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Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m.-7
p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat-
urday, and noon-4 p.m. Sunday.
Atrium Gallery, 109 N. Center,
Northville. (810) 349-4131.

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Walter Crane. Exhibit featur-
ing original artwork, first editions
and manuscripts. Through Jan.
31. 1-5 p.m. Tuesday -Saturday.
Detroit Public Library, 5201
Woodward Ave. (313) 833-1476.

Jean Lind. Paintings on display
through Jan. 31. Woods Gallery,
located on the lower level of the
Huntington Woods Library,

Florida competition, they'll fly to
Japan to compete.
The climax of the festival is
the two-person professional com-
petition that begins Jan. 12.
Each team receives 10 blocks of
ice and works continuously for
20 hours, with judging (governed
this year by the American Culi-
nary Institute) Jan. 13.
Wakar, in the meantime, says
ice sculpting suits his personal-
ity. "It's an art form you can't
procrastinate with. You have to
do it, or it's not going to be there."

— Liz Stevens

*Zt The 14th Annual Ply-
mouth International Ice
Sculpture Spectacular runs
Wednesday, Jan. 10, through
Monday, Jan. 15, with daily
competitions Thursday,
Jan. 11, through Sunday, Jan.
14. Related events, including
fireworks in Kellogg Park on
Saturday evening, will be held
- at Plymouth Historical Mu-
seum, the Gathering, Side-
ways Gifts on Forest Avenue,
Central Parking Structure
and at Henry Ford Commu-
nity College for an ice sculp
ture seminar Jan. 15. For
information, call the city of
Plymouth at (313) 453-1234.

PHOTO BY R. TEEPLE

ce sculpture might be the most
impermanent art form, but the
satisfaction outweighs the frus-
tration for Ted Wakar.
Wakar, an executive chef for
Ford Motor Company and free-
lance ice sculptor, considers his
creations "as living things,
(caught in) a fleeting moment of
beauty.
"As with many things in na-
ture," says the Canton resident
and award-winning artist, "the
experience is the main thing. You
can't re-live a sunset."
Wakar joins hundreds of ice-
arts enthusiasts this week for
the Plymouth Ice Sculpture
Spectacular, a six-day ice-sculp-
ture carnival that includes sev-
eral international competitions,
light shows, fireworks, display
sculptures and children's events.
The 14-year-old festival attracts
sculptors from across the globe:
Japanese, Swiss, Canadian and
local Michiganders like Wakar
— who is by no means out of his
league.
Ted Wakar started sculpting
at Schoolcraft College as part of
the culinary arts curriculum,
hooked up with the Plymouth
show in its first year and has
been partaking in the event ever
since. He and his partner, broth-
er-in-law Jim Bur Jr. of East-
pointe, won the Frankenmuth
competition and a trip to Fair-
banks, Alaska, last year. In Feb-
ruary, as a result of winning a

Ted Wakar has carved a niche
with his Ice Dancer.

eOtia, south of 11 Mile
and west of Woodward. (810)
399-9031.

day. Start Gallery, 211 N. Wood-
ward, Birmingham. (810) 644-
2991.

Tanya Roth, Oak Park Li-
brary's "Artist of the Month" dur-
ing January. Exhibition of oil
paintings throughout the month.
Oak Park Library, 14200 Oak
Park Blvd. (810) 691-7480.

Ads with a Conscience. Prod-
uct advertisements, posters and
other marketing campaign ma-
terials which address social is-
sues. Such firms as Benetton,
Kenneth Cole, Diesel, 11711 Hart-
ford, Subaru, and Hiram Walk-
er will be represented. Runs from
Jan. 12 through Feb. 16. 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Tuesda.y -Saturday. Cen-
ter Galleries, Park Shelton
Building, 15 East Kirby, Suite
107, Detroit. (313) 874-1955.

Jim Storm, Monica Tipitto,
and James Wrona. Sculptures,
paintings and photography.
Through Jan. 31. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thursday, 10 am.-5 p.m. Satz

Nicole Pangas, Eun Young
Koo Lee, Sun-Youn' "tin,
Cheryl Novack. Four new tal-
ents — a ceramist, photograph-
er and two painters — were
selected from the annual Detroit
Focus Exhibition Committee
Slide Review, Runs from Jan. 12
through Feb. 16. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Ad-
mission is free. Detroit Focus
Gallery, 33 East River at
Fanner, one block east, of Wood-
ward. (3.13) 965-3245.

Realism in Clay by Gail
Rosenbloom Kaplan, Letters

Dipped in Honey, and Juda-
ic Art cenie n Glicker. "Letters
Dipped in Honey," is an exhibit
of Jewish children's books
curated byYeshiva University,
NY. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday -
Wednesday, 11 a.rn.-8 p.m.
Thursday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun-
day. Jewish Community Center
of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 W.
Maple Rd., West Bloomfield.
(810) 661-7641.

Romancing the American
Frontier. Paintings and sculp-
tures from the permanent col-
CALENDAR page 66

