New product: bibs

Member Leslie Fuller, a multi-media artist who makes all kinds of quilted items for the Market, has created a new product: bibs. These sweet bibs show her beautiful aesthetic for combining colors, textures and fabrics. Bravo!

Embroiderer Debra-Ann Salat

Recently, VAM member Lise Winne talked to Debra-Ann Salat, another member who is an embroiderer. Here is part of their conversation about Deb’s work: Lise: Looking at your work, there is a theme with hands. What do hands represent to you? Deb: Hands represent life....

Calling all artists

The Small Gallery Committee will be meeting in September to choose artists for gallery shows for 2017. If you are interested in having a solo or group show, please contact Ginny McNeice at (518) 677-3613 for consideration.

Collecting Injustices, Unnecessary Suffering

VAM Member Lise Winne will be included in a book by the Whitney Museum of Art. It coincides with a performance/exhibition organized and headed by Jill Kroesen called “Collecting Injustices, Unnecessary Suffering”, and part of a larger exhibition at the...

Clothing designer Peggy Gray

Member Peggy Gray has been a member of Valley Artisans Market since 2014 where she sells her handmade clothing. Here is her story: Peggy Gray grew up in a family of sewers. Her grandmother, mom and aunts all sewed for as long as she can remember. “They made what were...