Gallette is a jewelry and accessory designer who just graduated from U-M’s Stamps School of Art & Design. They are a form of escape, as well as a reflection of my own worldview and experiences.” Nature Scapes jewelry collection by Sophia Gallette. Creating these landscapes is my way of processing my place in a world that is bigger and more complex than I could ever understand. In an artist statement written as part of Mann’s Writing in Art and Design course, she said, “I am preoccupied with visual dichotomies of order and chaos, rational and irrational, geometric and organic, which are realized as surreal spaces that one could imagine themself inhabiting. Most of the prints she will be selling were created in the classroom from wood blocks, lino prints, etchings and lithographs. In an art fair setting, “not only are you an artist, but you are a business person providing a product for people to buy and you need to engage with customers, which is different from the classroom where we focus on the making of art and our ideas,” Mann said. The AAAF has the New Art, New Artists (NANA) program through which college students receive one-on-one mentoring from staff of the art fair.Īdditionally, the Guild of Artists and Artisans has the Emerging Artists Program, which teaches participants how to apply for art fairs, price their work, select tools/technology necessary for a great display, market their work, prepare for shows of various sizes, and more.įor Emily Mann (Stamps, ’24), Sophia Gallette (Stamps, ’23) and Tyler Dunston (Rackham, ’24) of the University of Michigan, this summer’s fair will be their first time selling their work in the art fair circuit.įor Mann, a printmaker, connecting with four different mentors through the NANA program gave her new insight into the business side of art making. Each summer, a handful of students are selected to present at the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
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