SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Friday October 23- Craft Lake City is pleased to announce the creatives accepted to participate in the Online Second Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market. Fifty of Utah’s top artisans and exhibitors will be featured in this festive online shopping event. The list of featured participants for the online market can be viewed at craftlakecity.com.
Craft Lake City is offering two exciting ways for shoppers to participate in the Second Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market: In-Person or Online! The artists announced today will sell their handmade wares from Nov. 1 – Nov. 30 through newly-designed profiles on the Craft Lake City website. The profiles will invite shoppers to explore details about each featured artisan, including product photos and descriptions, social media links, company bios and web store links.
Additionally, the Online Second Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market will feature two exciting and innovative Virtual Meetups, hosted in a winter-themed virtual reality designed in Mozilla Hubs. Members of the public are invited to join the featured exhibitors in a holly, jolly virtual world on Fri., Nov. 6 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Fri., Nov. 20 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Attendees can safely shop with friends and family in avatar form, interact with the featured creatives to learn more about their work, and purchase handmade products during the event.
“We are thrilled to present a contact-free option for shoppers to find unique, handmade holiday gifts this season,” says Angela H. Brown, Executive Director of Craft Lake City. “The Online Second Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market will be a safe and fun option for shoppers of all technological comfort levels, ranging from a traditional online shopping experience to virtual reality events with creatives.”
For more information about the Second Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market and Craft Lake City’s year-round programming, please visit craftlakecity.com.