2023

art activities

WITH DAVID ZINN

Chalk the Walk features Ann Arbor’s own world-renown Artist David Zinn. Recognized globally for his clever and improvised chalk street art, Zinn will be creating his original temporary chalk work live during the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair event.

Sidewalk chalk will be available so that fairgoers can join in on the creativity and add their own mark on this year’s Ann Arbor Art Fair.

ZINN HOURS: Thursday & Saturday 1-3PM (Friday if rains on Thursday/Saturday)

LOCATION: Near the corner of Liberty and Fifth Ave. in front of the Post office.

PRESENTED BY TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART

Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) Artist Kacey McCreery and her team will blow LIVE art glass daily 1 pm to 4 pm at the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original! Come see these brilliant artists at work and meet "The Baby Dragon" (the pet name of the Toledo Museum of Art’s mobile glassblowing furnace). Watch as they create glass sculptures right before your eyes with TMA's fantastic Glass Blowing Mobile Truck in the background. You will be amazed!

HOURS: 1PM TO 4PM each day of the fair

LOCATION: East Washington and Ingalls Mall, University of Michigan Campus

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in partnership with the Prison Creative Arts Project

The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair is excited to partner with The Prison Creative Arts Project once again this year to bring another impactful exhibition to this year's fair, Humanize the Numbers. Humanize the Numbers presents the perspectives of men in Michigan prisons, lifting up the voices of those who have been silenced by the criminal legal system. This exhibit reveals the faces and stories of those in prison, as they reclaim their humanity through the freedom not normally allowed in prison.

Exhibition conceptualizer and UofM professor, Isaac Wingfield, was recently awarded the 2023 Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize for his work on this exhibit.

LOCATION: Corner of Liberty and Main Street

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Michigan Radio’s Amplify team connects people living in Michigan with the resources and information they need to thrive. Through our reporting, how-to guides, and community events, we try to help people become their own best advocate on basic needs like housing, public safety, health and more. Michigan Radio has partnered with PCAP to bring storytelling, spoken word, and visual art to a wider audience. The Amplify departments' “Jail’s True Cost” event (Fall 2022) featured formerly incarcerated artists sharing their experiences and insights about the criminal legal system, experiences and insights about the criminal legal system.

WITH THE ANN ARBOR POTTER’S GUILD

For 64 years now, The Ann Arbor Potters Guild has joined the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original to give ceramic demonstrations of wheel thrown pottery! Watch as they create ceramic works of art each day of the fair!

LOCATION: Hill Auditorium Lawn - North University - University of Michigan Campus

WITH KEITH BYNUM
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Watch local artist and star of HGTV’s Bargain Block, Keith Bynum, transform a storage container into a work of art as he paints a mural live during this year's Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair! You can also purchase original works of art from Bynum and Evan Thomas in their booth on Main Street [MN368]. Mural painting and storage container presented by local storage container company ModuGo.

ARTIST BIO: Home renovation expert, designer, and artist Keith Bynum stars in HGTV’s series Bargain Block along with his partner, builder, carpenter, and photographer Evan Thomas. The pair work together in Detroit to buy as many rundown and abandoned houses as they can on a single block and renovate them into artful and affordable properties. Keith, known for making his own furniture and art to bring his designs to life, often finds inspiration in unwanted items, salvaged materials, and remnants from previous projects. Art for Keith is often about transforming what would be waste into something usable and beautiful.

Evan Thomas, with a PHD in physics and known for his methodical approach, started his photography journey with the home interiors of the pairs’ renovations. In fact, most photos you see starting from season 1 of Bargain Block were taken by Evan. What began as a way to capture the beauty of Keith’s designs has now grown into a passion for photography.  Now, Evan has merged his love of nature and photography with his recent “Up North” collection.

Both Keith and Evan’s Art can be found in their retail store Nine Design+Homes and at booth MN368 at his year’s fair.

You can learn more about Bynum and Thomas here: https://www.hgtv.com/profiles/talent/keith-bynum

BYNUM HOURS: Friday 10AM-Noon

LOCATION: On Liberty near Main between Main and Ashley (outside of Pretzel Bell).

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Create your own works of art in the Art Activity Zone at the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original. Family-friendly art projects are open to all ages and free to the public!

HOURS: Thursday -  Saturday, 11am – 6pm 

LOCATION: Ingalls Mall, near E. Washington between Thayer and Fletcher. 

Feheley Fine Arts is pleased to present a group exhibition celebrating contemporary Canadian Inuit art. Artists featured hail from across the Canadian Arctic from the Inuit regions of Nunavut, Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland & Labrador) and Nunavik (Arctic Quebec). This exhibition includes a diverse range of artwork – from sterling silver teapot sculptures to coloured pencil landscape drawings – which explore Inuit ways of making and being in the contemporary moment. Artists Michael Massie and Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona will be present throughout the exhibition to discuss their work.   

About Feheley Fine Arts | Feheley Fine Arts is synonymous with excellence in the field of Inuit art. With over 60 years of experience, the gallery is now situated in the historic St. Lawrence Market area of downtown Toronto. It is one of the last remaining commercial galleries in the world devoted exclusively to traditional and contemporary art from the Canadian Arctic. Its collections range from exquisite small sculptures dating from the mid-twentieth century to paintings and drawings by today’s sought after contemporary artists.

LOCATION: Inside CultureVerse: 309 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104