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Ogden Arts Festival brings local artists, entertainers and a giant iron horse to the city

Salt Lake Tribune | June 9, 2019

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The Ogden Arts Festival brings local and regional artists, creatives and entertainers to Ogden on June 8 and 9. The Ogden Arts Festival returned to the historic Union Station located in the heart of downtown. Managed by Nurture the Creative Mind and held as a fundraiser for the organization, the event was complete with artist booths, music, theater, kids activities, an urban arts area, skateboarding games and artisan food vendors.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spray paint art created by local artists acts as a backdrop to a games of skate challenge where tricks are tried to be reproduced as the Ogden Arts Festival brings local and regional artists, creatives and entertainers to Ogden, UT on June 8th and 9th. The Ogden Arts Festival returned to the historic Union Station located in the heart of downtown. Managed by Nurture the Creative Mind and held as a fundraiser for the organization, the event was complete with artist booths, music, theater, kidu00d5s activities, urban arts area, skateboarding games and artisan food vendors.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) James Bell, center, who brings to life tree wood knots, joins the Ogden Arts Festival which brings local and regional artists, creatives and entertainers to Ogden, UT on June 8th and 9th.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Artist Jackie Nipper, right, who co-created horsepower along with her husband and fellow artist Charles, says the iron diet led to the metal art piece weighing over 2,000 pounds as they joined the Ogden Arts Festival which brings local and regional artists, creatives and entertainers to Ogden, UT on June 8th and 9th. The Ogden Arts Festival returned to the historic Union Station located in the heart of downtown. Managed by Nurture the Creative Mind and held as a fundraiser for the organization, the event was complete with artist booths, music, theater, kidu00d5s activities, urban arts area, skateboarding games and artisan food vendors.

Artists like Jackie Nipper of Nipper Metal Art entertained questions about the life-sized horse she welded together with her husband, Charles, using numerous gears.

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