The directors of the Ann Arbor Original Fair, the State Street Fair, and the Summer Art Fair the three fairs that comprise the Ann Arbor Art Fair jointly announce the decision to cancel the 2021 Ann Arbor Art Fair. The three fair directors worked very hard to find a way to make this event happen under the State of Michigan’s pandemic restrictions and have realized that, as the nation’s largest art fair, it would be impossible to move forward with this year’s event.
“We can truthfully say that we tried everything we could to make it work with COVID protocols, but the bottom line is that outdoor gathering restrictions would need to be totally lifted before we could proceed. We hung on to hope that restrictions might change, but we have now run out of time. We all think it is likely that capacity limits will be lifted by July, but there are no guarantees. It would be unfair to ask artists to take that risk.”, said Mo Riley, director of Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, t