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

  | June 9, 2019, 10:05 p.m.
| Updated: June 10, 2019, 7:48 p.m.
(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, kidÕs activities, urban arts area, skateboarding games and artisan food vendors.

(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, kidÕs activities, urban arts area, skateboarding games and artisan food vendors.

On June 8 and 9, The Ogden Arts Festival returned to the historic Union Station, located in the heart of downtown, bringing with it local and regional artists, creatives and entertainers. 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.

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. “We lost count how many gears we assembled, but the iron diet has led to a weight of over 2000 pounds," she said about the piece they call “Horsepower.” Meanwhile nearby, old records took on a new life at Spin Art, where a former pottery wheel table was converted to be powered by bicycle as kids applied paint to spinning vinyl.

Established in 2004, the two-day festival kicks off summer activities in Ogden.