east lansing art fair 2015 photo album upload version

East Lansing Art Fair 2015

A Photo-Collage of a Fun Weekend in East Lansing, Michigan

by Howard T. Spence

5/17/2015 Howard T. Spence, Spence and Associates Consultants - Black-Gold Associates, LLC 1

Another Beautiful Day in East Lansing and On the Michigan State University Campus!

• We are so blessed here in the Greater Lansing area with some of the best possible venues for the arts of all kinds here in East Lansing and at Michigan State University! The Wharton Center is a World Class Entertainment Destination… Spartan Stadium and the BreslinCenter show us many exciting and stimulating things every week… The Broad Museum for the Arts is a Unique addition to our lives…

5/17/2015Howard T. Spence, Spence and Associates Consultants - Black-

Gold Associates, LLC2

East Lansing Art Fair 2015On Sunday, May 17, I took a few hours to visit the 2015 edition of the East Lansing Art Fair in the city of East Lansing. Because the event was so well attended and there were so many exhibitors, the actual fair and celebration has spilled across the street from East Lansing onto the MSU campus along Grand River Avenue too!

The weather was great this year, the crowds were happy and enjoying the many unusual and beautiful paintings, sculptures, jewelry designs, and music – stimulating to the senses in every way.

If you did not get a chance to visit the Art Fair this year, take a tour of this picture collage I took of exhibitors, musicians, dogs, Spartans, Jesus freaks, and lovers who did have an opportunity to get away to East Lansing and let their spirits and imaginations soar…





East Lansing Art Festival 2015 Website – www.elartfest.com/#intro



East Lansing Art Festival 2015 Website – www.elartfest.com/performers/#performers-information

You Encountered Happy People from the Moment You Exited the MSU Parking Garage on Grand River Avenue!



MSU Offers its Own Beauty and Art Year Round, and Enhances the Beauty of the Art Fair Exhibits!



Artists from Around the Country Come to the East Lansing Art Fair and their Works and Ideas Will Certainly Surprise and

Fascinate You!



Everyone is Looking for Something Very Special for that Very Special Person!



Wouldn’t One of These Look Great on that Empty Wall at Home?



MSU and East Lansing are Sooo Beautiful in the Spring and Summer!



God Spent Millions of Years Forming These Crystals So That A Patient Artist Could Transform Them Into Works of Unbelievable Beauty!



Color Everywhere… One of Them Must Be Your Size!



Go Ahead and Get One… It is So YOU!



How Did This Artist Know What You Wanted and Had Been Looking For So Long?



Yes, Believe There is GOOD in the World!



You ARE a Winner too!



Lots of Dogs Out and About Enjoying the Weather and Friendly People… I Should Have Brought Nefertiti!



I am Not Sure What It Is… But It Looks Really Good and You Need at Least Two!



You’d Rather Have an Ice Cream Bar Than a Painting of Snoopy?



There’s Got to Be Something Here That YOU Really, Really Need…



Now Where Did Mom Go!! We Can’t Afford That! Put it Back! <Grin>



Lots to Look at For Sure…



Ahem! You Should Be In a Painting!



Yes, I am Linda… Are Your Ears Pierced or Not?



I Wonder What They Hid Down Here…



Woah!! <grin> I Saw That From Down the Street!



Boy, These Artists Are Really Cleaning Up Here in East Lansing Today!



Hot Dog It… But No Submarine Sandwich Artists to Be Found…



Aww… Is She for Sale Too? <grin>



What an Appropriate Place to Plant a Flower…



I Love Glass… Who Said Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend?



Wow… We Sold Out! Nothing Left for the Ann Arbor Fair Later this Summer!



Hey, Let’s Cross Grand River and See What is Over There in the Main Part of the Fair in East Lansing!



Good Thing Most of the Students Are Gone… We’d Never Find a Parking Place!



Welcome to the Art Ghetto… <grin>



Good Thing the Road Repair Ballot Proposal Did Not Pass… Now We Have Money to Buy What We Really Want!



Maybe We Could Afford One After We Refinance Our Student Loans…



Art in East Lansing is a Natural …



Yes, We Are As Diverse in Our Art As the MSU Student Population…



Yeah, I Think I Would Like a Cold One, Too…



Yes, I Spent A Long Time Getting That Painting “Just Right!”



I Like What I Saw in the Mirror Best… <grin>



The Roads Are in Much Better Shape In The Water Colors Section…



Tuition Ain’t Cheap… You Need a Little Music In Your Life!



Dad, Did You See the Renoir That Woman Had Painted??



Pray for No Rain, and No Wind Storms, And No Wolverines With Buckets of Blue Paint!



What Do You Mean, If I Loved You I Would Buy You One??



You May Have a Good Point There…



I Know My Stuff is Very Good… Better Get One to Show Your Friends…



Just Walk on By… Who’s the Guy With the Camera?



There Must Be Something Pretty Good in Here… Right?



Fun, Music, A Chair to Sit In!



Liquor!! <grin> And No Line of Students!



Spartan Stadium Isn’t the Only Place Around Here With Skybox Seating!



Hope That is PhotoShop and Not Rain… <grin>



I Love It When People Are Out Walking The Streets… Or Sitting…



I Want to Take a Picture, Too!



Music, Music… Actually Kind of Good, But Let’s “Gong” Them Anyways…



She Is Still Not For Sale, Sorry… <grin>



Neither is Mine! <grin>



Emerging Artists? Emerging From Where??



What Was I Thinking?? <grin>



Next Act Coming, When?



