FOODS TO SAMPLE.
JASON.
>> THANKS, GANG.
STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY MORE
THAN 200 ARTIST AND THE TWO
DOZEN RESTAURANTS WILL BE
FILLING DOWNTOWN WYANDOTTE
FOR THE 55th ANNUAL
WYANDOTTE STREET ART FAIR
IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST IN
THE STATE.
AND ARTIST CORY SCILLIAN IS
JOINING US.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, PAT.
>> YES, YOU TOO.
ONCE A YEAR IT'S GREAT.
>> Jason: LET'S MAKE IT
TWICE A YEAR OR THREE TIMES
A YEAR.
TELL US ALL ABOUT THE ART
FAIR.
>> WELL, THE ART FARE STARTS
THIS -- WELL, THE ART FAIR
STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
STARTS AT 10:00 IN THE
MORNING AND 9:00 UNTIL
NIGHT.
FILLED WITH ARTISTS FOOD
VENDORS, ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOUNT LOTS OF DIFFERENT
INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.
A CRAFT SHOW ON THE WEEK
THERE'S AN INDY CRAFT SHOW
ON CHESTNUT.
SO LOTS OF OTHER EVENTS
WITHIN AN EVENT.
>> THIS IS ON BIDLE.
>> THIS IS ON BIDDLE PLUS, A
LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THIS
YEAR, TOO.
>> Jason: WHERE ARE WE GOING
TO FIND CORY'S WORK?
>> WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR
RIVER'S EDGE GALLERY.
>> THIS IS THE ORIGINAL WISH
ROCKET IT'S ABOUT 20 INCHES
STALL.
IT WILL BE AT THE SHOW THIS
WEEK IT'S ABOUT FOUR FEET
TALL.
AND THE WHOLE POINT BEHIND
THE WISH ROCKET IS THAT AS
YOU KNOW CERAMICS GET FIRED
IN THE KILN SO WE PUT OUT
OUR CERAMIC ROCKET YOU PUT
WISHES INTO THE POCKET AND
WE TAKE IT BACK AND WE FIRE
YOUR WISHES.
THE WISHES BURN THEY GO OUT
INTO THE UNIVERSE.
>> Jason: WOW, WHAT A CLEVER
IDEA.
SO YOU'RE ON CREATIVE PEOPLE
AND THINGS JUST POP.
AMAZING.
>> AMAZING.
>> NOW WHERE DO YOU FIND A
KILN BIG ENOUGH TO FIRE A
FOUR FOOT ROCKET.
>> I ALSO SERVE AS BOARD
CHAIR OF PUBIC SO THEY HAVE
BEEN VERY - AT PEWABIC SO
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY KIND TO
ME.
WE LIVE IN GROSSE POINTE
IT'S A FAMILY IT'S LIKE ANY
COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU GET OUT THOSE
BECOME YOUR FRIENDS AND THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU ENJOY
SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH.
SO I GET DOWN TO WYANDOTTE
BUT I ALSO HIT A LOT OF THE
OPENINGS HERE IN DETROIT
THEY'RE SUCH A WONDERFUL ART
SCENE HERE IN DETROIT WITH
GREAT GALLERIES THAT ARE
OPEN.
WE WENT TO A GREAT OPENING
THIS WEEKEND THAT WAS IN
HAMTRAMCK.
IF YOU HAVE A LOVE IF YOU
REALLY LIKE TO HAVE YOUR
MIND CHALLENGED AND YOU LIKE
TO TALK TO INTERESTING
PEOPLE ABOUT INTERESTING
THINGS HIT THE ART OPENINGS.
HIT THEM IN WYANDOTTE, HIT
THEM IN DETROIT THERE'S JUST
A LOT OF REALLY COOL STUFF
GOING ON.
>> AND SHOW US SOME OF THE
ART.
WELL, FIRST YOU KNOW EVERY
YEAR BESIDES DOING A SPECIAL
INSTALLATION WHICH CORY DOES
THIS YEAR FOR THE ART FAIR,
WYANDOTTE IS A REALLY ARTS
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE LONGEST
RUNNING ART SHOWS PLUS, WE
HAVE THE DOWN RIVER AND
COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS.
WE ALWAYS HAVE ART IN THI
PIECE IS A CLASSIC.
WE SAY THAT YEAR IS A
CLASSIC.
THIS ARTIST DID THAT PIECE
OF RENDITION OF ART AS A
CLASSIC.
THIS IS ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS
HE ALWAYS DOES A LITTLE
TWIST.
HE ALWAYS DOES A LITTLE
TWRIST
JUST SHOWIN APASSING IT ON
IS THE NAME OF THE PIECE.
THESE TWO PIECES ARE AN
ARTIST WHO HAS BEEN IN THE
ART FAIR FOR OVER 50 YEARS
AND PASSED ATHINK WHAT YEAR.
BUT WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE ART FAIR LEO WILL BUY
HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
SO HE'S A VERY WELL KNOWN
INTERNATIONAL KNOWN MARITIME
ARTIST.
AND THEN WE HAVE A
GLASSBLOWER AND THIS
PARTICULAR GLASS BLOWER WILL
BE AT THE ART FAIR.
I'M NOT GOING COME UP WITH
THE NAME RIGHT AWAY.
A LOT OF JEWELERY ARTISTS.
BUT WE DO HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT GLASSBLOWERS THEY
WILL ALL BE SHOWING
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
GLASSBLOWING.
AND A LOT OF JEWELERY.
YOU KNOW.
THIS JUST A LITTLE TURQUOISE
PIECE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS IS
ANOTHER JEWELERY THAT'S
BRONZE, BRASS AND THESE ARE
BY MAUI, MAUI MARK.
>> Jason: LAST BUT CERTAINLY
NOT EAST BACK HERE BEHIND
CORY.
>> WE HAVE A WELL-KNOWN
RETRODETROIT ARTIST.
WE HAVE A LAW IS IN OUR
HOUSE.
>> AND THIS IS ONE THAT HE
DID SPECIFICALLY YOU CAN SEE
WHAT'S ON IT IS ALL THE
DETROIT ICONIC SYMBOLS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING
THAT YOU ARE GOING SEE TO
THE FAIR.
>> THE STREET ART FAIR,