I’ve been on Etsy for the reason that early days. A giant a part of my expertise there was being concerned on the street groups on there. Being a frontrunner on the Etsy Saskatchewan workforce has been each a strategy to pay it ahead in a mentor sense and a good way to get some expertise serving to coordinate occasions.
In 2024 Etsy Saskatchewan rebranded to the Sask Collective in an effort to make extra small artist varieties really feel welcome at our occasions. It’ll nonetheless be Erin Pell and I, together with quite a lot of artists and pals, making the exhibits work so that you’ll discover acquainted faces.
Aspect observe: about 10 years in the past I used to be a vacationer at an occasion for STEAM varieties and was chatting with a way more skilled participant about how I wasn’t certain about what kind of vendor / sales space I want to be. His remark was: be the one you’d wish to see.
So, each occasion we placed on is one we’re completely happy to take part in. It’s one we’d have been completely happy to search out to indicate in. We attempt to be as sort and useful as potential whereas nonetheless being lots choosy {and professional} as a result of, for us, the artwork continues to be the rationale we’re doing this.
Final fall we wrapped up our first Vacation Harvest right here in Swift Present. The occasion is our personal model of the longstanding however now defunct Fall Into Christmas Swift Present present… and it went properly? Like, there’s a ton of issues we have to work on nevertheless it went fairly darn properly for a primary run? We received folks to indicate up, donated slightly pile of cash to the native SPCA, labored with the native radio stations for their very own charity factor and talked to THOUSANDS of individuals.
We’ve simply opened up our vendor requires 2025! in the event you’re curious about a market in Saskatoon, initially of June, or in Swift Present at first of October, give us a shout.