Notice of an Important Upcoming Emerald City Event

Art as a Vehicle for Social Commentary

Mark your calenders, folks. We're hoping many of you will plan to attend this important upcoming Emerald City event:

WHO: Universe City Department of Visual Arts
WHAT: Amy Wicks: Ogden’s Open Space Plan and More
WHERE: 2556 Washington Boulevard, Ogden
WHEN: January 16,, 6:30 pm

In conjunction with Universe City’s Basin and Range V, the fifth annual artistic response to issues regarding the beautiful mountains that overlookWeber County, Amy Wicks will talk about Ogden’s Open Space Plan and other issues Saturday, January 16 at 6:30 pm. Amy will address Ogden’s Open Space Plan that is currently underway with meetings taking place with the citizen committee, current status of the Mount Ogden Golf Course and Park Complex, water tank projects on the east bench, green/sustainable community initiatives within Ogden City and future land use issues affecting our community.

Amy is a member of the Ogden City Council. She has lived in Ogden since 1997 and was elected to the Ogden City Council in November of 2003, as one of three members representing the city At Large. In 2006 and 2007, she was elected vice chair of the Council and in 2008 and 2009, she served as Council Chair. She has served on the Board of Trustees for Save Our Canyons, Ogden Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Board, Crossroads of the West Historic District Advisory Board and currently sits on the Ogden Nature Center Board.

In her free time, Amy enjoys the vast array of recreational activities found in the Ogden area including snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater kayaking. She is concerned about environmental, open space and sustainability issues and how they affect quality of life for citizens along the Wasatch Front.

An abbreviated definition of Basin and Range is a “geographic region characterized by parallel mountain ranges separated by flat valley floors which extends from the Wasatch Front in Utah to the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and from Mexico north to Oregon and central Idaho.” The focus of this exhibit is that part of the Basin and Range province that provides the beauty of our own backyard - or front yard, depending on which way your front door faces.

For more information about this exhibit and lecture, contact Benjamin Jennings, 458-8959.