Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti: Which is the fairest art fair of all?

It’s that time again. Ann Arbor’s Art Fair and Ypsilanti’s Shadow Art Fair –both highly anticipated events– kick off later this week. It’s more culture than you can shake a dead impressionist at.

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From the dark, hidden corners of Ypsilanti comes the appropriately named Shadow Art Fair, where local and national artists crawl out from under their paint soaked and clay crusted dwellings for one day.

On July 19, from noon to midnight, the slingers of stain and the connoisseurs of creativity will come together to bring “indie art” to The Corner Brewery (located at 720 Norris St in Ypsilanti just two blocks north of Cross Street).

The creators of the fair call themselves the Michigan Design Militia, and are fully responsible for most of the work involved in putting on a fair of this sort. The actual concept of the fair came from Mark Maynard, but he admits he could not have done it alone.

“The concept was originally mine, but nothing would have come of it, had I not mentioned it to the other members of the Michigan Design Militia. The five of us have each contributed in our own ways,” Maynard said.

Read more about the Ann Arbor Art Fair here and the Ypsilanti Shadow Art Fair here.