Summer Art Fairs
This summer offers a variety of art fairs throughout the
state. Many are listed in the directory compiled by the
Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs as ex-
cerpted here. When the city is not in the title of the fair,
it is provided in parentheses.
To obtain a directory with more details, send a self-ad-
dressed, stamped (75 cents), business-sized envelope
to Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, 1200
Sixth Street, Suite 1180, Detroit 48226.
June
1-2 Art Birmingham '96
1-2 Arts Midland Summer Art Fair
1-2 Village Art Festival (Grosse Pointe)
2 Four Corners Arts Festival (Coldwater)
7-8 Folk Art on the Grand (Grand Haven)
7-9 Arts Tribute to Fathers (Detroit)
7-9 Festival! (Grand Rapids)
8 Downtown Craft Show (West Branch)
8 West Branch Arts and Crafts Show (West Branch)
8-9 Art on the Pointe (Grosse Pointe Shores)
8-9 Celebration of Art-in-the-Park (South Lyon)
8-9 3rd Annual June Jubilee Craft Show (Bay City)
8-9 Riverside Art Festival (Bay City)
8-9 Livonia Arts & Craft Festival
9 Grandmont Arts & Crafts Fair (Detroit)
12 Juried Arts & Crafts Show (Birmingham)
14-16 Strawberry Festival of Arts and Crafts (Belleville)
15-16 2nd Summer Tyme Arts & Crafts (Linden)
22 June Craft Show (Cheboygan)
22 Brooklyn Artists Arts & Crafts Festival
22-23 Oneida Field Market (Grand Ledge)
22-23 Davison's 15th Annual Arts & Craft Fair
and tell me how they have worn
my jewelry"
Ms. Cohen's work is dominated
by gold figurative pieces — dancers,
golfers, hockey players — some-
times enhanced with precious
stones. "I've never bought from the
other artists at the fairs, but We have
traded," revealed Ms. Cohen, who
especially values a ceramic mirror
obtained through a trade.
Ms. Pollack, in her 13th year of
fair exhibitions, finds that each
event offers something new to see.
23 St Paul Ecclesiastical Festival of the Arts (Grosse Pointe
Far rns)
29-30 13th Annual Art on the Beach (Oscoda)
29-30 Tawas Bay Summer Arts & Crafts Show
29-30 Art in the Woods (Huntington Woods)
July
1-7 International Arts Showcase & Freedom Festival (De-
troit)
4 Grandville 4th of July Arts & Crafts Show
5-7 Heritage Days Art Show (West Branch)
6 Manistique Art & Craft Show –
6 Village Square Arts & Crafts Fair (Saugatuck)
6 Waterfront Invitational Fine Arts Show (Saugatuck)
6-7 Fine Arts and Crafts Fair (Ludington)
6-7 Manistee World of Arts & Crafts
6-7 Dancing Hippopotamus Arts (Huron Beach)
8 Roscommon Arts Festival
10 Harbor Springs Art Festival
11-13 Downtown Midland Art & Craft Show
12-13 Up in Central Park Art Show (Grand Haven)
12-13 Art Downtown (Grand Haven)
13 2nd Craft Under the Sun (Fenton)
13 Washington Park Arts Festival (Cheboygan)
13 Roscommon Arts Festival
13-14 35th Annual Krasl Art Fair (St. Joseph)
13-14 Celebration of the Arts & Garden (Owosso)
13-1416th Annual Art in the Park (Plymouth)
13-14 Warren's 16th Annual Art in the Park
19-20 Rock-M-Wheels (Auburn)
20 Cadillac Festival Art Fair
20-21 Art on the Bay (Alpena)
24-27 State Street Area Art Fair (Ann Arbor)
24-27 Ann Arbor Street Art Fair
24-27 Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair
She's come to know many of the
artists who bring their handicrafts
to the recurring fairs.
"There's always a wide variety
of prices so anybody can find an
object to purchase," said Ms. Pol-
lack, whose watercolors of Flori-
da scenes have earned between
$20 and $1,800.
Ms. Pollack will be part of the
West Bloomfield Art Festival,
which will be held June 29 and
30 at the Henry Ford Medical
Center on West Maple Road.
In its second year and promot-
ed by Howard Alan Events, the
festival will have 200 artists, food
from local restaurants, live enter-
tainment and a Kids Art Wall,
where youngsters can try their
hands at creativity.
The promoter, who expects
75,000 visitors in West Bloom-
field, has a similar event scheduled
August 17 and 18 at the Novi
Town Center.
Unlike the anonymity of leav-
ing her work at gallery displays,
26-27 Founders Festival (Waterford)
26-27 Ausable River Fine Art & Country Craft Show
(Grayling)
27-28 Rochester Hills Museum Arts and Craft Festival
August
2-4 Dearborn Homecoming Art Fair
2-4 Adolescents Summer Artisans Market (Detroit)
2-4 Lincoln Park Days
3-4 Pig Gig Craft Show (Bay City)
3-4 Tawas Bay Waterfront Fine Art Show
10 Les Cheneaux Festival of Arts (Hessel)
10-11 Michaywe Arts and Crafts Fair (Gaylord)
10-11 Milford Memories Art in the Village
10-11 Ferndale Art Fair
10-11 West Branch Street and Sidewalk Art Fair
10-11 Victorian Art Fair (West Branch)
10-11 Shelby Township's Fine Arts Fair
11 Wyo Arts-Crafts Show (Wyoming)
16-18 Olde World Canterbury Village "Art in the Park"
(Lake Orion)
17 Brooklyn Artists Arts & Crafts Festival
17-18 Art at the Center (Fenton)
23-25 Country Peddler Show (Ann Arbor)
23-25 Piety Hill Art Show (Howell)
24-25 Jackson Civil War Muster
24-25 Roeper Invitational Artfest (Bloomfield Hills)
25 Art on the Lake (Troy)
31 Antiques & Apples (Lake Orion)
31 Harrisville Arts & Craft Show
31 Romeo's Crafty Labor Peach Festival
31 Algonac Art Fair
31 Tawas Bay Labor Day Weekend Arts & Crafts Show
Ms. Pollack's fair attendance en-
ables her to answer questions from
browsers and buyers. Most com-
monly, they want to know how
long it takes to complete her paint-
ings and what materials are used.
"Sometimes it feels like the fairs
are aerobic exercises because we
have our own tents that we have
to put up and take down," said
the painter, who is helped by her
husband, Ron.
"I do about 30 shows a year,
and there have been only two oc-
casions when I didn't sell anything.
One year, I even sold my display
setup to another artist."
Maureen Thalmann, who or-
ganizes the Rochester Hills Mu-
seum Arts and Crafts Festival,
invites art fanciers to step back
in time for the July 27 and 28
event that features fine art as well
as Victoriana, which can take the
form of embroidered lamp shades
or decorated sweatshirts.
She terms the festival a family
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