A -Page B2 4 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 5, 1985 Thousands flock to Ann Arbor Art Fair for hand-made crafts By SUSAN GRANT Watch the thousands of people 'strolling around Ann Arbor's streets, looking at hand-made pottery, pain- tings, jewelry, and other media. Smell the mouth-watering aromas emanating from food vendors that line the streets. HEAR THE children laughing as they gather around street performers. These are some of the sights and sounds of the Ann Arbor summer Art Fair, which attracts over 400,000 people each July from around the country. The art fair, made up of three smaller fairs-the University Artists and Craftsmen Guild Art Fair, the State Street Art Fair, and the South University Art Fair-is among the five largest art fairs in the country. THIS YEAR, approximately 900 ar- tists from across the nation exhibited and sold their creations at the fair during its three-day run at the end of July. The art is carefully chosen before any artist can display his work, said a spokeswoman from the State Street Area Association. "It's good art, not the junk the old lady down the street makes in her spare time," she said. TREASURES SUCH as stained- glass windows, glass etchings, prints, photographs, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and weavings are among the "good art" that is sold at the fair. The only musical instrument sold at the fair is the dulcimer, which means "sweet sound." They are handcrafted and many of them are inlaid with ivory or jewels. There are two kinds of dulcimers-the mountain dulcimer, which was invented about 150 years ago, and the hammer dulcimer, with origins dating back thousands of years. Hammer dulcimers are a distant forerunner of the piano. GENERALLY, PRICES for the art are lower at the fair than in galleries because there are no middlemen, said Ann Mary Teichert, assistant director for the University Artists and Craf- tsmen Guild. But prices vary from artist to artist, Teichert said. "Something can be as low as $3, or I've seen a stained glass window sell for $4,000," she said. Artists' goods are not the only highlights of the fair. On the corners of South University and East Univer- sity are over 100 special interest group booths. Subject matter varies from the "Save the Whales" stand to the "Shelter Ann Arbor's Homeless" table. IN ADDITION, the droves of street performers share the limelight with jugglers, tightrope walkers, clowns, comedians, musicians, and organ grinders delighting passers-by with their tricks and tales. The street performers work in- dependently-their only pay is the change they collect in their hats and instrument cases. "They just come out of the wood- work," the State Street spokeswoman said of the performers. But the performers are not the only entrepreneurs to cash in on the tourist traffic brought in by the art fair. Many merchants have "bargain day" sales and set up stands in the streets covered with sale items. Hotels also fare well during the art fair as people make reservations up to a year in advance. A Daily Photo by DAN HABIB A stone goddess guards the treasures in the University Museum of Art. Museums do bones By RACHEL GOTTLIEB and often h Ann Arbor boasts one of the most diverse and com- prehensive collections of art in the country. Museums museums as and galleries display everything from prehistoric Metropolitan mastodons to Egyptian tombs to 18th century master- bothe AiNe pieces such as Rodin sculptures and Monet paintings. the best uniN Some of the museum buildings are as impressive as Debrah Kahn the art collections they house. The Kelsey Museum on group whose South State Street is one of the more unusual buildings permanent c in Ann Arbor. Completed in 1891, the sandstone struc- The galler ture features a Tiffany window that is visible from the from the Edr outside or from the inside by appointment. the Ming Dyo Inside the Kelsey are ancient and medieval The Corri treasures, most recovered on University digs in exhibits the Greece, Egypt, and Italy. School of Art The exhibit from the excavation at Karanis, an The Hand Eygptian town in Fayoum, is "unique in all the world," exhibits tha said Lorene Sterner, the museum's administrative museum's n' assistant, mathewthsth The University team took down an entire town that math with th was inhabited between 400 B.C. and 400 A.D. and saved There is everything. "The objects are from a living context - yourself. usually objects found on digs are from a funerary con- Turse ght text," Sterner said. soure ofghg "Many objects are not beautiful but they are impor- source of lig tant to the scholarly community," Sterner said. The colors which objects give a flavor for everyday life in the Karanis of white ligh community - bits of textiles, baby toys, and sandals A pure an are among the preserved objects. people see ai The Natural History Exhibit Museum has three amber light t floors of permanent exhibits and one floor featuring Another r temporary exhibits. mirrors dire Past exhibits include a fulgerite displav - when apart. The d sand turns into glass after it is hit by lightening - and an stand on opp exhibit of mastodons who roamed the plains of whpwntown Michigan 10,000 years ago. The second floor is inhabited by the remains of in downtown prehistoric life. Huge dinosaur skeletons loom Renaissance, throughout and pictures show the animals as they S many new g were.t nes The third floor houses stuffed wildlife from Michigan the old ones while the fourth floor features American Indian ar- The Down tifacts, anthropological finds, pictures of human Planning a anatomy, and rocks and minerals. people who The three teaching and research wings of the themtoartiha museum, called the Museums of Paleontology, AssoChambe