by Martha Beau | Aug 13, 2016
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...
by Martha Beau | Aug 11, 2016
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...
by Martha Beau | Jul 28, 2016
VAM member Carolyn Favor Kibbe’s painting “Sunday Gig” has been accepted into the 81st Annual National Juried Show at the Cooperstown Art Association in Cooperstown NY. The exhibition opens July 15 and runs through August 19. The painting, 70 x...
by Martha Beau | Jul 20, 2016
Mary Lou Strode, a member of Valley Artisans Market since 1981, is a painter from Argyle, New York. Here is her journey in art in her own words. The painting shown is titled, Snowmobile Trail. In the Beginning I Drew “My earliest memory of drawing was sitting on...
by Martha Beau | Jul 18, 2016
Handmade paper artist Martha Starke doesn’t paint on paper. She creates the paper as she paints. Using recycled paper that is blended with water to make a pulp, she thins the consistency of the paper pulp until she is able to spread it onto a screen. The water...
