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s the outdoor art fair 
season dwindles down, 
two more events hold on 
to the summer season of creative 
talent. Each fair features selections 
by an artist who moved on from 
working with metal. 
While Steve Solomon shows a 
series of framed composite photo 
images made with transfer tech-
niques Sept. 17-18 at the Common 
Ground Birmingham Street Art 

Fair held around Shain Park, 
Rebecca Silverman offers innova-
tive glassware Sept. 23-25 at the 
Funky Ferndale Art Fair at Nine 
Mile and Woodward. 
Proceeds of the Common 
Ground events, in its 48th year, 
benefit the organization that 
offers 24-hour services to Oakland 
County individuals and families 
in crisis with the goal of bringing 
hope to some 80,000 people annu-
ally. 
“My work is two-dimensional 
art framed and suitable for place-
ment on walls,” said Solomon, who 
will be among 150 juried artists 
chosen for the fair to extend the 
range of work into various media. 
“My work is very bright and col-
orful. I show a lot of flowers and 
birds.”
Solomon, who has been a saxo-
phone player and flutist appearing 
with bands, is new to his current 
techniques. He developed them 
during pandemic confinement 
after years of assisting his wife, 

Catch these Jewish artists at two 
of the last art fairs this season.

Two Art Fairs, 
Two Artists

SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Selected works by 
Rebecca Silverman

ARTS&LIFE
ART

COURTESY OF REBECCA SILVERMAN

