{"id":37691,"date":"2023-08-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=37691"},"modified":"2023-08-21T21:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:57:03","slug":"art-on-the-commons-my-time-at-the-fine-arts-and-crafts-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2023\/08\/22\/art-on-the-commons-my-time-at-the-fine-arts-and-crafts-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Art on the Commons: My Time At The Fine Arts and Crafts Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Aug. 13, 2023, I went to the 35th Art on the Commons Festival in Kettering, hosted by the Rosewood Arts Center.<\/a> The Play Kettering<\/a> website proudly declared \u201cthe festival’s live music, top-notch artists and family friendly interactive elements make Art on the Commons a destination for several thousand art lovers and community members every year.\u201d With a statement like that, it’s easy to see why I and so many others were intrigued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were demonstrations on watercolor painting, wire wrapping, sewing, plein air painting, wheel pottery, figure drawing, and metalsmithing along with local bands playing live music. These artists included Anna Marie, crabswithoutlegs, Jojomber, Kyleen Downes, and Nick Kizirnis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I walked around Art on the Commons while listening to stellar music, making sure to talk to a few artists whose work popped out to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Artists<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Derek Dammann<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Category: Photography and Digital art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: derek_dammann<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derek told me his interest in photography was a \u201cvery convoluted road.\u201d He says he always roamed around the woods as a child, \u201cadmiring the beauty of nature.\u201d He then bought his first camera 20 years ago and started photographing horses. After some years of that, he started photographing his travels around the world. He has now been going to art shows to sell his beautiful prints for the past 10 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shelly Knup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Category: Glass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook: Fused Glass Creations LLC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (937) 545-4904<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: skknupp@ameritech.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelly owns Through the Fire: Fused Glass Creations LLC, which sells her glass wrapped jewelry, glass wall sculptures, and many more.  She said that she has been doing this beautiful artwork for 12 years. She first started because she got a cancer diagnosis, and \u201cmelting and sculpting glass became therapeutic for me.\u201d She also makes glass wall sculptures for Kettering Cancer Care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loretta Wikstrom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Category: Mixed media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Etsy: LorettaWWikstrom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (732) 673-9823<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: lwikstrom@aol.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loretta said she has always been interested in art since a young child: \u201cI\u2019ve been sketching since a child.\u201d She says she even still has her sketchbook from when she was 12 years old. She grew up in a log cabin that her \u201cfather built in the Great Depression.\u201d She then \u201cmoved to a large house on a dairy farm where (she) was exposed to the wonders of nature while herding cattle and sheep.\u201d Her artwork reflets this beauty of nature. She has been exhibiting her beautiful art in juried shows since 1966 and has won numerous awards. Her work consists of varied mixed media, \u201csuch as watercolor, acrylic, inks, colored pencils, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karen Storer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Category: Jewelry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook: Jewelfish Creations<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (614) 517-4839<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: jewelfish@columbus.rr.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Storer is the owner of Jewelfish Creations, where she sells her \u201coriginal handcrafted jewelry.\u201d She describes how she got into this hobby as a \u201ctotal accident that bit me.\u201d She had retired from teaching Liber Arts and started sewing more. On the way to see family one day, she stopped at Michales to grab some crafting supplies: she saw beads, bought some, and never turned back. She has been beading for over 20 years, and selling for 17. She says that once she starts beading, she can feel her whole body just relax: \u201cmy shoulder relax, my breathing slows down, and I just start singing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liz Strutzman<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Category: Fibers and leather<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodsie: vintageliz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: vintageliz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: vintageliz@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liz owns VintageLiz where she sells handcrafted leather accessories. She describes her craft as \u201cbadass style.\u201d She has been in leather crafting work for countless years, making this her full-time job. She travels to Michigan, then Ohio, and then all the way down to Georgia to sell her beautifully handcrafted accessories. I personally bought a bracelet from her booth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those are just a few of the many talented artists at the\u00a0Art on the Commons festival. I felt like a chicken with its head cut off walking around admiring so many talented artworks. There were ceramics, fibers and leather, glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography and digital art, printmaking and works on paper, sculptural, and wood. Make sure to come next year to the Lincoln Park Civic Commons for the 36th<\/sup> Art on the Commons Festival! Admission, as usual, will be free.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kay Tillie Peters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff Writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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