The Largest Event In #BBATX History: craftHER Market Weekend Fall 2019
From 11 AM to 5 PM on October 12 and 13, 2019, we hosted our seventh installment of craftHER Market. 5300+ attendees filled the space to shop local and support women and nonbinary makers, creatives, artists and small business owners.
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED.
craftHER Market Fall ‘19 was momentous. It was our first time attempting to host the pop-up for two days, and we successfully broke every one of our event records. Over the weekend, we hosted 5300+ guests, 140+ booths, including makers, bakers, chefs, artists and Austin-local community groups.
in summary:
We beat our attendance record and largest number of exhibiting artists record by a longshot. Prior to craftHER Market Fall 2019, our attendance record was 3500 and our largest number of exhibiting artists record was 125.
Our vendors BROUGHT IT. You can still shop from their stores and learn more about their work here.
This year’s panels stage discussions centered on what we need to flourish. How do we create and sustain environments that let ourselves (and others) grow? We were joined by 24 speakers from the community, and our panels stage looked better than ever thanks to our friends at Party at the Moontower Event Rentals.
Our featured artist, Edith Valle, created two installations for the craftHER Market entrance and panels stage, respectively titled “Ingredients to Flourish” and “Electric Papaya.” They were divine.
For the first time ever, we began each day with craft demonstrations (cuttlefish casting courtesy of Coelina Edwards and a community loom by Zanny Adornments) and closed out each day with performances by some of our resident DJs, DJ Dama Nilz and DJ CASS&RA. #vibes
Between our panels, performances and demonstrations, we bumped a mix by DJ Shani (another resident DJ at #BBATX) that had been recorded at our sister program, BABES FEST, earlier this fall. Click here to listen.
This fall’s record-breaking market was a village-effort. Shouts are in order for our vendor lineup, our staff, our committee, our volunteers and our partners at Fair Market, Tito’s Vodka, Resplendent Hospitality and the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division. THANK YOU.
Photo by Jinni J
Photo by Jinni J
Photo by Jinni J
Photo by Jinni J
WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
craftHER Market is produced by a team of staff and volunteer committee members at #bossbabesATX. #bbatx is a nonprofit organization that amplifies women and nonbinary creatives, entrepreneurs and community organizers. Our event series, showcases, strategic collaborations and professional development programs provide a platform of visibility, outreach and financial opportunity to 1000+ emerging women and nonbinary creatives, entrepreneurs and organizers per year. On top of that goodness, the public-at-large is invited to participate and learn more about how gender inequality affects their daily lives. More than 10,000+ community members annually attend our showcases, markets and dialogues—and in the last three years, our programs generated an additional $1million for the Austin economy.
This year's market is supported in part by our partners at Tito’s Handmade Vodka, the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division and Fair Market. This year's in-kind contributors and supportive brands include Party at the Moontower Rentals, MY EVENT IS THE BOMB and Austin Woman Magazine.
Would you like to partner on craftHER Market Spring and Fall 2020? Please email thebabes@bossbabes.org.
Would you like to apply to craftHER Market Spring and Fall 2020? Applications will reopen later this year. You can stay in the loop by subscribing for email updates at crafthermarket.com or following @crafthermarket on all social media platforms.