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The Grosse Pointe Art Fair is not your ordinary art fair

GROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI (WXYZ) — Grosse Pointe Art Fair, presented by Art as Healing Foundation, will take place August 17-18 at the historic Ford Estate in Grosse Pointe Shores located at 1100 Lake Shore Road.

The event will take place outdoors along the walking path of the estate and feature finely crafted original artwork from almost 100 artists. Art lovers will find handmade jewelry, painting, ceramics, pottery, glass work, woodworking, fiber art, sculpture, and more. In addition, Ford House will be selling food and beverages with a limited selection outside with the art fair as well as a more extensive food and beverage menu in the restaurant inside the Visitor Center Cafe. Live Acoustic Music will also be happening during the art fair.

Admission to the art fair includes a Ford House Grounds Pass, and is available for purchase at the Gate House entrance to the show. Tickets are also available online in advance at artfairfun.com and include access to walking the estate grounds with several beautiful gardens for touring and even a butterfly house. To learn more, visit www.ArtFairFun.com.

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Paintings by Grosse Pointe Park artist Linda Boyle are among the works that visitors will find at the Grosse Pointe Art Fair.

Photo provided by Art as Healing Foundation

Fine art fair moves to Ford House

By: K. Michelle Moran | Grosse Pointe Times | Published August 9, 2023

Grosse Pointe Woods artist Chrys Bonnay-Lewis will have some of her ceramic works for sale.

Grosse Pointe Woods ceramic artist Valarie Davis will be bringing works from several of her recent series to the Grosse Pointe Art Fair.

Photo provided by Valarie Davis

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — An annual fine art fair has a new home in the Grosse Pointes.

After being at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club for the last couple of years, the Art as Healing Foundation is moving its Grosse Pointe Art Fair just down the road, to the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. The juried fine art and fine artisan fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 19 and 20 in the Ford House Visitors Center.

Work by approximately 40 artists — from as far away as California — will be featured and available for purchase. Most of the artists are from the Midwest, and several hail from metro Detroit — including glass artist Helen Agius-Andrese, of Farmington Hills; sculptor Carrie Bladecki, of Rochester; ceramist Chrys Bonnay-Lewis, of Grosse Pointe Woods; painter Linda Boyle, of Grosse Pointe Park; ceramist Valarie Davis, of Grosse Pointe Woods; fiber artist Christina Liedtke, of Detroit; leather artist Jennifer Krcic, of Keego Harbor; jewelry maker Amy Peterson, of Detroit; painter Cathy McCarthy, of Sterling Heights; painter Jamie Thomson, of Royal Oak; and painter Jules Pflanzer, of Bloomfield Hills.

The nonprofit Art as Healing Foundation — which is currently based in Ypsilanti but will soon be moving to Brighton — was established in 2015 by Karyn Stetz, of Brighton, a painter, photographer, installation and digital artist.

Stetz said her foundation organizes art fairs and exhibitions throughout the region, including in Charlevoix, Toledo and the Brighton/Pinkney area.

“It’s a way for artists to get exposure and sell their work,” Stetz said.

In addition, the Art as Healing Foundation hosts workshops and other programs as it works to promote inclusion and diversity in art and use art as a means of healing.

“Art is a healing endeavor,” Stetz said, noting that it can be healing for the artists as they create work and express themselves, and it can also be healing for viewers. “Most people put their heart and souls into (their artwork).”

Davis will be showcasing works from some of her series, which include “Scarred Women”; “Matriarchs,” about the wisdom and grace imparted by older women in families; “Side Views,” men and women in profile; and “Warriors,” about the courage and strength men muster to overcome challenges. Davis said “Scarred Women” focuses on women who may be beautifully dressed and made up on the outside, but inside might be struggling with trauma such as a divorce or breast cancer; these difficulties make women stronger and shape them, the artist said. Davis’ ceramics are often sculptural in nature.

“Just pushing through life is what my work is about,” Davis said. “How we have to step out into the world regardless of what we’re going through. … I want people to be sympathetic to others.”

Davis said she will also be bringing some of the lamps and decorative plates she’s created.

Fair visitors will find a range of work, from painting to jewelry to photography to woodworking.

“The artists are really exceptional,” Stetz said.

She said they hope to build this event into a fundraiser for the foundation, but because this is the first year they’re going to be at the Ford House, they weren’t sure what the response was going to be like.

“We definitely have the intention to make it an annual event,” Stetz said.

Admission to the fair is included with a Ford House grounds pass, which costs $7 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children ages infant through 5. Admission is free for Ford House members.

The Ford House is located at 1100 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores. For more information, visit GrossePointeArtFair.com or contact Stetz by texting her at (734) 476-1772 or emailing [email protected].

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