December Artist Markets!!

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...




Saturday, December 4 & Sunday, December 5:

   

   

  

Sunday, December 5:

Saturday, December 11:

West Asheville Open Studio Sale

Saturday, December 18:

A new season of Market fun!

Spring is peeking out this week in Asheville, and we're shaking off the winter hibernation and getting ready for a new season of live Markets!

Asheville Street Markets will soon begin highlighting the full range of Artist Markets in the area, so if you've got one you'd like to see highlighted, send some information to 'info' at 'crazygreenstudios.com'.

This weekend, we see the return of the 2nd Saturday Artist Market.  This year, the Market moves inside to a hip new location in The Rocket Club,

and in addition to the great arty and crafty vendors, there will now be food!  March will welcome Suzy Phillips of the soon-to-be-opened-west-asheville-can't-live-without-it Zeytoon.  The Community Booth also returns, hosting Homeward Bound.  And at the vendor tables, you'll find ceramics, accessories, glass, encaustics, toys, jewelry, felted wonders and more!

And right across the street, be sure to check out big fun at Asheville BookWorks as they welcome Drive-By Press from 1-5pm. Drive-By Press is a collaborative print and fashion experience specializing in limited edition apparel. Artists Gregory Nanney and Steven Prohira will be rolling through Ashville North Carolina to print outside at the on (((Dates snd time???.))) Come check out their custom, hand-cut woodblocks. 

You select the design and placement on the shirt and its inked and printed to your specifications from their mobile printing press! Come see their collection of over 1000 prints gathered from across the country from hundreds of artists from coast to coast!!!

And...if you're an arty crafter or a crafty artist, The Big Crafty is taking applications for the July event.  You can link to the application from their homepage, or right HERE! 

2nd Saturday Artist Market has a new home!!

2nd Saturday Artist Market The Rocket Cluib

  
The 2nd Saturday Artist Market returns for a second season with a new sponsor and a new home!

Crazy Green Studios welcomes The Rocket Club as event sponsor and also event host.  The Market will take place inside The Rocket Club on the 2nd Saturday of each month from March through December, from 11:00am - 5:00pm.

Vendors will have space for a 6' table and chairs or like-sized display, and in addition to the great art and craft vendors, we are pleased to add some of our areas great independent food vendors to the Market.  March will feature delicious treats from the soon-to-be-opened Zeytoon.

Returning to the monthly Market is the Community Booth. Each month we will host a local organization to support their efforts, help recruit volunteers and advertise events. In addition to the monthly featured organization, each month we will collect canned food and other non-perishables for MANNA FoodBank.

Any artists interested in vending, as well as culinary magicians and community organizations interested in using the Community Booth, can find all information at the blog site or email Lori at 'info' at 'crazygreenstudios.com'.

2nd Saturday Artist Market this weekend!

It's that time! If you're in the east-West Asheville area on Saturday, be sure to visit the 2nd Saturday Artist Market on Domino Lane, and stroll over through Christopher's Garden and see what delights await you there!

In addition to the participating artists and craftspeople, both anchor studios will be open. At Crazy Green Studios, I'll have a table of 'clearance' items that really want to find a home, and next door at Mimi Strang Design, Mimi is also clearing inventory to make room for her new work, so you'll find deals on the decorative and functional treasures you've been waiting for!

And in the Community Booth, you'll find information on many upcoming community events, cards for other local merchants and as always, you'll have the opportunity to drop off canned food and other non-perishables for MANNA FoodBank. You'll also be able to purchase bowls that will support Imagine Render's 'Empty Bowls Project', which also benefits MANNA FoodBank.

Click the image above to visit the Artist Market blog for profiles on our vendors, and you can find your way here with the maps to the right (also available at the Market blog!).

2nd Saturday Artist Market kicks off MANNAfest!

2nd Saturday Artist Market is back on July 11, and in addition to new and returning artists and craftspeople, and our Community Booth guests Koinonia, we are proud to partner with MANNA FoodBank as an Ambassador to help collect food in East West Asheville for MANNA FoodBank's MANNAfest: Neighborhood Food Drive.

Last fall, in the wake of increasing demand for emergency food assistance and decreasing food supplies, MANNA started a quarterly food drive program (MANNAfest) to help stock their shelves. They are teaming up with high school students in the fall, workplaces in the winter, faith groups in the spring and neighborhoods (that's us!) in the summer. I hope you'll consider helping support this drive by donating food.

Crazy Green Studios will be kicking off the drive at tomorrow's 2nd Saturday Artist Market and continuing to receive donations at the studio. We will then deliver our collections to MANNA, where it will be weighed, processed and provided to the agencies with whom MANNA partners.

If you'd like to bring donations to Crazy Green Studios, here's a list of the top ten most needed items:

1. canned meat (spam, ham, chicken)
2. tuna
3. peanut butter (plastic jars only please)
4. canned vegetables
5. canned/dried fruit
6. meal-in-a-can (beef stew, chili, etc.)
7. canned soup
8. dried/canned beans
9. boxed macaroni & cheese or other dinners
10. health & cleaning aids (soap, toothpaste, shampoo, detergent)

July 11 & 12: Big Market Days in Asheville!!

