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Makers Day and Market 2024

A day of creativity and shopping for all ages!

 

Birdhouse building, Makers Day 2023

Menokin Makers Day and Market - Join us again for demonstrations and learning at Menokin’s Makers Day on June 22, 2024 from 11am-3pm EST.

This FREE family friendly program celebrates the material culture we make and use in our lives everyday. Learn about chair making, glassblowing, basketry, brick making, woodworking, stained glass, quilting and more! Vendors will also be on site so you can purchase your own locally, sourced, hand made object to take home. Stay for the day and enjoy lunch and a tour, then take a hike and explore our trails and look for the Fairy Houses displayed in the woods. Menokin, home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lightfoot Lee, celebrates the building of America everyday, and the people who crafted and built this country in the past and today.

We are seeking Market vendors for this special Makers Day. If you would like to sell your handcrafted goods, or would like to be a food vendor at the event, please link here or email Menokin Director of Programs, Alice French, at afrench@menokin.org for more details.

2024 DEMONSTRATIONS:

1. J&J Farm: Aromatherapy: How to make essential oil rollers form lavender and peppermint

2. Arts Center of Montross: Demonstrations in textile arts, painting gourds and carving gnomes

3. Menokin Brickyard: Bad Dog Bricks: brickmaking demonstration; [participation invited]

4. The Glass Spot, Richmond, VA: Glass-blowing demonstration

5. Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern, Heathsville, VA: Weaving demonstration

6. Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends: Build a small birdhouse

7. Friends of the Rappahannock: Demonstration on pollinators; make origami butterflies

8. PhotoMath S.T.E.M.: Demonstration and make-your-own photographic sun prints

9. The Glass Girl: demonstration and make-your-own small 2-D glass house ornament

10. Dr. Brad Hatch: Demonstration on Patawomeck Eel Pots

2024 Vendors:(STILL ACCEPTING: PLEASE REGISTER below) ($25/BOOTH):

1. Brave Soul: Goat's milk soap and body products
IG: BraveSoul4521

2. Handmade Greeting Card Factory: Handmade greeting cards and hand-stitched journals
https://handmadegcfactory.com

3. A Drink with Jam and Bread: Homemade jams, dips, breads and more

4. J&J Farm: Essential oils, lotions, canned goods, gemstones, quilts, incense and more
www.JnJFarmVA.com; IG: https://www.instagram.com/jnjfarmky/

5. Arts Center of Montross: Textile arts, painted gourds, wooden gnomes
www.theartscenterofmontross.com; FB and IG: ArtsCenterMontross

6. Oyster Jewelry: Celebrate the Chesapeake NNK Style: Jewelry made from wire-wrapped local oyster shells
www.oysterjewelry.com; IG: OystersNNK

7. Glass Girl: Handmade glass ornaments

8. Lara's Luffa: Handmade and homegrown items for the kitchen and bath; luffa sponges and luffa-embedded soaps
www.larasluffa.com; IG: Larasluffa

9. Native American pottery, blackware, loom-woven beaded bracelets, gourd ornaments, long leaf pine needle baskets

10. E. Crew Designs: Original acrylic and watercolor paintings; digital created prints
IG: @ecrewsdesigns

11. Bentwater Farms: Hand-woven clothing and accessories, rag rugs, hand-carved treenware, handmade soaps and balms [husband carves at booth - demo?]

12. PhotoMath S.T.E.M.: Handmade pottery and photographs
www.mthnphotos.com

13. Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern: hand-woven items

 

Interested in being a vendor to sell your special hand crafted items at Makers Day 2024? 

Please fill out the registration form below. Please contact Alice French at afrench@menokin.org for more details and any questions. 

 
 

Vendor Details

  • Registration for vendors is $25 and includes a 10x10 outdoor space. Vendors must bring their own booth supplies, including any tables or a tent. Registration fees support Menokin’s work to promote makers and the building arts. The event is free for shoppers to attend.

    Note: if you are a member of the Menokin Descendant Collective, registration is free.

  • All vendors and must be set up and ready to sell by 11:00am on Saturday. Vendors may begin setting up at 8:30am the day of the event. Break down can start no sooner than 3:00pm and must be completed by 4:30pm. No vendor may close before the official closing time. Please note that Menokin has very limited internet access due to its rural location. Please keep that in mind when preparing (e.g. bring your own hot spot, bring change for cash).

    Outdoor spaces are 10x10 and do not have electricity, though we may be able to accommodate access to outdoor outlets depending on availability. The market will take place behind the Visitors Center on the gaming green.

  • We welcome makers, artists, and craftspeople of all disciplines to sell their handmade or handcrafted items at the Makers Market. This could include, but is not limited to: quilts; embroidery; leather craft; paintings; pottery; and jewelry. Menokin reserves the right to reject vendors who are selling items that are considered inappropriate for a non-profit market (e.g. items that promote a specific political party).

    If you have any questions, please contact Alice French at menokin@menokin.org.

Vendor Application

Applications will be open until June 22, 2024. If you are accepted, the market organizers will follow-up so that you may pay the vendor registration fee. Please call 804-333-1776 with any questions!

 
 

As we gear up for Makers Day 2024, please consider making a gift to support this program.

DOWNLOAD MENOKIN’S 2024 PROGRAMMING GUIDE HERE

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4037 Menokin Road
Warsaw, VA 22572