MAKESTREAM Day (UPSTATE)
SOLA Market is building a solidarity economy and circularity in the spirit of art's ability to preserve culture, sustain ourselves, and provide new paths for skill and innovation. We bring you MAKESTREAM, an art market built for the global majority by the global majority, starting with two dedicated MAKESTREAM days across New York State this summer. This Black August join us for MAKESTREAM Day UPSTATE in partnership with Upstate of Color!
Central to Makestream is the opportunity for artists and attendees to buy, sell, trade, and barter for art materials, gear, and equipment with a focus on what drives craft and creative innovation. We welcome vendors to sell finished art, offer micro workshops in the spirit of creative reuse, and contribute activations or demonstrations that explore creative curiosity and multi-disciplinary emergence. We ask for a flat $45 Vendor fee to vend as an individual and $75 as an organization.
We invite all attendees to bring pre-loved art, materials, gear, and equipment for a Makestream Creative Reuse cafe starting at 1 p.m. with complimentary coffee, cocktails, and mocktails while supplies last. Meet new artists and chat material, process, creative tips, while putting your bartering skills to use by finding the perfect trade, swap, and deal on art materials, gear, and equipment.
If you are hoping to vend during a MAKESTREAM Day, please fill out this form, and we will follow up shortly. Space is limited, and vending is open to all with priority to members of the Global Majority (Black, Latine, AAPI, SWANA, Indigenous):
Join our MAKESTREAM Whatsapp group by filling out this form for verification: https://solamarket.notion.site/3734c2a0772580dcb4ecd23ab5943f1b?pvs=105
MAKESTREAM DAY
12 PM—MARKET OPENS
MAKESTREAM Day is the opportunity for artists and attendees to buy, sell, trade, and barter for art materials, gear, and equipment with a focus on what drives craft and creative innovation. Vendors sell finished art in the spirit of creative reuse, and contribute activations or demonstrations that explore creative curiosity and multi-disciplinary emergence. $45 Vendor fee as an individual and $75 as an organization.
1 PM—FLOWW HOURS
We invite all attendees to bring day of pre-loved art, materials, gear, and equipment for MAKESTREAM’s floww hours starting at 1 p.m. Plus, we will be handing out complimentary coffee, cocktails, and mocktails! Meet new artists and chat about material, process, and creative tips, while putting your bartering skills to good use by finding the perfect trade, swap, and deal on art materials, gear, and equipment.
4:30 PM—BUILDING A MAKESTREAM
Join for closing words from founder Oluwakemi Oritsejafor about SOLA Market and now building MAKESTREAM, a cooperative creative reuse center + alternative art school. Have a chance to ask questions and share feedback on the day, and how you would like to be involved in building the MAKESTREAM cooperative.