There's a Giant Egg in a Downtown Rochester Window

Haig’s of Rochester Fine Jewelry & Objects of Art in downtown Rochester is one of five Detroit-area businesses selected to participate in the Community Fabergé Chalk Art Project offered by the Detroit Institute of Arts.

As part of the project, Haig's will display a large chalk drawing of an Imperial-style egg in its window. 

The local art initiative includes lectures, family programs, films and musical performances that coincide with DIA’s exhibition, Fabergé: The Rise and Fall: The Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibit is on display through Jan. 21.

Chalk artist Greg Oberle designed five large-scale chalk drawings of eggs to be on display in the windows of five metro-Detroit area businesses, including Haig's. The theme of the Haig's egg is "mining."

Other participating locations include:

• Partridge Creek Mall (empty storefront next to Gap), 17420 Hall Road, Charter Township of Clinton
• River’s Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Avenue, Wyandotte
• Storefront at 241 W. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale
• Fifth location is TBD

Each egg is drawn to appear three-dimensional on free-standing chalk boards; they each illustrate a different facet of Michigan’s history and economy during the time when the House of Fabergé was at the height of its success, according to a news release from Haig's. 

The DIA’s exhibit traces the career of Karl Fabergé (1846-1920) – his rise to fame, business savvy, artistic innovations and relationship with the Russian aristocracy up until 1918, according to the news release.

For more information about the exhibition and to purchase tickets, visit http://bit.ly/DIAfaberge.