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NEWS & EVENTS
Best of Michigan Artists Book! Julie has won first place in Jewelry, a featured spot in the BEST OF MICHIGAN ARTISTS and is also featured in BEST OF AMERICA ARTISTS & ARTISANS JURIED BOOK SERIES by Kennedy Promotions.
The books are available now!
http://www.bestofartists.com/index.html
STUDIO JSD Julie Sanford Designs has a new studio!
Studio JSD is located at 1101 Columbus in Grand Haven, right across the street from the Grand Haven Area Arts Council, in the back of the Grand Haven Ear and Hearing building. Use the entrance on Ferry Street.
Studio JSD is the primary production location for Julie Sanford Designs as well as a full jewelry fabrication workshop/classroom facility.
Hours by appointment
Customized classes for groups of 4 or more.
Call or email for more information.
8/13/2008 - FALL CLASSES Studio JSD Fall Class Schedule 2008 1101 Columbus Grand Haven, MI 616-638-0518
NEW CLASS ADDED!
BEGINNING and INTERMEDIATE METALSMITHING (5 weeks) Level: Beginner Class fee including materials 95.00
This five-week class is designed for all skill levels from beginning to advanced. By combining these skill levels students will gain a larger scope of jewelry making processes with an emphasis on beginning techniques.
▪Beginning students will be introduced to basic jewelry fabrication techniques and will be encouraged to combine these skills in the creation of unique pieces of art.
▪Intermediate students will have the opportunity to explore the many creative possibilities this medium has to offer as they refine their metalsmithing skills in an open studio format.
NEW CLASS starting Novemer 25 call now to register!
Tuesdays 6:00-8:00pm starting November 25th, 2008
Custom classes can easily be arranged for groups of 4 or more. Subjects include metal clay, jewelry assembly, fused glass and metal fabrication.
Private studio lessons also available.
To sign up for a class or for more information call 616-638-0518
ART SHOWS - Show dates are now being added for the 2009 schedule. Check back often for updates!
KIA-KALAMAZOO - June 6, 2009 Celebrate the opening of the summer season with the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Each year, on the first Saturday in June, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts presents the KIA Art Fair in downtown Bronson Park, the second oldest continuously running art fair in the nation.
The 2009 KIA Art Fair will take place Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine).
PENTWATER - July 12, 2008 So glad the weather cleared. Thanks for coming!
GRAND RAPIDS-Reeds Lake Art Festival - June 21, 2008 Another great show. See you next year!
ANN ARBOR ART FAIR! - July 15-18, 2009 State Street Art Fair-Ann Arbor, Michigan
July 15-18, 2009
The State Street Art Fair is a nationally recognized and award-winning art fair that combines the talents of hundreds of artists with a host of merchant displays along the streets of vibrant sections of Ann Arbor's campus area.
**I will be set up on Liberty Street between State and Maynard.
Hope to see you there!
GRAND HAVEN - June 28-29, 2008 Thanks to all who stopped to say hi. It was so nice to do a local show.
SAUGATUCK - July 26, 2008 The Saugatuck Douglas Art Club Village Square Art and Fine Craft Show
Downtown Saugatuck, Michigan
Saturday July 26 10:00-5:00
Art and Apples Festival - September 5-7, 2008 Rochester, Michigan
• The Art & Apples Festival is a juried festival of fine art and fine crafts, featuring over 250 top quality, national exhibitors, and an estimated attendance of more than 100,000. • Art & Apples, now in its 44th year, “ranks among the best art fairs in the U.S.,” according to Sunshine Artist magazine. • The Festival is held annually on the weekend following Labor Day in Rochester’s 30-acre Park. • Proceeds benefit the non-profit Paint Creek Center for the Arts located in Downtown Rochester.
Flint Institute of Arts - November 1-2 Save the date!
Founders Society and the Flint Institute of Arts is pleased to announce the
3rd Annual First Frost Art & Fine Crafts Fair
November 1 - 2, 2008 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 11-4
This fine arts festival is sure to impress the most discriminating shopper. Artists are hand selected for quality and uniqueness of merchandise including items made from glass, wood, metal, clay and more. Gift-wrapping, light fare and other holiday items offered.
Hoeksema Architects is a design studio, originated by Heather Hoeksema, committted to producing quality work that shapes places for tactile human experience.
