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Art On
The Move

Orchard Lake Fine Art Show relocates
to West Bloomfield with a roster
of 250 artists.

Suzanne Chessler

Special to the Jewish News

wo artists who include Judaica

in their lines — one in glass and
the other in jewelry — are new
to the annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show,
which this year is in a new setting.
The ritual objects made by David
Goldhagen and the Jewish symbols crafted
by Stacy Givon will be available Friday-
Sunday, July 30-Aug. 1, along Powers and
Daly roads, between 14 and 15 Mile roads,
just west of Orchard Lake Road near the
West Bloomfield Plaza.
The event, which starts with a ticketed
Artist Preview Party on Friday evening,
features work by 250 international art-
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. 4 ists competing for cash awards as judged
by Anne Kuffler, director and owner of
Ariana Gallery in Royal Oak; Joseph
Marks, curator of collections and exhibi-
tions for the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery at
the University of Michigan-Dearborn; and
Roy Schallenberg, an abstract artist.
The varied paintings, wood structures,
photos, fiber designs and other media
projects will be presented in a space that
also offers skill demonstrations, musical
entertainment, children's activities and
food stands along with a tented seating
area.
A display of young people's art, devel-
oped for a juried competition with cash
awards, also is part of the event.
"I make menorahs, mezuzahs and
candlesticks:' says Goldhagen, 52, who also
crafts nonreligious decorative pieces, such
as vessels, bowls and paperweights.
"A lot of my work is abstract and bor-
derline figurative with some pieces resem-
bling my impression of objects. I've been
adding mica to brighten up the glass!"
Goldhagen, who has participated in
the Ann Arbor Art Fairs, works out of a
studio in North Carolina, where visitors

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are invited to watch him use traditional
A watercolor painting of Jerusalem by
glassblowing methods. He incorporates
Israeli artist Yoram Gal
bits of colored glass made from mixtures
of metallic oxides and rare earth elements.
"I became interested in glass when I
"I enjoy art fairs because I can see the
was in junior high school in Florida;' says
people who buy the glass': says Goldhagen,
Goldhagen, who saw college artwork done
who also conducts workshops. "I can do
by his older sisters and went on to
about two fairs a month."
earn a bachelor's degree from
Givon, who was raised
Tulane University in New
in Chicago before her
Orleans. He enrolled
family made ali-
in advanced stud-
yah to Israel in
ies at the Penland
1979, returns to
America for six
School of Crafts
in North Carolina
weeks of sum-
and the Pilchuck
mer art fairs. Her
original designs,
Glass School in
religious and
Washington.
nonreligious, show
Goldhagen built his
control of the natural
studio in 1979, develop-
attributes of met-
ing a style that
als as she devel-
has earned his
Jewelry artist Stacy Givon's focus is on
work places in the
ops ways to bring
high-polished and matte finishing as she
versatility.
permanent collec-
contrasts silver and gold to balance shape,
Givon's focus
tions of the North
color and texture. "I think of my jewelry as
is
on
high-pol-
Carolina Museum
ornaments that are worn," says Givon.
ished and matte
of History, Asheville
finishing as she
Art Museum, Philips
contrasts silver and gold to balance shape,
Arena in Atlanta and corporate offices.
After a friend encouraged him to par-
color and texture for what she describes as
"a sophisticated look."
ticipate in a religious show in Florida,
the glass specialist initiated Judaica
"I think of my jewelry as ornaments
that are worn': says Givon, 46, married
and has exhibited and sold his projects
to fellow artist Dan Givon, who shares a
at the National Museum of American
studio outside Jerusalem with his wife and
Jewish History in Philadelphia, the Jewish
Museum in New York and the Skirball
designs large Judaic sculpture. "I've done
mezuzah pendants and talit clips"
Cultural Center in California.
Givon, who has shown her work at
"The shofar is a recurring design in my
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, began
menorahs:' Goldhagen says. "I've been
her formal art studies in Israel, where she
commissioned to do eternal lamps for
learned from master silversmith David
temples."
Kopiefker and at the Bezalel Academy of
Goldhagen, a member of the Glass Art
Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
Society and the Southern Highlands Craft
"I get a list of art fairs and decide where
Guild, is a strong advocate for buying
to go;' says Givon, who dabbles in other
American, whether art or other products,
forms of art for her own pleasure. "Up to
to support the economy.

Glass artist David Goldhagen incorpo-

rates bits of colored glass made from
mixtures of metallic oxides and rare

earth elements. "The shofar is a recur-
ring design in my menorahs," he says.

eight years ago, I worked only with gal-
leries, but I learned just what the gallery
operators prefer. Now, I learn from the
customers themselves."
Givon designs with clean lines so that
her jewelry stays in fashion.
"I hope people have a great time at the
Orchard Lake Fine Art Fair," she says. "I
have a great time watching how people
respond to my work."
Art show enthusiasts will be familiar
with the paintings of Yoram Gal, who
brings a new set of projects to this year's
West Bloomfield fair. The Israeli painter,
who has displayed his artistry at public
and private showings in Michigan over
many years, likes working with watercol-
ors and often captures outdoor scenes that
can seem a bit abstracted.
Also familiar at this fair will be the
fabric styles of Oakland County artists
Rita Leeds and Dawn Reeves, a mother-
daughter team who paint materials before
designing jackets, wraps and scarves for
one-of-a-kind, independent projects.

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The annual Orchard Lake Fine Art
Show will be held Friday-Sunday,
July 30-Aug. 1, along Powers and
Daly roads, between 14 and 15 Mile
roads, just west of Orchard Lake
Road near the West Bloomfield
Plaza. Hours are 6-9 p.m. Friday for
the ticketed ($25) Artist Preview
Party, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and
10-5 p.m. Sunday. $5. Free for those
12 and younger. (248) 685-3748;
www.HotWorks.org .

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