This Saturday is the 2nd annual Small Business Saturday. For those of you who don’t find endless ecstasy crawling out of bed during prime R.E.M. hours the day after Thanksgiving and digging through bins of discounted crap while wrestling a woman who smells like a cross between jelly doughnuts, hand sanitizer, and wet angora for the last remote-controlled singing rhinoceros, then this special occasion is for you. Or if do take pleasure in Black Friday, then this is just another delightful shopping experience for you – except this one can really make a difference in your community. One of the busiest shopping weekends of the year is dedicated to supporting small businesses.
The motto of Small Business Saturday is to “shop small.” According to the organizers, for every $100 spent at a local small business, $68 of that is returned to the community. Where do you think the money goes for that manufactured piece of plastic crap that won’t last as long as Kim Kardashian’s marriage?
This is the third year that I have been doing the art markets solo. It’s been an especially busy year and I have been working on a lot of new projects, photos, designs, etc. Because of that, I decided this year to have a sale and make way for all my future projects. I have carefully gone through and pulled almost 1/3 of my stock (this is more difficult than throwing out old t-shirts) and slashed its prices by about 1/3. I am officially “retiring” these items/photographs – once they are gone, they are gone. That is all that will be produced.
As usual, this time of the year, I will also have ornaments. Most will be made from cast acrylic (show up lovely in the lights) with photos in them. I did a new design this year that I will be debuting at this weekend’s art market; it’s smaller and lighter. I will also sell some of my old designs as well as my new “hemp photos.”
My hemp photos are medium-format photographs that have been hand screened onto organic hemp and then framed with wood from local salvage yards.
"Optimism"
Each piece is unique. I am slowly adding more photos that I feel will translate well with this medium, and have a long shot list of other photos I want to create….
So, come out to the ART MARKET this weekend and help support local artists and businesses. It’s Saturday AND Sunday this weekend from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Palmer Park on the corner of S. Carrollton and S. Claiborne Aves in Uptown. Over 200 artists will be showing as well as food vendors, music, and a kid’s table.
Have a great Thanksgiving!