
HANDMADE MARKET

12 - 7 PM
Handmade Market, previously Art in the Heart of Hillsborough, will feature original, handmade work from 50+ local artists! This curated, community art show is taking place within the Weekend of Art, Friday & Saturday, April 29-30. After an evening of festivities for April's Last Friday & the Art Walk, Saturday will be jam-packed with art and fun!

Directly following the Eno River Farmers Market, you'll find artists, food & beverage, experience vendors, and live music on the lawn of River Park from 12-7 PM, Saturday, April 30!
At 4 PM, the town of Hillsborough will be transformed by the spectacle of creativity and fun that is this year's found object Handmade Parade! The parade will end back in River Park, meeting with Handmade Market, for end-of-parade celebrations and wind-down, just in time for one last round of perusing before dinner time.
FOOD & BEVERAGE:
EXPERIENCES:
Fairy hair, henna tattoos, and face painting by


Keep an eye out for, Katie Rebich, on stilts, heralding the start of Handmade Parade!
MUSIC:
HANDMADE PARADE:
START: 4 PM
Churton Street Route
Handmade Market will serve as the location for end-of-parade celebrations!
MEET THE 2022 ARTISTS!
Click for links to artist websites where available.





Ali Givens is Handmade Market's Program Chair and on the Board for the Hillsborough Arts Council.

My work has evolved and uses a variety of techniques. Mishima a surface design technique drawing original artwork and utilizing layers of stains and glazes to add textural effects on each piece.
I graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia PA and have been working in New Jersey/New York City as a Graphic Designer until moving to NC 2 years ago.




I love infusing new spirit into forgotten, imperfect, discarded, neglected, or obsolete things by re-envisioning them – perhaps repurposing – and turning them into unique, functional art. Each creation then gets a second chance with someone who values what it has become, while paying homage to what it was – and when it was.
What I enjoy most is helping folks to appreciate what they already own. In consultation with clients, we work together to re-imagine belongings, then restore or transform them, making something beautiful and useful. From an old TV armoire (which became a sophisticated bar cabinet) to a 40-year-old wedding dress in the attic (the lace of which was fashioned into a pendant) to the novel memorialization of a woodworker’s first-ever saw blade (which became the key feature in a *very safe* side-table) . . . the possibilities for renewing or reinventing what’s already yours and giving new purpose to sentimental possessions are endless.














