Art and business collide at The Alley

Nestled between Prodigy Brewing and Bloom Cafe on Logan’s Center Street is The Alley. It is a creative and business space offering multiple different services along with an art gallery and live music performances.

The Alley opened its doors officially in February 2024 and is co-owned and operated by Chelsea Funk and her daughter Kaylee Funk.

Kayla Derito, manager at The Alley, said Kaylee Funk was the one who first had the idea.

“Kaylee has always had a passion for the arts and community. She moved to Salt Lake when she was pretty young and got invested in all the different creative hubs down there,” Derito said. “All of those things are super community-based, so when she decided to move back to Logan, she came up with this idea of a general space for creatives and community to come together.”

Kaylee Funk is the co-owner and director of The Alley. She is also a hairstylist and has a studio inside of the space.

Kaylee Funk said opening a space like this had been a dream of hers since she was a child.

“I always wanted to do hair in a studio and have my clientele, while also collecting all of my favorite things like art and music,” Kaylee Funk said.

Her dream was able to become a reality with the help of her mother Chelsea Funk, who said that her real estate company was looking for a building space.

“I am the branch manager of Realtypath Real Estate, and the building came available for us to purchase to host my real estate company. It was a much larger building than we needed,” Chelsea Funk said. “So me and Kaylee thought we could combine all of our businesses.”

Derito said they are accepting of everyone and want to bring the community together.

“I think The Alley is a really cool place to be — it’s a cool place to work,” Derito said. We’re accepting of all people, and we just want to provide a place of love, community and support for everybody.”

Derito said they have multiple business owners that offer a myriad of services.

“We have a tattoo artist, a barber, a barbershop, a piercer and a hair stylist who is Kaylee,” Derito said. “We also have a Somebody’s Attic boutique. This is their third location, and it has some of their higher-end items and such.”

Kaylee Funk also said they have an art gallery that puts up local art.

“All of our wall space is for local talent, so local artists can sell their stuff on consignment,” Kaylee Funk said. “We basically just throw out Instagram calls and have local artists submit their portfolios. Me and my team go over everything, and then we have their pieces up for three to six month stints.”

Chelsea Funk said they don’t charge a hanging fee unless the artist’s pieces sell.

“The artists make a large percentage if the piece is sold, but they do not need to pay us for showing the pieces unless they sell,” Chelsea said.

They also host live music performances with local bands.

“During the summer, we would do live music on Thursdays from 7 p.m. to sunset,” Derito said. “We would have different local bands and artists come and play in front of The Alley, and people would gather around and set up chairs.”

Derito said once it got cold, they decided to try and find a way to continue to host live music inside.

“Eventually, we decided that we will do a concert once a month up in the loft, which is our upstairs space,” Derito said. “We will be collaborating with The Little Jamm, which is a traveling venue for concerts. They have a bunch of different local artists who go around and play in different venues and spaces.”

Derito said they will release more information on their Instagram and social media soon once they figure out the details and specifics.

Derito continued that they will be hosting Center Street Art-Beat this year, a music and arts festival they started this past year.

“We have all local bands, and we have tons of artists and tons of vendors,” Derito said. “We are hoping to make it even better and bigger this year.”

Chelsea Funk said they will be hosting this event sometime during the second week of September.