50th Island Art Fair-Grand Ledge

Ledge Craft Lane, a non-profit 501c4, has sponsored the Island Art Fair for 49 years.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary we are looking for donors to sponsor the event this year with a $50.00 donation. As a sponsor, your name will be added to the sponsor banner that will be displayed at the entrance to the island on the day of the event.

In 1973, Marilyn Smith and her friends started the 1st art fair on the island. It was so successful they decided to open Ledge Craft Lane, a brick-and-mortar store, to sell handcrafted art all year long and to hold art classes for the community. In the fall of 1973, they rented the original firehouse in town from the city of Grand Ledge and started renovations. On July 10th, 1974 the store had its Grand Opening event.

In 2018 the city sold the building to the non-profit Ledge Craft Lane. The store will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on July 10th, 2024, and to this day is still run strictly by volunteers, still sells art from over 50 Michigan artists and still has weekly art classes.

Help your local Grand Ledge non-profit art store recover financially from the pandemic by sponsoring us today!

We are looking to pay for Kubotas, entertainers, shuttles, port-a-johns, supplies, printing and so much more.

Please leave any name you want with your donation so we can add you to the banner. Or donate "in the name of" a previous volunteer associated with Ledge Craft Lane or the Island Art Fair.

Thank you to the entire Grand Ledge Community for keeping Michigan's second longest-running mid-Michigan art fair a success. Here's to the next 50 years!