theShadow Art Fair

The Shadow Arts Grant: We have money to give to the arts.

We believe in supporting art in the community, and that’s why in 2008 we started a fund earmarked for arts-related grants. The money raised at the Shadow Art Fair (from the two-cent admission fee, and the special Shadow Brews, for instance) supply the grant fund, then we make it available to local artists to help them with their awesome ideas. For 2009, we had $1000 available. The Dreamland Theater is the recipient for this year’s grant, which will fund their History of Ypsilanti puppet show project. The next round of grant-giving will happen in 2010.

» Read more about the arts grant

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Poster Gallery

We love to incorporate and showcase local artists’ work in our poster designs! So we hold a contest before each Shadow Art Fair and choose a design we feel represents the personality of the event. The winning design is printed on all the promotional posters and t-shirts, and the winning designer receives a $50 prize.

If you are interested in participating in our next poster design contest, please join the mailing list and you will receive a note when we are accepting submissions.

2009 Summer Shadow Art Fair poster by Team A++
2008 Winter Shadow Art Fair poster by Letterform
2008 Summer Shadow Art Fair poster by Ryan Groendyk
2007 Winter Shadow Art Fair poster by Jana Kleineberg
2007 Summer Shadow Art Fair poster by Brian Waline
2006 Winter Shadow Art Fair poster by Linette Lao
2006 Summer Shadow Art Fair poster by Linette Lao