While coming back after the International Art Show in Grand Rapids this past fall, Peggy Roth and her husband Bob started brainstorming ‘why can’t we do this in Clarkston??
‘Then I got a call the next day from Dave Savage saying we should really host an art show,? she said. ‘It was sort of like ‘wow maybe we really should???
The first annual Clarkston Art Show will begin Friday, Dec. 11, 6-9 p.m., with a wine and cheese reception at the Clarkston Mills Mall on Washington Street.
The show continues Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday, 12-4 p.m.
‘We just thought it would be an interesting thing to see what we could come up with. We have a number of different venues. We’re looking to host between 12 and 15 artists,? Roth said. We’re doing as many local artists as we can.?
Also over the weekend Kevin Harrison from KH Homes will run a ‘Trollbeads Trunk Show,? offering promotions, Dec. 10-13.
On Saturday, Union General hosts an author illustrator book reading and signing from 4-5 p.m. Complimentary mini cupcakes and cider will be served.
There will also be the first annual Candy Cane 5k/1 mile at 4 p.m. and the annual Holiday Lights Parade at 6 p.m., including tree lighting ceremony afterwards with Santa in Depot Park.
One of the things the Roths noticed while in Grand Rapids was how people commented how they wouldn’t have ate at certain restaurants or even gone to downtown had it not been for the art show.
‘Not everybody wants to go to the Santa Clause Parade, not everyone wants to be in a run, but a lot people like art,? she said. ‘I think at this point the whole city is offering something to everybody.?
The art show is being put on as a part of the Clarkston Retailer’s Group.
Roth said she hopes to hear comments back from people after the art show as to what they thought about it.