36 | JULY 22 • 2021 

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wo Judaic artists — 
one working with 
batik projects and 
the other using multi-
media — will be part of the 
18th annual Orchard Lake 
Fine Art Show, spread out 
Saturday-Sunday, July 24-25, 
in West Bloomfield. 
The two participants also 
display projects unrelated to 
Judaism as they join some 
120 artists with a range of 
approaches — paintings, 
sculpture, glass, fiber, jewelry 
and much more.Among the 
fine arts, visitors will be 
treated to performing artists 
and the availability of food 
vendors.
Amos Amit, who grew 
up in Israel and settled in 
California, offers scenes 
from the country where his 
artistic interests launched 
as well as Tree of Life and 

Purim images. Some projects 
presented on large cloths, 
including depictions of 
various professions, also are 
made available in smaller 
reproductions framed and 
unframed.
Kari Nidy, raised in 
Florida and now active in an 
artistic community in North 
Carolina, provides her own 
representation of the Tree 
of Life as well as freeform 
designs that include collected 
items, such as vintage Israeli 
postage stamps. 

ISRAELI ROOTS
“I grew up on a farm, but 
I always wanted to be an 
artist,” said Amit, 75, who 
got a degree in agricultural 
engineering from Hebrew 
University of Jerusalem and 
came to the United States to 
study landscape architecture 

The Orchard Lake
Fine Art Show is back.

SUZANNE CHESSLER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

AMOS AMIT

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KARI NIDY

 KARI NIDY

