Thrursdoy, July 19, 1973 THE SUMMER DAILY Page Three-s Thursday, July 19, 1973 THE SUMMER DAILY Page Three-S Artists take to streets for 14th annua I fair The art fair cometh. For the 14th time in as many years, swarms of artists-250 in all-will desert studios, garrets, workshops, and cellars, gather tip whatever it is that they do best and seize control of Ann Arbor's streets. SPECIFICALLY, the ranks of the talent- ed from 30 states, Canada, and England will descend upon East and South Uni- versity Sts. today for the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair and remain until the fair closes o, Saturday. Weavers, glassblowers, potters and painters -- many will be demonstrating their work. Virtmilly every art medium will b renrsent-d at the fair. One hundred thatisnd people are ex- pected to arrive over the five day show to stroll throagh tha booths, listen to music anl anybe briag home a souvenir. 11,101E 'TItAN ONCE 1--iledt as the best fair in the state, the Ann Arbor Street Fair attracts visitors from distant parts of the co-'try as wlt. Nany retarn year after year becatse of the festival atmos- aha,-- ndn excitasemant. The fair begaas toast snaItsneo sly in 1959 with nothinamore than roaes strung betw=:yen prrki'g meters and 145 artists. Dsnite its disar--i-tion, this early fair embodied man iftt he nlitis which hve coati-led to -as'iaag-ish the Ann Ar- lar a'ir. It tanti-li a chance for the 1's1l'-'a to meet. - a1V ad by original works from prof-ssitaal and am-atetr ar- tists. Even ti"an its enhasis was largely ed tationa with demonstrations playing a large role. By 1963 the fair h d )Isast outgrown itself when 363 artists tried to s'eeze into the available snace. A decision ha d to be made. Wouald the fair grow in size or in ailsait'. The osernint committee decided to limit the size of the fair and msaiut'sin a high quality of art work. THE 1965 FAIR was the first i"ried fair. Each April, a committee of at least eight persons view the slides of nearly 1000 as- plicants. This committee has the difficult job of narrowing down the number of par- ticipating artists to 250. This system assures that the work exhibited will be the best available. Some of the attractions of the fair in- clude the booths of the Ann Arbor Potter's Guild, high school stadents and senior citi- zens. This year a slide show depicting the background and highlights of the fair will he shown. Visitors to the fair c'n take more than artwork and emnty wallets home with theat this ver A 'anmnrehensive book fatarig ni-t"r-, 'af tie works of artists 's tv^1I "a hiasasa' aht"'1 information and a ta1thataresof the st5,wstill he avail- TIIE HOURS of the fir are from 9 -}(( a.m. to 10:00 n m. Wednesdaev, Thasrsday and Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Satiarday. rnoI y L KK T C -,K I t Booth after booth after booth after .. . Workmen begin construction of the repeating rows of booths that have since become the fourteenth annual Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. Shown is the first phase of physical preparation for the fair. After the frames were built and the electrical wiring installed, the individual artists moved in and began putting up the walls and tables necessary to display their work. OP PORTUNIT FOR --AMAT OPPORT U NITY FOR AMA TEU RS OceainomlFree- Fal, By REBECCA WARNER lection of musical an Once an informal congregation of local meat. artists on the Diag, the Ann Arbor Free AS NOTABLE side Arts Fair, a smaller, un-juried event run- fair's planners have ning simultaneously with the street fair, section in front of t has grown to mammoth proportions in a children's participa only three years of official existence. The food area will The free fair was established as an riety of delicacies in alternative to the growing "professional- die Eastern, and Me ism" of the regular art fair, says free and also soul food an fair co-ordinator Vic Gutman. Its display The dishes will be space is open to "everyone who makes fair exhibitors who sit their own handcrafted art." The regular cooking as well as th fair only accepts exhibits after screening. the week. THE FREE FAIR, however, is de- THE ARTISTS' and signed to allow participation in the week's Gutman explains, is events by amateur artists, students, and fair on funds it has g morn city and county residents. bership fees. The U Situated on E. University between the Center (UAC) has do Physics and Astronomy Building and N. $1000, and participa University, the free fair this year will in- each toward the fair's clude "everything" Gutman says: ma- The Guild was fc crame, batique, wood cuts, weaving, jew- when Gutman called elry, painting, sculpture, belt buckles, free fair participants leather work, even Tiffany lamps. lishing. a group which Participating artists range from an on a permanent basis 11-year-old girl to two retirees. About half operative was forme of the 320 entrants are from Washtenaw grown to include 210 County, 105 come from the rest of the The organization pr state, and the remainder hail from all services for its mem over the nation, with representation from operative buying of a states as distant -as California and Flori- nai -tain communica da. Professional artists as well as stu- artists and its office dents and amateurs will be represented. solving agency for the THE FREE FAIR is sponsored this year THE GUILD compil by the University of Michigan Artists'-and throughout the U.S. w Craftsmen's Guild, a newly formed group participating artists a of city artists, mostly composed of stu- letter in conjunction a dents. lery. a As well as marking off space for the In the future, Gutm artists to display their work, the free fair hopes to start a store organizers are providing a massive col- the community in pr expands d dramatic entertain- the arts. At present to start an art pr( attractions, the free jail. arranged for a food The first official I he P&A Bldg., with 1971, sponsored by tion area nearby. and UAC. That fai feature a wide va- nanced by the Univ cluding Indian, Mid- tists participated, a editerranean recipes extremely crowded, d organic food. As a result, this cooked and sold by 1aid out in the hors gned up to sell their space for visitors a heir art work during booths, Participation 320 artists, with firs d Craftsmen's Guild, ing given to students sponsoring the free athered from mem- tniversity Activities onated an additional - ting artists pay $5 s expenses. j ounded in January a meeting of past in hopes of estab- a could run the fair . At that time a co- d which has since members. ovides a number of sbers, including co- rt supplies. It helps tion between local acts as a problem artistic community. es a list of art fairs Vith comments from nd puts out a news- with the Union Gal- san says, the group Electrical wiring is e and to work with from area business omoting interest in the works of art sot t the Guild is trying ogram in the county free fair was held in the Free University was completely fi- ersity. Nearly 500 ar- nd the grounds were Gutman says. year's fair has been eshoe pattern, allow- to walks among the has been limited to t priority in register- and Guild members. Wiring up a festival an important part of a fair that runs until 10 p.m. Here workmen es are shown putting up the wiring t string lights to illuminate in to be placed in the booths.