Zoology, and Anthropology, sometimes provide Art gal exhibits for display. The most recent traced the origin Many Tgall of whales and featured the earliest whale ever found. media. TheS The exhibit museum also has a planetarium. around the The University Art Museum has a permanent art and contemp collection of between 15,000 and 16,000 objects, in- the Alice Sin cluding prints, sculptures, paintings, photographs, and on paper. decorative art. Daily staf The first floor displays European and American art . this story. and paint has masterworks on loan from such the Detroit Institute of Art, and the Museum of Art and the Guggenheim, York. n art gallery on the second floor is one of versity collections in the country," said n, coordinator of Friends of tho Museum, a primary purpose is to acquire art for the ollection. y features Japanese art and paintings Period, and is strong in Chinese art from nasty. dor Gallery on the second floor usually works of area artists and faculty from the . Is-On Museum on Main Street provides t students can really grab onto. The nore than 60 exhibits relate science and e arts and a world of cultures. a depth illusion exhibit and a giant to climb into and see multiple images of Room has a box to stand in and the only ht comes from rays of the three primary eventually merge and show the creation t. tber light demonstrates that the colors re determined by light sources. Under the he only visible colors are tones of grey. oom places two parabolic (disk shaped) ctly opposite from each other, but 60 feet isks focus sound and enable two people to osite ends of the room and be heard while also has many studios and galleries. "Art Ann Arbor has recently gone through a , said Selo/Sevel Gallery owner Elaine nterest in art has increased so much that alleries and museums have been built and have revitalized their collections," she said. town Galleries Association (D.G.A.) is gallery walk in the early fall to "attract usually don't go to galleries and introduce n an informal, festive manner," said Mar- rlin, executive director of the Ann Arbor ion. eries specialize in one or more artistic Selo/Shevel Gallery features folk art from world, the Lotus Gallery exhibits ancient porary Asian and American Indian ari, and sar Gallery displays sculpture and works ff writer Karen Klein filed a report for Piggy banks plague students' wallets Daily Photo by CAROL L. FRANCAVILLA Musicians jam in front of the Michigan Theater (top), while three art fair-goers skate through the streets. By RACHEL GOTTLIEB Leaving home means leaving frien- ds and all the luxuries of home - but if you bring nothing else with you (other than a pair of underwear), bring money. You could leave all your money in a piggy bank, but consider the safety factor - not that your roommate might help himself to your cash, you just might be too tempted to spend it. The problem now is finding the right bank to suit your needs. Things to consider are 24-hour banking machines, service charges on checking and savings accounts, in- terest rates, and convenience. There are several banks within walking distance of the campus. What follows is a brief sketch of some of the services available. " Comerica - Offers several options in checking accounts. The regular ac- count may be opened with $50, but a balance of $299 must be maintained to avoid the $5-a-month service charge, and 15 cents for withdrawals made while below the minimum. Overdraft charges (bouncing a check), are $15. But service charges can sometimes be lifted if the student goes to the bank and talks to a manager. "If people care enough to come in then we may lift the charges. We understand that $5 can mean a whole week of food to some students," said Pat Groomes, Comerica manager. And more importantly, Comerica bank cards are on the magic line, which means that card holders can access magic line machines owned by other banks, and there is no charge for withdrawals from machines other, than its own. " First of America - Also popular among students. Its Any Time Teller Machines (ATM) are on magic line, but they charge $1 for withdrawals made from machines that are owned by other banks. This bank has five different checking accounts with interest rates ranging from 5.25 percent to money market rates. All accounts have ac- cess to the 24-hour teller. The most popular checking account among students is the regular account which does not earn interest but has unlimited checking. A balance of $300 is required to avoid a monthly service charge of $3 and a 22-cent charge for every check written while below the minimum. A second checking account requires a $500 balance to earn 5.25 percent in- terest, or a balance of $1,000 to earn 6 percent interest. To earn 5.5 percent interest on the basic savings account and to avoid the $1 per month service charge, a balan- ce of $1,000 is required. Overdraft charges at this bank ar- $11. " Great Lakes Bank - Has two checking accounts that students utilize. One must maintain a balance of $250 or pay a $5 per month service charge. If a minimum balance of $1,000 is maintained for 30 days, the money earns 6.75 percent interest - below that it earns 5.25 percent in- terest. The checking account operates on & draft system, which means tree customer uses a carbon when writing a check and the duplicate is retained for records. The bank sends out an itemized list of checks written, but does not return the check. The second checking account option See 24-HOUR, Page 6 ROLEX pn. 6' vLEA I DON'T HAVE A CAR? COME TO WHITE MARKET FOR ALL YOUR GROCERIES! Con venien t Location 609 E. William Between State and Maynard WIDE SELECTION OF: " Meats - I F.,- MOP, jrf I . . CCorny SPECIALIZING IN HOMEMADE CARAMEL CORN A]