Arts & Entertainment

See You At The Fairs

Get ready for Metro Detroit's annual art extravaganzas.

Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News

A

s art fair enthusiasts start mapping out their schedule for this year's
outdoor events, they can take note of some changes in a few fairs, more
specifically their dates and locations. Returning visitors also will be able
to track some returning Jewish artists and new Judaica as they browse various
booths set up along parks and streets.
Visitors from
A lengthy list of fairs and a few artist profiles are offered here.
across the
Those looking for the Macomb County Festival of the Arts early
country flock
in the season will find it incorporated into the Stars and Stripes
to the Ann
Festival planned for the very end of June and the very begin-
Arbor Street
ning of July. The Greektown Arts Festival has been moved from
Art Fair.
June to September, and the Comerica TasteFest is now known as
CityFest.
While Huntington Woods undergoes some construction work around the Lutheran
church where Art in the Woods usually is located, the event has been temporarily
relocated to property across the street from Berkley High School. Warren's Art in
the Park has been moved to City Park Square on Van Dyke and 12 Mile.
With this listing coming so early in the season, fair-goers are advised to check
the particulars before setting out for a specific event.

S

usan and Gary Bernett,
a wife-husband sculpting
team based in Montreal,
show biblical scenes carved into
granite and marble at Fine Art at
the Village, running May 19-20 in
Rochester Hills.
The couple, who work with highly-
polished surfaces, etch away the
background to present religious sub-
jects as well as scenes from nature
and everyday life.
"We will have 75 pieces to show
when we come to Michigan," says
Gary and Susan Bernett:
Gary Bernett, 48, who travels in a
Etched in stone.
van to go to art shows around the
country. "Each piece gives careful attention to details."
Bernett, married for 13 years, learned his craft through family members, who
were artists and monument makers. His wife also learned early artistic skills
from family members, a grandmother specializing in portrait painting and a
mother working with metals and ceramics.
"My focus this year is on women in the Bible," says Susan Bernett, 47, who
studied with Canadian artist Stanley Lewis and attended the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, McGill University in Canada and the Putney School of Art and
Design in England. "The religious work comes from my heart."
The Bernetts, who often travel to art shows with their four children, point out
that their projects can be displayed indoors or outdoors because of the strength
of their materials. They recently began to work with sculptural representations of
corporate logos.
"We have to do a lot of the work in studios outside our home," Gary Bernett
explains. "That's because of the dust that results from our processes."

— Suzanne Chessler

Birmingham Fine Art Festival

Liberty Fest Fine Art & Fine Craft Show

May 12-13
Shain Park
(248) 644-0866

June 16-17
Heritage Park, Canton
(734) 394-5460

Fine Art at the Village

Clay and Glass Festival

May 19-20
Village of Rochester Hills, Walton at Adams
(248) 689-8734

and Taste of Royal Oak
June 16-17
Washington St. in Downtown Royal Oak
www.downtownroyaloak.org

East Lansing Art Festival

May 19-20
Downtown East Lansing
(517) 319-6804

Northville Art in the Sun

June 16-17
Downtown Northville
(248) 349-7640

Art on the Avenue

June 2-3
Monroe Street, Dearborn
(313) 943-3095

Lathrup Village Art in the Park

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June 23-24
Behind City Hall
(248) 557-2600

Detroit Festival of the Arts

June 8-10
Detroit's Cultural Center
(313) 577-5088

Art in the Woods

Art From the Heart of Livonia

June 23-24
Area across the street from
Berkley High School
(248) 543-9720

Women of Bloomfield Art & Craft Show

June 29-30 and July 1
Downtown Mount Clemens
(586) 913-1919

Strawberry Festival of Arts & Crafts

July 4-8
New Center Area
(313) 872-0188

June 9-10
City Hall Grounds
(734) 466-2540

June 13
First United Methodist Church, Birmingham
(248) 816-8345

June 15-17
Trinity Episcopal Church, Belleville
(734) 699-3361

Stars and Stripes Festival

CityFest

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