No Fire Hydrant Anywhere!



Sorry, All Sold Out… But You Can Become a Subscribing Member of WKAR If YOU Have a Visa Card with You…



Yes, the Art IS Very Fine…



We Are Emerging… Better Get It While You Can Afford It!



No, I Do NOT Want to See Your Etchings! <Grin>



What It Is?? Something No One Else Has Thought Of, and YOU Do Need It In Your Home Now!



You Said How Much? LOL



Of Course You Will Get Me At Least One…Rub My Palm With Green Paper…



Now This is Kind of Nice…



Lovely!! Can I Get the Blue One in Gold?



Uh Oh… Do You Think Fido Will Keep Us Safe?



Oh, She It…



God Says? At the Art Festival? It Must Be For Extra Credit?



I Guess They Gave Up On Ann Arbor… <grin>



What a Strange Place to Find Cuckoo Clocks!



Can We Take Pictures of Pictures Here?



Can I Help You With Something, Luv?



There Must Be Something Here that Is Really YOU! Let Me See…



Hmmm… Maybe Not…



Now this is special…



I’m Not Sure That is For Sale…



It Takes Real Talent to Get This Effect…If I Told You How I Did It, I Would Have to Kill You…



We Got An Answer For Those Repenters Over There… Bring It On!! <grin>



Yeah, We Even Have a Collection Plate Too!



I’m Not Easily Impressed… But…



Kids and Dogs? It MUST Be East Lansing… <grin>



I Want a Copper Painting… But I Will Settle For a Gold One…



I Think Maybe They Sell Medibles There? Didn’t They Just Legalize That In East Lansing?



Where’s Anita???



Must Be a Frustrated Math Major Who Tried Horticulture Before Turning to Art…



These Paintings Match Her Hair… Do We Have a Senior Citizen Discount?



You Know You Like It… But It Ain’t Cheap!



It’s Really Pretty Today… But Give Me a Break!



Is This One For Sale Too?



We Found Civilization and Better Music Too!



Please Don’t Climb Up On This Stage…



Wait a Minute… John Didn’t Play Clarinet, Ringo!



Best Use Ever Made of East Lansing City Hall…



Thank You Very Much… Where Is That Hot Dog Guy?



Here He Comes…



I Can See MSU Shadows. Can You See the Red Cedar River?



This Is Just Like a Walk In the Park!



Welcome to the Enchanted Forest… Did You Ride Uber Here?



I Design It… YOU Wear It!



I Think We Need More Information About That…



Yes, Even More Unique Than You Could Guess!



This Used to Be A Post Office… Then a Fish Fry Joint… Now Mayor Triplett Hangs Out Here!



No, I Don’t Think Any of Us Miss Those Students!



What’s a Guy With a Skirt and a Pug Doing At the Art Fair?



Batik! Batik! I Thought This Up By Myself!



Yes, Howard Likes These Sun Catchers… Sparkle!!



I’m Patricia… Welcome to My Part of the Enchanted Art Forest!



Yep… That’s the East Lansing Jail There.



No Howard… You Are Not the Mayor of East Lansing…



Beautiful… We Take Carte Blanche and Diners Club and Capitol One Visa! What’s In YOUR Wallet?



You Can Grow and Smoke Trees Now In East Lansing!



Just Call Me Chris. I Came A Long Ways to Find a Customer Like YOU! ;-)



No, That Sculpture is Not For Sale. It Belongs to the City of East Lansing and Is Paid For Already!



I Think The City Should Sell It Before They Raise My Property Taxes Again…



What It Is? At Least Alive!



You Sinners Are Going to Hell For Buying This Crap!!



Do You Really Think We Are Going to Hell, Dear?



Those Johnies Actually Do Smell Like Hell…



So Kewl… Now This is What I Call Art! <grin>



I Think I Really Like the Black Leather One…



I Wonder What Those “Repenters” Say About This!



I Am Not Quite Sure Where You Can Buy Dixie Beer Here In East Lansing…



No, We Would Not Buy That Either…



Oh My!!



Jump, Jump! That Reminds Me. Aren’t the Spartans Hosting the Big 10 Track

Championships Across the Street Now?



Yes, I Am My Own Masterpiece!



What Do You Mean? Nothing Is Wrong With My Hair!!



Yum!



I Told You My Name Is Amy! You Need One of These, and Maybe A Tiara Too!



What a Choice! An Ice Cold Melting Moments Ice Cream Sandwich, Or One of Amy’s Tiaras!



Which Way To Ann Arbor or Delta Township?



Where Do They Burn Those Couches??



See Mom, I Do Look Both Ways Before We Cross the Street!



Beautiful! Sometimes People You Love Will Leave You –Half Way Into the Woods!



Break Right Through, For MSU! Spartans Will!



Run, Run!!



Look at All the Parking Spaces Out of Commission! There’s Going to Be a Tuition Increase For Sure!



No, We Don’t Know Where You Can Find a Dixie Beer!



Yeah, It Was My Idea… My Mom Says I am a Genius and a Prodigy!



That Jewelry Says Made In China… But Everyone Wants Some.



When Will This End? The Art Seems to Go On and On!



Where Is My Car??



Even Superman Dropped In To Take a Look!



I Love Lansing. I Love MSU. I Love Love, and Spartans!



Sorry You Missed This Year’s East Lansing Art Fair!

I hope You can make it next year. It was great fun, and a wonderful way to spend a late spring weekend before Fathers’ Day.

Spartans Will… Will You?

Photos taken by Howard T. Spence

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