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Much love, respect and appreciation to Queen Rae' Frasier / Artmon3y for the dope creation. Queen, you know how to bring a vision to fruition with your skillz.
"I possess the courage to be me. Being myself is a revolutionary act!" ~ Queen DaQuetta
Sojourner Truth ✊🏾🖤🤎
In this week's newsletter, I highlighted several Black businesses, artists, and authors that are currently represented in the shop and shared that information with my subscribers. Although I intend to have the newsletter offer different (and often earlier) content than social media, I would like to share this one with all of you. Trying to condense the information into 400 words would be next to impossible for me! The featured individuals are:
- Miki Conn- poet, author, activist with a poetry collection on our shelves
- of Artmon3y created a graphic for a souvenir shirt here
- Tiffany Harris of Whip My Butta Organics by Jania has a wide variety of skincare and haircare products, including a limited edition "Black Love" series
- Pauline Saunders of Evadneyline sells upcycled handbags and jewelry made at
- Bennett Raglin of has a curated collection of imported Moroccan ceramics
- Elizabeth Zunon Illustrator - illustrator (Albany) of 17 books depicting Black characters and culture
- Carolyn and Frederick Wellington of Wellington's Herbs and Spices (Schoharie)
Schenectady is a very diverse community and any grouping that is exclusively white cannot fully represent it. It goes without saying that these individuals should be recognized year-round for the ways in which they are enriching the culture of their communities, whether it be the physical one that they live in or the business or creative circles that they occupy in the marketplace. So you will find their products during the month of February but also in March, April and the months that follow.
If you want to be on the email list, sign up on the website landing page.If you already signed up and you didn't get the email, check your spam folder and mark it as not spam! A good percentage of people are getting it in their inbox or promotions folders but I know that each filter is different.
Get all your last-minute gifts and holiday meal fixings today 10AM-2PM inside Proctors! We will be closed next Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021 and return on Sunday, January 2, 2022.
Music acts for today:
AM: Hot Tuesday
PM: Cosby Gibson
Vendors to expect (but subject to day-of changes):
The Furies Olive Oil
Adirondack Barkery
Albany Distilling Company
Altamont Vineyard and Winery
Artmon3y
Battenkill Valley Creamery LLC
Bella Terra Farm
Boozy Moo
BuddhaPesto
Common Hands Farm 📷
Community Fathers Inc. Cornerstone Bakery- OIOI
Cornell's Farm Stand
Cricket Creek Farm
Delmar Sharpener
Electric City Roasters
Euro Delicacies
Flaco's Tacos Food Truck
Fresh Take Farm
Great Flats Brewing
Healing Path Massage
Healthy Gourmet Kitchen
Highland Farm
Hop House Farm
J. Adkins Cultivation
Josephine's Whole Grain Baking
JunBucha
King Creek Farms
La Empanada Llama
Leaning Birch Farm
Lovin' Mama Farm
Mariaville Farm Mariaville Mushroom Men
Mask By Steph
Maynard Farms
Meezan Kitchen
Merry Hill Farm Alpacas
NibblexNosh
Nine Pin Cider
Cooper's Daughter Spirits at Olde York Farm
Our Daily Bread Deli & The Gluten Free Bakery
Parchment baking company
Pork & Greens Farm
Pucker's Gourmet
Pura Vida Fisheries
R & G Cheese Makers
Rise and Pine Candles
Saratoga Apple
Saratoga Chocolate Co.
Saratoga Garlic
Schenectady ARC Horticulture Center at Maple Ridge 📷
Slate Valley Farms
Squash Villa Farm
Sweet Sprig
Vendors below are tagged in comments:
Taj Mahal Restaurant
Tarbox Farm
The Food Florist
The Mushroom Shop
The Peanut Principle
Three Chicks and a P
True Juice Cafe
Vashti's Kitchen Delights
Yankee Distillers LLC
We're inside Proctors today 10AM-2PM. Please see notice below for entering the building after 12PM (they have a show).
AM MUSIC ACT: Brett Scott
PM MUSIC ACT: Debbie Fish and The Crowd Pleasers
Vendors to Expect (but subject to last-minute changes):
The Furies Olive Oil
Adirondack Barkery
Altamont Vineyard and Winery
Artmon3y 📷
Battenkill Valley Creamery LLC
Boozy Moo
Caronka Bakery
Chewish Food Co
Common Hands Farm
Community Fathers Inc. Cornerstone Bakery OIOI
Cornell's Farm Stand
Cricket Creek Farm
Delmar Sharpener
Euro Delicacies
Flaco's Baja Kitchen
Fresh Take Farm
Get Sconed
Grammy's Tamales
Healing Path Massage
Highland Farm
Hop House Farm 📷
J. Adkins Cultivation
Jamtastic
Josephine's Whole Grain Baking
JunBucha
La Empanada Llama
Lovin' Mama Farm
Mariaville Farm Mariaville Mushroom Men
Mask By Steph
Maynard Farms
Merry Hill Farm Alpacas
Motor Oil Coffee
Nine Pin Cider
Our Daily Bread Deli & The Gluten Free Bakery
Pork & Greens Farm
Pucker's Gourmet
Pura Vida Fisheries
R & G Cheese Makers
Root 162 Farm and Processing Co.
Saratoga Apple
Saratoga Chocolate Co.
Saratoga Garlic
Schenectady ARC Horticulture Center at Maple Ridge
Simply Beautiful Soaps N Such
Slate Valley Farms
Solulu Handmade
Squash Villa Farm
Sweet Sprig
Taj Mahal Restaurant
Tarbox Farms
The Food Florist
The Mushroom Shop LLC
The Peanut Principle
The Schenectady Distilling Company, Inc./ 36 Locks Tasting Room
3 Chicks and a P
Vendors below are tagged in comments:
True Juice Cafe
Vashti's Kitchen Delights
Wayward Lane Brewing
Yankee Distillers LLC
NOTICE FOR 12/12/2021
There is a performance in Proctors Theater this Sunday. Please use the main Arcade entrances (on State Street) starting 12PM (Noon) until 2PM. This will be the easiest entrance to the market. Masks will be required, regardless of vaccination status.
If you enter from the rear Arcade entrance, you will be redirected to another entrance. Also, if you park in the rear of Proctors (parking lot off Clinton Ave), there will be a fee for parking there on performance dates. The Broadway Parking Garage will remain free.
Thank you for your understanding!
This beautiful mural, done on the previously blank walls of our lobby, was done by the amazingly talented Rae' Frasier. 💝 See more of her art at Artmon3y!
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"Creativity takes courage." -Henri Matisse
Please check out and support a local Schenectady based artist Artmon3y to find some unique pieces of innovative expression. Schenectady has always had a lot to offer, if you know where to look!
Join us for our final Virtual Studio Chat next Wednesday at 6:30pm to discover how the arts can inform community, connection, and social justice.
Hear from the Curator of the Arts Center of the Capital Region and founder of regional arts network The Art Sheet, as well as a prominent Schenectady-based artist and fashion brand creator as they speak on the arts as a catalyst for change across communities. The Arts Center of the Capital Region Skidmore College Artmon3y
Register for free today: bit.ly/VSCmay26
Rae' Frasier, Creator of Artmon3y, with her design of the classic Buggin' Out character from Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing."
Rae' Frasier, Creator of Artmon3y, with her design of the classic Buggin' Out character from Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing."
Rae' Frasier, Creator of Artmon3y, with her design of the classic Buggin' Out character from Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing."
Rae' Frasier, Creator of Artmon3y with her design of the classic Buggin' Out character from Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing."
