Last weekend my husband and I went to the Art & Wine Festival at the Ella Sharpe Museum of Art & History. It was a nice small show set up on a winding pathway that wrapped around the grounds of the Museum. There were 30 artists booths and there were several food and wine vendors. There seemed to be plenty of volunteer help walking around helping where they could. Two of the volunteers that I met were on the Museum's board. The crowds seemed to grow as the day went on. I ran into one exhibitor that was a member here. I took his card without asking his name. I thought it would be on his card and it wasn't. They did have some music but it wasn't too loud or annoying, just enough to be pleasant to shop to. This seemed to be a nice little show that attracted several southern Michigan artists.
The two photos I included are of the show. The photo of "Porcelain and Paper" booth is one of our Art Fair Insiders Members.
The Museun has an antique clock exhibit going on right now through June 19th. This was a very extensive collection of antique clocks from all over Europe and the USA. You still have time to catch this exhibit before it ends in a few days.
I discovered that the Ella Sharpe Museum will be having an Ansel Adams exhibit starting June 25 through to September 4th. The cost of admission is only $8 per person.
The following is a write up about the exhibit:
"Ansel Adams: Masterworks Landau Traveling Exhibitions from the Collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration
Park in Redding, California. This collection of 47 works is a selection Adams made late in his life to serve as a succinct representation of his life’s work. He himself felt these photographs were his best. Called “The Museum Set,” it reveals the importance Adams placed on the elegance and splendor of natural environments."
This is the only time this exhibit will be in Michigan and it is one that should not be missed.
I am going to try and load a few photos from the 2011 Art & Wine Festival.
Jacki B
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