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Mayday! Underground is a series of juried indie craft shows in Rochester, New York founded in 2010.

Wedgestock 2011

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Another local favorite, Wedgestock, is looking for artists and crafters for their annual Wedgestock Craft Market. Every year there are wonderful artists, great music, yummy food, and other fun activities!

Here’s a cool video from Wedgestock 2010.

The following is an excerpt from the event coordinator, Angela Clark-Taylor. For more information, check out the application.

Wedgestock 2011 is shaping up to be bigger and better than last year! We would like to invite you to apply to participate in the Wedgestock 2011 Craft Market to be held on South Avenue on August 20, 2011 from 11am–7pm as part of Wedgestock 2011.

Wedgestock is held annually in August of each year. The goal is to bring the community together to celebrate the uniqueness of the South Wedge and have fun. How better to celebrate the South Wedge without celebrating the wonderful artists and crafters who live, work, or play there!

In an effort to cultivate and assist our local Rochester area artists and crafters the South Wedge Planning Committee (SWPC) is offering the opportunity to experience showing and selling artwork at our event in an easy and low-cost manner. There is no application fee for Wedgestock. If accepted there is a $50 show fee due by June 15, 2011 to the South Wedge Planning Committee. Acceptances will be sent by mail or e-mail no later than May 31, 2011. Though the show is OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS IN NY STATE preference will be given Rochester area artists.

Bears and Brews

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Looking for something fun to do this Friday? Rochester First Friday is this coming Friday!

Fellow Mayday Underground artist John Ballou is the guest artist at Crocus Clayworks this Friday in the Hungerford building on East Main Street. Below is an excerpt from his blog.

When I sit down to have a cold beer, I want one that is different. I want one that is crafted in small batches. I want one with unique flavor.

This is how I look at my hand carved rubber stamps too. I want to have different stamps that are unique and made in small batches. I want to make them with my own two hands.

What better way to celebrate them both than at “Bears and Brews” on Friday, April 1 at Crocus Clayworks studio in Suite 225 in the Hungerford Building at 1115 E. Main Street in Rochester, NY, from 5-9 pm.

I got an email in January from the fine potters at Crocus Clayworks asking me if I would be interested in being their featured guest for one of the First Friday openings that they have each month at their studio. A one man show, now how could I say NO! I met with Marie, Sabre, and Jennifer and worked out the details.

What can you expect when you come to the show? First, you get to explore and shop. The Hungerford Building is an amazing place of artist studios, and just wandering the halls is an adventure in itself. But at Crocus Clayworks, you will find me, all my stamps for sale, all of the wonderful pottery from Crocus Clayworks. Secondly, we will have beer! I’m a big proponent of trying to buy local, and I try to drink local beer when I can, so expect different beer from a local brewer (no Bud for me). There will also be some light snacks, something sweet and something salty, and a raffle for a prize basket.

Those who have been to one of the craft shows I have been at know that my stamps range from a flock of birds, to portraits of historic Rochester figures. This year, I’m putting a real effort into making stamps with masculine qualities: Man Stamps! I think “Bears and Brews” will be the perfect place to debut some of these new designs.