36 | JULY 22 • 2021
ARTS&LIFE
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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
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