Hazel Park Art Fair funding

The Hazel Park Art Fair (HPAF) is a local, community focused, volunteer run event based on the principle that there is no dividing line between suburb and city; that city and suburb are intertwined and impact eachother’s outcome; they are interconnected. It is the mission of the HPAF to affecting substantial change through education and promoting art which, through its very nature of creativity, leads to new ideas which will stabilize not just the city this event is held in, but the region as a whole. Artists are known to revitalize communties through innovation, problem solving, and ultimately economic growth through the creation of new technologies and jobs, which have the potential to stabilize Detroit and its surroundings. With last year's budget of only $4,412.58, The Hazel Park Art Fair has funded both community education via college scholarships while continuing to offer low booth fees to artists so that they may continue to focus on art, which lets you, through your support, to continue our mission of sending someone to college and changing lives for the better while improving our communities.