Title: Tight Knit: an indie event
Description: Nov. 28th 5-9pm & 29th 10am-5pm. Open to the public. Tight Knit is an indie event for artists and artisans working in all mediums: Fine art, Zines and all manner of Craft! An event to showcase jewelry, clothing, housewares, embroidery, canvas work, collage, sculpture, cartoonists, and every other kind of "handmade" good by independent artists . Born of the minds of Rachel Wrightson Naylor (TNO Vacant Storefront Artist Project/ How to Rebuild Zine) and Zhenelle Falk (Born Ready Zine/ Destroy, New York) in the dwindling hours of summer, 2008, this event is part of a movement. With a focus on community and an emphasis on the do-it-yourself ideals of so many inspiring and creative people throughout the Northeast, Tight Knit seeks to support and encourage the work of local artists and businesses by offering a forum for the exchange, education, and appreciation of handmade, "heartmade" wares. Tight Knit will be a bi-annual event, presented in the Winter and Summer seasons in the city of Troy, New York . The inaugural event will kick off Friday, November 28, 2008 in conjunction with Troy Night Out, and continue Saturday, November 29, 2008 in parallel with the Troy Farmer's Market. Coinciding with "Black Friday", one of the busiest shopping days of the year in the U.S., Tight Knit's first venture seeks to motivate local consumers to reconsider their big box store purchases, and buy local, handmade goods from the many talented artists and vendors working in the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, Berkshires, and Southern Vermont. Our mission is to organize and motivate local artists, of all kinds, to share their perspectives, knowledge and creativity with others. For this reason, we are working diligently to keep the cost of tabling at the event as low as reasonably possible. We want Tight Knit to embody the spirit of its name: tight-knit adj 1: Closely and firmly integrated. 2: Formed or united into a whole. www.tightknit.org
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