Fourth Ever Townie Street Party!

Come party with the locals to kick off art fair week at the Townie Street Party, on Monday, July 14, 2008, from 5 PM to 9:30 PM, under the big tents on North University between Thayer and Fletcher, adjacent to the University of Michigan’s Ingalls Mall on central campus. It’s a family event, and admission is free.

Free On-Stage Performances:

Brought to you in partnership with

Featuring:

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Mifune
Huron High School Marching Band Drumline

Where We Live: the Ecology of Place

Where We Live: The Ecology of Place is a collaborative community eco-art

project that both honors and raises awareness about Washtenaw County’s

extraordinary ecosystems. In a unique partnership between the Ann Arbor Street

Art Fair, Washtenaw Land Trust, and local environmental artist Leslie Sobel,

aerial photos and maps of Washtenaw County will be collaged with photos,

drawings and stories about the land contributed by the public. Assembly of the

piece will take place on July 14th, at the 4th Ever Townie Street Party, the

kick-off party to the Ann Arbor Art Fairs brought to you by the Street Art

Fair. Everyone is encouraged to help breathe life into this exciting project.

Click HERE to find out how you can help create this project!

Creative Connections

Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Arts Alliance, Creative Connections will make usable art pieces out of your trash and recyclables. Bring in all your "junk" that's smaller than a shoebox and watch it turn into a creative masterpiece!

2nd Ever Juried Kids' Art Fair:
Today's Kids... Tomorrow's Artists

In cooperation with Toyota and the Ann Arbor District Library, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair presents the Kids' Art Fair, giving selected young artists the opportunity to exhibit and sell their artwork at the Townie Street Party just like other Art Fair artists! The Kids' Art Fair encourages talented young artists grades K-8 to continue to make art and to look towards careers in art, as well as encouraging young people to appreciate, buy and collect art.

Come see Tomorrow's Artists at the 4th Ever Townie Street Party, A Kick-Off to the Ann Arbor Art Fairs!

Browse with neighbors, friends, students, and our youngest townies at the Kids’ Art Fair, taking place throughout the party! Since we had such a wealth of talented young artists come to the jurying in early June, this year’s Kids’ Art Fair is in two time blocks, separated by age. Both groups will be exhibiting under the Kids’ Art Fair Tent, located by the fountain. Support tomorrow’s artists today at the Townie Street Party!

See our 4-8 year olds from 5-6:30:

Devyani Agarwal, Age 8, Drawing/Painting

Eden Benson, Age 7, Clay/Drawing/Painting

Shea Burnett, Age 7 ½, Clay/Drawing

Myra Davis, Age 5, Drawing/Painting

Jenna Dekeyzer, Age 8, Painting

Kyle Delhey, Age 7 ½, Drawing/Painting/Clay

Jack DiMarzo, Age 6, Drawing/Painting

Nima Dorje, Age 8, Drawing/Painting

Dawa Dorje, Age 8, Drawing/Painting

Lance Freiman, Age 7, Drawing/Painting

Sydney Friedman, Age 5, Drawing/Painting

Aarush Goel, Age 4, Drawing/Painting

Aashi Goel, Age 5, Painting

Shriya Goel, Age 7, Drawing/Painting/Wood

Megan He, Age 7, Drawing

Kristina Holcombe, Age 6, 2D/Drawing/Painting

Ria Kakade, Age 8, Drawing/Painting

Alex Kulick, Age 7, 2D/Drawing/Painting/Clay

Sujay Kulkarni, Age 7, Clay/Drawing/Painting

Anika Love, Age 8, Drawing/Painting/Sculpture

Carl Macpherson, Age 7, Drawing

Santana Malnaik, Age 5, Drawing/Painting/Jewelry

Shraeya Mithal, Age 7, 2D/Drawing/Painting

Aafaf Moustafa, Age 5, Drawing

Shaaban Moustafa, Age 8, Drawing

Sadhana Ramaseshadri, Age 8, Painting

Natalie Supasinee, Age 5, Drawing/Painting

Leah Webber, Age 8, Clay/Sculpture

Genevieve Williams, Age 8, Painting

See our 8-14 year olds from 7-8:30:

Jacob Adsit, Age 10, Drawing

Michael Adsit, Age 13, Drawing/Painting

Sushrut Athavale, Age 11, Painting

John Baugh, Age 9, Drawing/Painting/2D/3D

Alyssa Blankenship, Age 12, Jewelry/Painting

Kathryn Blankenship, Age 9, Drawing/Painting

Madeleine Bradford, Age 13, 2D

Wiyaka BraveHeart, Age 12, Glass/Painting

Tara Dorje, Age 10, 3D/Drawing/Painting

Morgan Gallimore, Age 8, Drawing/Painting

Sanika Kulkarni, Age 10, Clay/Drawing/Painting

Betsy Mansfield, Age 13, Photography

Gwen McKee, Age 12, Photography

Aimee and Shelby McKenzie, Age 13, Painting/Glass

Claire Pastula, Age 8, Drawing

Emma Pastula, Age 9, 3D/Drawing

Shivani Pawar, Age 11, Drawing

Snow Pedersen, Age 11, Textiles

Olivia Preissle, Age 10, Photography

Liz Rooney, Age 14, Photography

Jane Taylor, Age 9, Drawing/Painting/Sculpture

Ana Trent, Age 9 ¾, Drawing/Painting

Annette Wang, Age 12, Drawing

Bethany Wang, Age 12, Drawing

Clarice Wang, Age 9, Drawing

Chloe Weise, Age 10, Drawing

Wendy Wiland, Age 12, Drawing/Jewelry/Sculpture

Parking

Free parking for "Townies" at bagged meters on Fletcher, State, and Liberty. Paid visitor parking available at UM Thayer and Palmer Parking Decks.

Townie Friends and Partners

Dennis J. Carter	Washtenaw Land Trust
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority	Vicki Honeyman
John Wehr, D.D.S.	Townie Hall and Creative Connection Participants
Boy Scouts Troop #8	Townie Hall Committee
Current	Ann Arbor Street Art Fair Staff and Board of Directors
Sandra Regiani and her Walking Group	DIY Decals + Signs
YMCA Volunteer Corps	Huron Valley Ambulance
Downtown Development Authority	Recycle Ann Arbor
Leslie Sobel	Ecology Center
Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation