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Resident Artists and Theater Companies: Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre Some of our friends and colleagues: Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau Ann Arbor Area
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Riverside Arts Center, Spring, 2007, Newsletter CALL FOR ENTRIES: Woodworking Competition and Exhibit “It Grows on Trees” Emerald Ash Borers threaten 700 million ash trees in Michigan. Millions of trees have already been destroyed. The disposal costs to landowners and local communities reach into the millions of dollars. Hundreds of tons of wood are land-filled, chipped, or burned. Can this wood be used for anything? Can artists and craftsmen address environmental concerns? Can woodworkers find value in “junk” wood? This exhibit, scheduled for March 2007, will present creative uses of local and under-valued wood. Materials may include ash trees and other locally-salvaged timber; sticks, branches and sawmill waste; “junk wood” species like mulberry and box-elder, and lumber salvaged from pallets and shipping materials. Works may include furniture, turnings, carving, sculpture, toys, musical instruments, kitchenware, pyrography, and all other woodwork both functional and decorative. Cash prizes will be awarded. Entry information is available at www/riversidearts.org/woodshow.html. The exhibit is being organized by Ypsilanti woodworker Dave Gendler, under a grant from Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation and Development Council. In addtion to the competition, Gendler’s work will also be displayed .
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