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2006, he has worked closely with artists to
market their work, maintain the gallery's
website and produce Habatat's catalogues.
"Together, they really do make a great
team; says Ferd, 67, of West Bloomfield.
"I doubt at that age I would have the abil-
ity to maintain the high level expected out
of that gallery;
As they have for so many years, the
two, both 36 years old, complement each
other— Corey courting collectors and
helping them build their collections;
Aaron working with artists to help them
promote their work and marketing the
gallery. They manage 10 full-time employ-
ees and represent 100 artists from 30
countries.
The Habatat has occupied many dif-
ferent spaces in Metro Detroit since it
opened in 1971. Since it began to repre-
sent studio glass artists exclusively in the
late '70s, it has nurtured and represented
some of the greatest glass makers in the
world, including Dale Chihuly. One of
Corey's cousins runs the Habatat Gallery
in Palm Beach.
Habatat's clients include Elton John
and other celebrities, along with the late
Bill Davidson, who stocked his Guardian
Glass Industries with the objects, which
range in cost from $5,000 to $250,000.
Corey estimates that 90 percent of
Habatat's clients are Jewish, but he has no
idea why.
Sitting on low couches in a lamplit
section of Habatat that is both display
and office space, Corey and Aaron con-
templated their next project, the 43rd
Annual International Glass Invitational
Award Exhibition, which opens April 25.
With 110 glass artists from 34 countries,
it is the largest annual contemporary
glass exhibition in the world, drawing
thousands of visitors and buyers. Aaron
is working on the catalogue, gathering
artists' reflections on their work, while
Corey is overseeing the production, which

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ing crates, making sure lighting is in place
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Theirs is an easy-going relationship,
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"We were exact opposites, and that's
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a Bloomfield Hills resident who has a
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way. "He has what I lack, and vice versa;
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says he's not as passionate about the art,
but he loves working with the artists.
"Corey counts on me a lot. He's really
good with people. I'm good at day-to-day
business, solving problems; he says. "I
think of him as my brother. Like any rela-
tive, we butt heads sometimes. It's a fam-
ily; it works well;

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