candgnews.com AUGUST 28, 2024 Vol. 43, No. 18
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SEPTEMBER TO BRING AN ART TAKEOVER OF THE VILLAGE BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
CITY — Village visitors will be able to “fall” for art this September, as autumn starts on a bright note in the Grosse Pointe City business district. Art Takeover will return for its second year, bringing original works to participating businesses. From Sept. 5 to 30, about 84 local artists will be showing their work at 35 Village stores and restaurants. Some artworks will be outside. “We are really excited about the event,” said Art Takeover organizer Michelle Boggess-Nunley, owner of Posterity Art & Framing Gallery in The Village. “This year is even bigger and better. The goal is to create an
ABOVE: Miguel Yeoman, of Eastpointe, is an acrylic painter who will have work in Art Takeover this year. LEFT: Jason Nuttall, of Bay City, is one of the Michigan artists chosen for Art Takeover.
Photos provided by Michelle Boggess-Nunley
See ART TAKEOVER on page 11A
PUBLIC ART COMES FULL CIRCLE THIS SUMMER IN THE POINTES BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
GROSSE POINTES — Visitors to and residents of the Grosse Pointes this summer have been able to go on a global excursion without ever leaving the east side. The Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce enlisted local artists to decorate sphere-shaped sculptures, which have been placed in front of participating businesses, schools and
the like. The spheres, which will be auctioned off during an event Sept. 18 at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms, are being used to raise money for the GPCC’s nonprofit arm, the Grosse Pointe Chamber Foundation. There are 31 total spheres — 17 at businesses and ildings. 14 at Grosse Pointe Public School System buildings. They’ll remain on view at those sites until Sept. 17, after See SPHERES on page 8A
Lena Duffy painted a koi pond design on her sphere for Lifetime Orthodontics in Grosse Pointe Woods. Photo provided by the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce
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