Mary Beth Capell Honored December 7, 2006 She Placed Sixth in FFA Agriscience Eccles art center hosts area artists' exhibition OGDEN If your Christmas wish is to see artwork by all of your favorite local artists, all you have to do is open the doors of the Eccles Community Art Center. The art center's Artist Invitational Exhibit kicks off with a reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. The exhibit features paintings by some of the Ogden area's best-known artists, including Robert Call, Jerry Hancock, Steve Songer, Brandon Cook, Shanna Kunz and Mac Stevenson. Pottery, both functional and whimsical, by Richard Barker and Leslie Salinas, will be on display, as will wood-turned vases by Joe Deru and soft sculpture by Arlene Muller. If you like what you see, take it home or give it as a gift. Art and handcrafted items will be for sale in the main gallery as well as the Carriage House gallery The art center, 2580 Jefferson Ave., Ogden, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Saturdays. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 30, but the center will be closed Dec. 25 and 26 for the holidays. For information, call 392-6935. Plain City youth competes at event PLAIN CITY MaryBeth Capell, a member of the Fremont FFA Chapter of Plain City, recently competed in the National FFA Agriscience Fair program in Indianapolis. Participants from 40 associations defended their projects against other entries for judging in 20 divisions. Capell's project focused on subcardio versus cardio. For more information on FFA, log on to www.ffa.org. Capell December 1, 2006 Gallery at the Station exhibit focus is sunsets OGDEN An intense and magical art show is about to be unveiled. Gallery at the Station welcomes artists Mac Stevenson and Joe Deru, with an opening reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. Stevenson, from North Ogden, plans to display artwork from his new "Last Light" series. The paintings capture the magical moment when the sun is just about to set. "A lot of people enjoy sunrises, but sunsets seem to be a little more intense in color. Sunrises have pinkish, softer colors, but sunsets can be really dramatic," said the artist. "The ancients from Stonehenge, and the Mayans that time was pretty magical for them, also. Personally, I'm not a pagan, but it seems that when the sun goes down and the light touches the clouds and the surroundings, it's a spiritual experience. I can understand why they found that to be important in their lives." Artwork by Deru, who lives in Marriott-Slaterville, is also infused with color. He uses trees indigenous to Utah, such as the box elder, to create turned wood art. Deru has been experimenting with a variety of stain colors to complement the beauty of the wood. The exhibit continues through Jan. 2. Gallery at the Station, 2501 Wall Ave., is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is free For information, call 393-9890.