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NEWS RELEASE FOR ROYAL OAK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DATE 5/7/07
FROM Sharlan Douglas, Douglas Communications Group, 248-548-5460;
313-319-4846 cell;
mailto:sdouglas@douglasgroup.biz
FOR RELEASE IMMEDIATELY
Video of downtown Royal Oak
Map of the art fair location
Newsroom w/photos
from previous festivals and samples of artist's work
Downtown parking map
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (May 7, 2007)
Michigan’s only art fair devoted exclusively to works in clay and glass
teams up with restaurants from one of the region’s best dining towns for
the Clay & Glass Festival and Taste of Royal Oak June 16 and 17 in
downtown Royal Oak.
The juried art fair on Washington Avenue will feature works
by 125 artists from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday. At the Creative Arts Studio tent, children can glaze a tile
that will be fired afterwards and sent to them. They can create a
watercolor postcard at the tent hosted by the Detroit Institute of Arts,
on the lawn of the First Methodist Church, at Sixth Street.
Festival goers are expected to gather around the glass
blowing and pot-throwing demonstrations. They will find much of the
merchandise is geared to everyday enjoyment and usefulness, with an
emphasis on small items like jewelry, tiles, vases, yard art and stained
glass and sculpture and wall hangings ranging from whimsical to modern
abstract.
From 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, a representative sampling of Royal Oak’s best restaurants will
serve food and beverage on Fifth Street, east of Washington Avenue.
They’ll offer live entertainment interspersed with themed DJ-hosted
programs.
Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director Bill Allen noted that Sunday the 17th is Father’s Day.
“Festival goers can find a coffee mug or desk accessory for dad,” he
said. “They can shop for an hour or two en route to that Father’s Day
dinner or after brunch.”
Visitors can park at any of three city of Royal Oak parking
garages within three blocks of the festival, where the first two hours
are free.
First-time exhibitors
Larry and Connie Harris of Dearborn will bring their stained glass
works, including a 5-foot by 5-foot Japanese screen with an egret,
irises and cattails. Another first-timer,
Terry Andrews of Ocala, Fla., attaches bright-color fused glass
tiles to heat-patinaed copper frames. His “Totem Ladders” have a
southwestern flavor.
Jewelry-makers are perennial favorites at the Clay & Glass
Festival.
Denise and Valerie Houck of Eaton Rapids won an Award of Excellence
at last year’s event for their metallic lamp work beads, touched with
gold. Newcomer
Mark Slaven of Parma, Mich. uses silver-smithing techniques to
create wraps and bezels for dichroic glass cut in geometric shapes.
The festival is presented by the
Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by National City Bank,
WWJ/Great Stuff To Do, Hour Detroit and 93.9 The River.
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