor Arcana, the Moon and Tarot, Archangels of Tarot, and Numerology and Tarot. In addition, this class includes a copy of Alan's Tarot guidebook!

Come spend a fun afternoon learning more about this magical and intuitive subject!

June 4th | 6-9pm | Free

Emily Fox King is a visual artist working in oil paint, sculpture, installation, and printmaking. Much of her work explores notions of femininity, including domestic spaces, and feminized objects. She is currently exploring themes of creation and frustration in abstract floral imagery. In the words of Emily: “I think life, motherhood, womanhood, is a mixed bag of beauty, chaos, uncertainty, anger, and resignation, all in one. In the end it’s freaking gorgeousness! That’s what these florals are about.”

Emily is known for her large scale abstracted floral pieces. She paints with oils on canvas with an impressionistic color palette, aggressive brushstrokes, and heavy texture. Although some species of flowers within her pieces may be recognized, many of them are imagined rather than actual. Her florals represent femininity and feminine spaces.

May 13th | 6-8pm | $45

Led by the talented Pamela Beach, in this class you will break beyond colors used traditionally in portraiture by delving into the many possibilities color can bring - blue and green shadows, hot pink highlights, and purple midtones. There are so many possibilities, we don't want to limit ourselves to tans and peaches. In fact, those won't even be an option in this class!

Because this class will focus on bringing emotion and interest through the use of color, images (Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman or Ruth Bader Ginsburg) will already be drawn onto your panels! Each participant will paint one 12"x12" portrait with acrylics of one of these famous people.

May 7th | 6-9pm | Free

Pamela’s painting style is a form of portraiture that represents life experiences and emotions that are real, but not visible to the physical eye. What goes on in the heart and mind is where real transformations in life take place, and therein lies the place that Pamela strives to express through her paintings. 

Within each piece, Pamela seeks representation of a realistic figure going through an abstract process. It is a process similar to living life itself. When we look at the whole of our lives, some parts make sense, and some don’t. Some are solid, and well defined, and some remain confusing and murky. Pamela’s work is imbued with a reverence for life, a reverence for difficulties, and a reverence for the beautiful process we all go through as human beings.

Pamela paints with oil on panel, as this surface and medium allow her to express the messages she wants her artwork to convey. Sometimes areas are sanded down or painted over. Sometimes collage elements or fabric are added. She always leave traces of the whole process in the finished work so the viewer can sort out how she arrived at the end.

Pamela studied at BYU Provo where she graduated in 2002 with a BFA, with an emphasis in painting. While there she spent two months in Europe with the Visual Arts Department, visiting major museums and painting in small towns along the way. She also studied with BYU professors in New York, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, visiting major museums and galleries.

April 2nd | 6-9pm

At Art Box we are happy to support young artists and entrepreneurs! We love being able to showcase young creative minds that exhibit it’s never too early to pursue your dreams. We invite you to come visit the pop-up shop of Millie Reeder during Ogden's First Friday Art Stroll featuring beautifully hand-wrapped jewelry with stones, crystals, metal, beads, and other items, often with an included story about each piece!

In the words of Millie:

"My name is Millie. I’m 15 years old and I love making jewelry! I’ve been making and selling my jewelry since I was 12. Some other things I love: being with my puppy, Scout; hiking; camping; baking; chocolate; Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Marvel; listening to audiobooks; and spending time with my family!"

We hope you can stop by and say hello!

March 5th | 6-9pm

At Art Box we are happy to support young artists and entrepreneurs! We love being able to showcase young creative minds that exhibit it’s never too early to pursue your dreams. We invite you to come visit the pop-up shop of Roe Roe Candle Co. featuring handcrafted soy blend candles poured by monROE! Come meet and be inspired by this young creative who displays that you don't need a driver's license or high school diploma to transform your ideas into a promising business.

In the words of Monroe:

"My name is Monroe Gilbert. I am nine years old and I love to make candles. I started doing research on different waxes and fragrances, and convinced my mom to let me have a little business. I did not think it would have gone this far. I am very proud of myself (so are my mom and dad!). When I am not making candles, I am always dancing. I started competition dance when I was three, and currently dance for Utah Dance Academy. It is safe to say that between dance and candlemaking, I am always pretty busy!"