Fine Arts
Guilded
I mages
embers of the Sculptors
Guild of Michigan will ex-
hibit their work May 23-
June 22 at the Swann.
Gallery, 1250 Library
Street, Detroit. Showcased
forms come in fired clay,
cast bronze, wood and
glass. The group was start-
ed 44 years ago as the Ter-
ra Cotta Sculptors Guild.
The founding member, a
Cranbrook teacher, estab-
lished initiatives to spon-
sor workshops, field trips
and exhibitions. With the
diversification of media, the
name of the organization
Birmingham
Promenade
Amble In
Ann Arbor
T
he 19th Ann Arbor Spring Art Fair
organized by Audree Levy has been
scheduled for Saturday and Sunday,
May 3 and 4, at the Washtenaw Farm
Council Grounds. The works of more than
250 artists and crafts specialists will be fea-
tured.
Before organizing art fairs, Levy was an
artist with a gallery in Ann Arbor. Now she
arranges her events from a base in Dallas.
"After several years of participating in art
fairs, I really felt an art show director should
have an artist's background so shows could
be tailored to the needs of
the artists," Levy said about
her transition into the busi-
ness.
One-of-a-kind traditional
and contemporary paintings,
sculpture, glass, pottery, jew-
elry and clothing will be dis-
played.
Debbie Metier of West
Bloomfield is participating in
the fair for the second time.
She designs and makes knits
and wool coats, giving them a
more individualized look with
buttons she also designs.
Annette Baronof Ann Ar-
bor has been selling her glass
forms for three years. She had
extensive training at the To-
Carole Berhorst:
Functional pottery. ledo Museum of Art.
"I intend most to be func-
tional and add to the ap-
pearance by etching the rims of my pieces with
rather simple designs," Baron said. "I like this
fair because of the great variety of artists."
he functional pottery of Bloomfield Hills
artist Carole Berhorst will be among the
fine art shown at this year's Birming-
ham Art Fair.
Berhorst, who takes her pottery to about 15
fairs each year, appreciates the big audience she
finds in Birmingham, and she may see more peo-
ple this spring as the annual event adds display
space along Woodward north of Maple.
Fifty more artists now can join the nearly 200
others showcasing their work in Shain Park.
The event runs between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, and noon and 5 p.m. Sunday,
Reba Pintzuk: Shrine, weided cast iron
Britto At Benefit
Romero Britto: Electric, silkscreen.
Neo-pop artist Romero Britto will sign posters at a Fanclub
Foundation for the Arts 20/30 League benefit, which is sched-
uled the day before he opens a show of his works at Gallerie
Blu, 568 N. Woodward, Birmingham. Britto, who works on
canvas and through sculpture, will greet guests starting at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the Townsend Hotel. The next
evening he will be at a gallery reception starting at 7 p.m. His
exhibit of clean, bold and colorful designs continues through
June 15. For information on the benefit, call (810) 988-0-FAN,
and for information on the gallery show, call (810) 594-0472.
Suzanne Chessler is a freelance writer who compiles and writes
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May 11. Sponsors are the Birmingham Bloom-
field Art Association (BBAA) and the Birming-
ham-Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce.
While the artists offer paintings, prints, sculp-
ture, wood, photographs, glass, fiber and baskets,
patrons also can enjoy nine restaurants in the
Shain Park Food Gallery.
The children's area in Shain Park fea-
tures pottery wheel demonstrations, T-
shirt painting, face painting, whirly
flowers, puzzle pins and birdhouses. An-
other children's activity center, with a
program called "Arts and Scraps," will
be located along Woodward.
"I took my first pottery class at the
BBAA in 1978 while working on my
master's degree in psychology at Wayne
State University," explained Berhorst,
who went on to study pottery at Oak-
land Community College.
"My involvement with clay became a
passion, and I've been working full time
with it since."
Berhorst makes 20 varieties of din-
nerware and serving pieces and has been
showing them at the Birmingham fair for seven
years. Dishwasher and oven-proof, they come in
soft and contrasting colors, often with carving
and raised designs.
On request, Berhorst has made pottery with
religious themes such as seder plates and has
participated in temple art fairs.
Berhorst, who works out of a home studio, ex-
hibits in art fairs around Michigan and stores
throughout the United States. Her six- video se-
ries, "How to Become a Functional Potter," is be-
ing marketed worldwide. Li
BiriningliamArt Fair is scheduled 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, May 10, and noon-5
p.m. Sunday, May 11, at Shain Park and along
Woodward north of Maple in Birmingham.
For information, call (810) 644-0866.
Annette Baron: Untitled, glass.
Vicki Schwager, also of Ann Arbor, has been
showing her jewelry and crafts since the fair
started and is impressed with the invitation-
al nature of Levy's shows, where she also is a
consumer, buying items that convey unusual
imagination. ❑
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The 19th Ann Arbor Art Fair will run
from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, May 3, and
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Washt-
enaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Ar-
bor-Saline Road. For information, call the
Ann Arbor Convention & Visitors Bureau,
(313) 995-7281.