Buy Indie in Ypsi (One Day, 40 Artists, 9,000 gallons of beer).
The last Shadow Art Fair (or so the plan goes) is July 20, 2013 at the Corner Brewery.
The next Shadow Art Fair is Saturday, July 10, 2010 from noon — midnight, at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, MI.
The next Shadow Art Fair is Saturday, July 18, 2009, noon to midnight, at the Corner Brewery.
July 19, 2008, noon-midnight, at the Corner Brewery, 720 Norris Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48198.
Official website: http://www.shadowartfair.com/
The Shadow Art Fair is Ypsilanti's contribution to Ann Arbor's collection of Art Fairs. A one-day event organized by the Michigan Design Militia, the SAF is held at Arbor Brewing Company's Corner Brewery, just north of Depot Town. The SAF is a juried fair featuring approximately 40 artists from around the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor/Detroit/Hamtramck/East Lansing area, as well as musical and other performances. A 2-cent admission is charged; this and proceeds from ABC's special "Shadow Brew" go towards grants to local community arts projects.
The SAF started in July 2006 as a prequel - and tongue-in-cheek competitor - to the Ann Arbor fairs, with the second SAF held only five months later, in December of that year, due to the overwhelming response to the first Fair and also as part of Ypsi's pre-Christmas "shop local" initiative.
2008 Vendor List
From the SAF website,
- Mark Maynard & Linette Lao - Crimewave USA, Let's Wear Clothes, My Life in Ypsi : zines, cards, comics, clothing
- Molly Mast : clothing and accessories
- Sappycards : greeting cards, art, prefab domains
- Hungry Monster
- Always the Forest : clothing and accessories
- amepix : plants and photographs
- Atomic Art Cooperative
- Barrel of Monkeys
- Birds Gather
- Boh Bon Soap Company
- Britten Stringwell : purses and more
- Bunni Blue : a missy blue and bunni*goods creative collaborative
- Christina DeAngelo : ceramics
- Christina Sammour : sculpture and photographic art
- Christopher Palmer
- Clairigami
- Diamondhawk
- Dirty Bros.
- Epidemick
- Ghostly International : music
- Quite Scientific : music
- Ninth Floor
- Hands & Notions
- HATCH : Hamtramck art collective
- Hip to Piece Squares
- Kellie Draws Pictures
- The Kitsch Lab
- Kristin Perkins : glass jewelry
- Lori Brown : handcrafted curiosities
- Matt Cipov
- Non Fiction Design
- Roos Roast : free speech coffee
- Sparklepants Industries
- Stupor : zines
- Sugary Serials
- Swipple!
- Ted Kennedy
- Tin Angry Men
- Tugboat Printshop
- Ugly Mug
Past Vendors
- Henrietta Fahrenheit : clothing, accessories and gifts
- Tiffany Tomato Designs : re-made and recycled products
- Lekkner : t-shirt reconstruction
- Mary Catherine Buchanan : clothing
- VG Kids : clothing and stickers
- Flying Bomb Records : records
- Handmade Detroit : crafts
- Marty Flint : leather and vinyl accessories
- Bulb Records, DJ Party Girl : records, accessories
- Found Magazine : magazines
- Nanette House of Handbags : purses, stationery
- Matt Callow : photography
- Mrrranda L. Tarrow : ceramic, collage and fine art
- Studio Rob : cards
- Josh (Tim's Friend) : stencil prints and zines
- Chew Your Own : records
- Dreamland Theater : puppets, paintings
- 826michigan : creative writing by kids ages 6-18
News stories
- Ypsilanti Shadow Art Fair set for Saturday, Ann Arbor News, July 2008
This year, organizers accidentally scheduled the small Ypsilanti fair to coincide with the last day of the Ann Arbor Art Fairs.
- Ypsilanti art fair to serve as a warm-up (Ann Arbor News): http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-3/114900006944070.xml&coll=2
News references
- Art Fair%22+site:annarbor.com Shadow Art Fair stories on AnnArbor.com
- Art Fair%22+site:annarborchronicle.com Shadow Art Fair stories on Ann Arbor Chronicle
- Art Fair%22+site:annarborobserver.com Shadow Art Fair stories on Ann Arbor Observer
- Art Fair%22+site:heritage.com Shadow Art Fair stories in Heritage Media newspapers
- Art Fair%22&sa=N&tbs=nws:1,ar:1 Shadow Art Fair stories in the Google News archives