From Conflict to Collaboration

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Seeing the art fair directors together is like watching The View: high energy, laughter, and frequent nodding of heads as the women finish each other's sentences. They work from an agenda, but the conversation is free-flowing as they bounce ideas off one another.

While it's encouraging to see all this upbeat collaboration and agreement, only time will tell how long the four art fairs can continue to play well together. As residents know, that distinctive Ann Arbor ambience typically includes an element of conflict and rivalry.   

[Originally published in July, 2010.]