It's going to be another great weekend of fabulous treasures and hand-crafted creations in Asheville! Here are the offerings for the weekend of July 11-12:


Saturday, July 11:

2nd Saturday Artist Market in East West Asheville, 12-4pm: This month we have returning vendors and some new, including clothing, ceramics, jewelry, fused glass, metal and mixed media, soy candles and more! Koinonia will be the guests in the Community Booth, and you can drop off canned food and non-perishables for the MANNA FoodBank Neighborhood Food Drive, as well as purchase ceramic bowls to benefit MANNA, at the Crazy Green Studios' booth. Click the image above for more details.


Sunday, July 12:

The Big Crafty is BACK!! 12-6pm. In the heart of downtown at Pack Square: 100 indie crafters, music, food and drink. Shop Asheville. Shop Handmade. Shop Fun!! Click on the image for more info and a list of all the crafters.

The People's Market, 11am-4pm: A weekly gathering of re-cycled, re-used items, local economy support, treasure, handcrafts, homemades, fine art, Sunday social mingling in the sunshine, AND its all for a good cause! All profits from the rental of vendor spaces will be donated to help support the work of the American Rainbow Rapid Response. And you guessed it, click on the image above for more details!!

2nd Saturday Artist Market: June 13!!

What to do this Saturday...what to do....hmmmm....HERE'S an idea:

Start your Saturday morning at Short Street Cakes - grab a mini cup cake, or a half dozen full sizers, or even a cake or two! Note the location so you can go back next weekend for the Howard Street Handmade market. And pick up a couple of extras...bring a mini vegan to the Crazy Green Studios booth and trade it in for a free gift.

Follow Haywood around the corner and come up the street, passing Steebo Designs - go check out his garden and if the studio is open, pop in and see what's in the works!

A bit further up the street you'll find Izzy's Coffee Den - yes, it's time for a coffee break, and if you're feeling a bit peckish, perhaps a snack!

At the end of the block, take a right in front of the Rocket Club (by the way, the Funk Messengers and Melodius Culture are playing later in the evening), and walk a short block to Christopher's Garden - see the '2nd Saturday Artists Markets' sign? Go into the garden, and you'll find some very arty and crafty vendors, including the runny bunny, and next to the garden you'll find Christopher himself, with his fine work!

Leave the garden on the Westwood Avenue side, and cross the street and follow Domino Lane a short way into the 2nd Saturday Artist Market - you'll see more signs and the tents, can't miss it!

Here you'll find ceramics, jewelry, clothing, paintings, soy candles, soaps, felted treasures and more!! Spend some time, get to know the people who make these fine works, shop ahead for Father's Day, pick up a little bauble for yourself! Say hi to the folks from Mountin' Hopes in the Community Booth. Bring some canned food for MANNA FoodBank, and help decorate a bowl for Empty Bowls! And don't forget to drop off that vegan cupcake at the Crazy Green booth!

Wait, you're not done! Take the stairs up to Haywood, and check out Harvest Records, Custom Boutique and Touch of Glass, then wander across the street and see what's going on at Blue BarnHouse, Krug Creative and BookWorks.

By now, if you're getting hungry again, The Admiral should just be opening for dinner or a frosty beverage, or perhaps you'd like to get a head start on the suggested Sunday agenda and head back down Haywood, over the bridge and into the River Arts District for the Studio Stroll!

Check out the 2nd Saturday blog this week to learn more about participating artists and the Community Booth, and then come out on Saturday and join the fun!

2nd Saturday Artist Market is expanding!!

The next 2nd Saturday Artist Market is June 13, which if you've been paying attention you'll know is the same weekend as Studio Stroll in the neighboring River Arts District. In anticipation of great crowds all over the area, we're expanding the 2nd Saturday Artist Market in several ways:

* 10x10 tented booth fees are now just $30: 2 artists may share a space, but at least one of you needs to have the tent

* un-tented 'table' space is now available: as long as the sun is shining, we'll try to make room for everyone we can, so if you've been interested in applying to the Market but daunted by lack of tent, fear not! For the June Market, you need only have a table, and like the booth spaces, two artists may share a 6' table. Table space is $20. If it goes well in June, we may keep doing it throughout the season.

We'll be keeping the application process open until we just can't fit in any more vendors, and once you've been juried in, you may simply submit your request to participate in future Markets.

Go to the event blog for Market applications - the table space feature is brand new, so if you don't see it on the application form, just write it in. And if you have any questions, email 'info' at 'crazygreenstudios.com'.

And if you're not vending in one of these great Markets - get out and visit them all! You'll be surprised and thrilled to discover the range of products and resources available right here in Asheville, produced by your very own neighbors!

2nd Saturday Artist Market - June 13 Market has space!

Artists, Craftspeople, Musicians - booth spaces are still available for the June 13 Market. Our June Market coincides with Studio Stroll, which is just across the river, so we're pitching our tents, planting our flags and inviting everyone to extend the party into East West Asheville!

10x10 Booth space is $30, and two vendors can share a booth. One of you needs to have a tent, however, so we can all be safe from sun or rain. Click on the image above or on the sidebar and go to the blog site for applications and other event information.

Mountin' Hopes will be our guests in the Community Booth in June, but there are other months available. If you have or know of a community organization who would benefit from being at the Market, this booth is donated for their use and they only need contact Lori 'at' crazygreenstudios.com to get on the schedule.