University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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w. While walking the streets of Ann Arbor, Art Fair visitors pass by the large iron ring sculpture. Central Campus was taken over by the Art Fair, accomodating the large number of artists displaying their work. J. Neff photo

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Black and white striped sculptures of human figures attract Art Fair spectators. Along with sculptures, the Fair also featured other various styles of artwork, such as paintings, photographs, jewelry, furniture, and pottery. J. Neff photo ann aroor b ArtF air JLn July, the city of Ann Arbor boastfully held the biggest event of its kind in the United States: the Ann Arbor Art Fair. For four days artists, musicians, and festival-goers from all over the nation congregated in celebration of handmade crafts and artwork. The Art Fair was actually an accumulation of four different fairs: the Ann Arbor Street Fair, the South University Art Fair, the Guild Summer Art Fair, and the State Street Art Fair. These fairs all came together in spirit and festivities in the center of downtown. This year ' s 45th annual Art Fair was held from July 21-24. While perusing the sidewalks of this year ' s Art Fair, one was bombarded with an amalgamation of paintings, woodwork, pottery, sculpture, photographs, jewelry, clothing, and even surreally detailed wax renditions of humans. Since I ' m an art student, I like to walk around and see what people do and how they make their art. Some of the artists are pretty talented and they make good money at the fair. But whether it ' s good art or not, it doesn ' t matter. It ' s fun to walk around in the crowd and take in all of the eye candy, not to mention the greasy but great food, senior graphic design major James Ardnt said. Not only were the aesthetics and food stands an attraction, but the mime shows, face painting, beer gardens, and street musicians also drew a crowd. you start to see the same people and things. My favorite part of the Art Fair is the Urban Outfitters sidewalk sale. I bought four scarves, mittens, a shirt, and a pair of shoes for under twenty bucks. It ' s awesome, Eastern Michigan student Emily Crissey said. Whether one was there to buy art, sell art, see art, eat, drink, or just hang out and take in all the sights, the Ann Arbor Art Fair was definitely one of the city ' s main attractions this summer. During the Art Fair, this city i s crazy. It doesn ' t even seem like Ann Arbor; you can barely move on the sidewalk, senior political science major Andrew Ginis said. Despite the craziness, the Art Fair will always be a part of the backbone of Ann Arbor ' s summer life. Some people went just for the sales at all the local stores. I ' ve been coming to the art fair since I was in high school. I like seeing the art and everything, but after a few years

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With fan and carpet in hand, students venture to their new residence in West Quad on Central Campus. West Quad was known to be especially difficult to move in to due to the lack of elevators in the building. Tedjasukmana photo