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TRADITION IS BACK IN METRO
DETROIT THIS WEEK, ONE THAT HAS
BEEN AROUND MORE THAN SIX
DECADES, ATTRACTING MORE THAN
200,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR AND MORE
THAN 200 ARTISTS FROM AROUND
MICHIGAN AND THE COUNTRY. WE ARE
COURSE, TALKING ABOUT THE WIN
DOT STREET ART FAIR, WHICH IS
BACK THIS YEAR ON BIDDLE AVENUE
. AND JOINING ME IS PAT SLACK
HAVING BIG FUN. UM WIND OUT ART
EXPERT. HEY, WHAT’S UP, MAN?
WELL THE WIND OUT OUR FEAR IS UP
STARTS WEDNESDAY. WHAT MAKES IT
DIFFERENT THAN OTHER FAIRS
AROUND THE AREA? RIGHT NOW, YOU
KNOW THE PANDEMIC KIND OF
CHANGED THINGS. SO OBVIOUSLY IN
2020, WE DID NOT HAVE A FAIR. 21
WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A
FAIR TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE HAD THE
FAIR AND SET ONE UP SO AND IT
WENT VERY WELL THIS YEAR. WHAT
WE’RE DOING IS RATHER THAN
HAVING LIKE BEER, TENTS AND BIG
TWO DUIS ON THE RIVERFRONT
DURING THE ART FAIR. WE’RE DOING
ART FAIR AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
SOCIAL DISTRICTING, WHICH IS A
MICHIGAN NOW THAT WE’RE GIVES
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LOCAL
RESTAURANTS AND BARS TO SERVE.
AND PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND SO YOU
CAN GO TO OVER 19 DIFFERENT
RESTAURANTS OR BARS. GET A
COCKTAIL. GET SOME FOOD. WALK
AROUND. LOOK AT THE ART SHOPS,
THE SHOPS. SHOP THE SHOPS, THE
SHOPS. ALRIGHT LET’S SHOWCASE
SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU
BROUGHT IN WITH YOU TODAY. LET’S
START OVER HERE ON THE EASEL
WITH THIS LOVELY PAINTING THAT
SPIKE BIRGIT HARDMAN HOLTZ, AND
WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS
BRING DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. FROM
THAT YOU CAN SEE AT THE FAIR
BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE LOTS
OF PAINTERS, AND THAT PARTICULAR
IS ACRYLIC ON CANVAS AND WE’RE
GOING TO SEE ALL KINDS OF
PAINTING, SO OH, IT’S VERY
LOVELY. IT IS LOVELY, AND YOU
CAN IMAGINE IF YOU WANT AN
ORIGINAL HOME BY SOME ORIGINAL
ART. OKAY LET’S WRECK FOCUS TO
THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A
SCULPTURE AND YOU’RE GOING TO
SEE LOTS OF DIFFERENT SCULPTURE.
SCULPTURE IS VERY POPULAR NOW IS
AND ESPECIALLY IN DESIGN. SO YOU
CAN GET SOME REALLY UNUSUAL.
THIS IS BY BARBARA MANDRELL,
CARSON AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ROLL
YOUR OWN, MAKE YOUR OWN MEANING.
BUT IT’S. INTERESTING OKAY.
SPEAKING OF INTERESTING WE HAVE
LOOKS LOOKS. LOOKS LIKE SOME
JEWELRY UPFRONT HERE. YEAH,
THAT’S THAT’S ACTUALLY MADE OUT
OF FORK AND A SPOON. THE RING IS
A SPOON. YEAH, AND THE FOUR FORK
AND WE HAVE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
JEWELRY ARTISTS THAT YOU CAN
BRING DOWN GRANDMA’S SILVERWARE
, AND THEY WILL MAKE A PIECE OF
JEWELRY FOR YOU. AND WHAT ABOUT
THE PAINTING BEHIND THE JEWELRY
PAINTING IS THAT’S BY KEANNA
LUSTICK. WHO DID THE WHO DID THE
WIND OUT ART FAIR POSTER THIS
YEAR. HE’S A BEAUTIFUL PAINTER,
AND SO HE’LL BE BOTH IN THE
HE’LL BE IN THE FAIR AS WELL.
AND LET’S JUST DO IT LIKE A SLOW
PAN ACROSS THE TABLE BECAUSE
WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT
UM, WHAT YOU SEE AGAIN IS LIKE,
THINK THIS IS THIS IS MADE OUT
OF THIS IS WOULD THIS IS
POTTERY? THIS IS JEWELRY. THESE
ARE PAINTINGS. THIS IS THIS IS
BY JULIA FORD. JULIE FOURNIER.
WHO IS THIS IS ONE OF THE
CREATURES SO YOU CAN SEE.
SOMETIMES ARTISTS HAVE FUN WITH
THEIR ART AS WELL. THIS ONE BACK
HERE. YES IT’S LIKE A JACKALOPE
. YEAH YES, IT IS. ALL RIGHT, SO
WHAT OTHER TYPES OF
ENTERTAINMENT ARE OFFERED AT THE
PARENT? THERE’S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF STREET ENTERTAINMENT. AND
A LOT OF ACOUSTIC MUSICAL
ENTERTAINMENT, AND IT’S GOING TO
BE THROUGHOUT THE FAIR, SO NO
MATTER WHERE IN THE FAIR AND IT
GOES DOWN, UM LIKE A FOUR BLOCKS
DOWN, BIDDLE, IT’S THE ENTIRE
DOWNTOWN AREA AND WIND THAT AND
GOING DOWN THE SIDE STREETS, SO
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF LOTS
OF STREET ENTERTAINMENT STREET
PERFORMERS. UM YOU KNOW, I CAN’T
EVEN THINK OF SOME OF THE STREET
FOR FOREIGNERS, BUT I KNOW SOME
OF THEM ARE RIDING BICYCLES AND
SOME OF THEM ARE OPPOSING AND
ALL RIGHT IN THE TIME WE HAVE
LEFT. WHERE CAN PEOPLE GET MORE
INFORMATION? THEY CAN GET MORE
INFORMATION BY GOING ON TO WIND
UP THE CITY OF WIND UP SITE AND
GO INTO ART FAIR. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING