The Metro: The Ann Arbor Art Fair sketches out a big weekend
Karen Bauer has been the executive director of the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair for 20 years. Teesha Lieber is a Detroit marbling artist from Spontaneity Works. Both joined The Metro to talk more about this year’s festival.
Ann Arbor State Street Art Fair
The Ann Arbor Art Fair will welcome nearly half a million visitors from July 16-18.
There will be a thousand juried artists from across Michigan and the entire country. They will display their work at three simultaneous nonprofit events:
- The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original
- The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair
- The Ann Arbor State Street District Art Fair
A Youth Art Fair and Kids Collectors Club also emerges for grade school creatives.
Karen Bauer has been the executive director of the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair for 20 years, while Teesha Lieber is a Detroit marbling artist from Spontaneity Works. Both joined The Metro to talk more about this year’s festival.
Bauer says putting so many separate fairs together may seem like a lot, but experience is on their side. “These fairs have been working together since the early 60s, we are a well oiled machine at this point.”
Tune in to listen to the discussion with Bauer, Lieber to learn more about youth participation, and how art remains authentic during the digital age.
Hear the full conversation using the media player above.
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