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Vol. CXXVII, No. 78| © 2017 The Michigan Daily
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NEWS
Local mother
faces deportation
Hundreds of community
members gather in protest.
>> SEE PAGE 2
OPINION
Gun control
“We shouldn’t forget
that almost all debates
are not black and white.”
>> SEE PAGE 5
ARTS
Red Card for
‘Ballers’
HBO comedy flounders
with telegraphed story
>> SEE PAGE 7
SPORTS
Dakich transfers
The former walk-on guard
will play for Ohio State as a
graduate transfer.
>> SEE PAGE 10
inside
The 58th Ann Arbor fair cultivates creativity, culture
Art Fair celebrates, connects artists and their audience
Construction paused on
South University to make
way for art vendors
By JENNIFER MEER
Summer Managing News Editor
The annual Ann Arbor Art Fair will
take place this Thursday through Sunday
across several city streets and sidewalks,
looking to draw in students, residents and
artists from around the world. The event
— now in its 58th year — is a collabora-
tion among four smaller fairs: The Guild’s
Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair, State Street
Art Fair, Ann Arbor South University Art
Fair and Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The
Original.
The event covers 29 city blocks in down-
town Ann Arbor and serves as the larg-
est outdoor juried Art Fair in the nation.
Pertinent to this year’s fair are the State
Street Art Fair’s semicentennial, as well
as the pausing of construction on South
University Avenue.
Karen Delhey, spokeswoman for the
fairs and the executive director of the
Guild of Artists & Artisans, which over-
sees one fair, said the fair is unique each
year by nature.
“What we always say is that the Ann
Arbor Art Fair is never the same twice,
it’s different from year to year,” she said.
“Yes, you’re going to always come out and
see quality art, but the artists are dif-
ferent year after year, as is the artwork.
You’ll have some new artists, you’ll have
some returning artists that have new art-
work. What we try and emphasize with
this event, which is focused on the art, is
that the art is what’s new, year after year.”
Last year’s fair was the first time the
fair ran Thursday to Sunday instead of
Wednesday to Saturday; the change will
persist this year.
“Back in the ’60s when the fair start-
ed, times were very different, things
weren’t open on Sunday, there were a lot
more women that stayed home during
the week, so it was easier for them to get
Local artist and
University student discuss
the upcoming event
By WILL STEWART
Summer Managing Arts Editor
From July 20-23, hundreds of thousands
will flock to Ann Arbor for the 58th annual
Street Art Fair. After 57 years, the Fair has
expanded into four concurrent events — The
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair (The Original),
Ann Arbor State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor
Summer Art Fair and Ann Arbor South Uni-
versity Art Fair — all located around Central
Campus and downtown. It’s one of the busiest
and most energetic weekends in the city, even
rivaling football Saturdays in terms of crowd
size.
The Art Fair celebrates the intricate rela-
tionship between artists and their audience.
In a phone interview with the Daily, Bloom-
field Hills-based artist Lisa Farris described
her fondness for outdoor art fairs.
“It feels more accessible in a way that gal-
leries don’t,” Farris said. I think a lot of people
come to an art fair for the fun of it, and they
end up buying pieces that they like and want
to have in their home. And these same people
may never feel comfortable going to a gallery.”
“An art fair isn’t intimidating. You’re actu-
ally talking to an artist, there are other activi-
ties, there’s food… it’s like a big party,” she
said. “To get the actual work done, I spend so
much time just isolated. So to finally come out
and have your work out there and have people
react to it is really invigorating.”
Farris, a graduate of the University of
Michigan, earned a dual degree in Fine Arts
and Honors English and speaks fondly of her
experience in the Stamps School of Art and
Design: “The professors were amazing. The
school itself, like the student body, was so sup-
portive of each other’s work — it was a great
four years.”
Although her education was focused in
See 58TH ANNUAL, Page 3
See ART FAIR, Page 8