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After a two-year Covid absence, The Art Ambiance Show and Sale is back and we are ready to have a wonderful show! If you are an artist, you are invited to participate. Our fall show, “Fall Festival of the Arts” was a big success and we anticipate this to be our largest show ever! The Art Ambiance Show and Sale is April 29-May 1 and it highlights only the Downriver artists. This is a Juried Fine Art Show & Sale and a nonjuried Miniature Show and Sale. Last year there were more than 150 pieces of original artwork on display. Cash Awards are over $800. The Fine Art section will be juried by a qualified artist who resides outside the Downriver area. This art exhibit show and sale will be held at the beautiful Woodhaven Community Center 23101 Hall Road. There will be a lovely opening reception with light refreshments, entertainment and a short award ceremony. Each artist will be able to submit three fine art entries (160 “ in circumference or less) to be juried and five non-juried miniature pieces of art (24” in circumference or less). Artists 18 years and older, residing in one of the Downriver communities of Allen Park, Belleville, Brownstown Twp., Carleton, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse lle Twp., Huron Twp., Lincoln Park,
Melvindale, New Boston, River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Sumpter Twp., Taylor, Trenton, Van Buren Twp., Woodhaven, and Wyandotte are eligible. The first-place prize is $300, second place is $200, third Place is $100 and Honorable Mention Awards receive $30. The Artists’ Choice Award is $100. The event begins April 29 with a reception from 6-9 p.m. On April 30 and May 1, art is exhibited from noon-5 p.m. each day and there are art demonstrations from
1-4 p.m. each day. Applications and payment methods can be found at the Downriver Arts & Crafts Guild /Creative Art Society Found at our new website creativeartsociety. org. Application fee is $35 for non-members and $25 for members in good standing standing Questions can be answered by Maureen Keast 734-777-6109 (mkeast1@aol.com), or Jackie Walock at 313-570-6919 (walock@sbcglobal.net).
St. James Rummage Sale slated for May 5-7 Ever since 1960, the ECW ladies group at St. James Church has staged a rummage sale that attracts scores of eager buyers from the Island and off-Island. The whole church, except the sanctuary, is converted to a sales area. People with usable discards bring them which are sorted into different rooms such as Christmas items, children’s clothes and toys, books, jewelry, household goods and lots of clothes racks. They even have specialty rooms for antiques and fine clothes such as the French Room. The rummage sale brings out volunteers from the men of the church who drive to pick up heavier items and work outside with furniture, bikes, suitcases and equipment. The ECW ladies are grateful that the whole church gets involved in setting up and cleaning up. They’re always amazed that the Sunday after the Saturday sales, the church is once more back to normal. Although most of the items are reasonably priced, there’s a real deal the last day when you can walk out with everything you can pack in a brown grocery bag for only $2. Those with items to donate should drop them off at the church beginning April 18. Heading this May’s rummage sale are Alice Carrington and Blanche Hutchison with a lot of
The ECW Lades Group of St. James Church help from seasoned rummage sale ladies like Joan Hemsworth and Melva Bonis, president of the ECW.. Proceeds from the sale go to a shelter for kids in Honduras, First Step for abused women and children, Jerusalem Peacekeepers, Capuchin Soup Kitchen,
Cass Community Social Services, and some Episcopal agencies needing funding. After a meeting with the ECW ladies, their final comment was that the rummage sale: “Is a lot of fun and a lot of work!”
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