Sophomore Alli Greco delves into the very first Art Market
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article covers the first First Friday Artists Market and its early attendance and advertising.
- The News-Letter reported that the market took place on April 6, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Levering Hall patio, with student artists able to sell work and enter a university-wide cash-prize competition.
- The paper reported that Alex Dash said he wanted to create a venue for students to show their art, while Chloe Pelletier described her process for painting stemware.
- The article says Pelletier found the event relaxed and credited its Facebook page and the Student Government Association for posting it online.
- The reporter writes that attendance was light and that artist Ace Chung said, "The only way people knew about this event was by word of mouth."
- The article suggests later markets improve advertising, begin later, include more types of artists and possibly become a school-wide tradition.