Holiday market Culture Shop returns as an in-person event at the Noble Maritime Collection, 12/4/21
Join us on Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 11 AM until 4 PM when we present our annual holiday fair, Culture Shop.
This event supports artists and craftspeople on Staten Island. Over two dozen vendors will be selling art, antiques, photography, and handmade books, candles, cards, jewelry, ornaments, prints, scarves, soap, and more.
The Viva Voce Brass ensemble will present live holiday music at 2 PM in front of artist John A. Noble’s houseboat studio.
“We are pleased to once again be presenting Culture Shop and welcoming everyone to the museum to mark the start of this festive season,” commented Ciro Galeno, Jr., Executive Director of the Noble Maritime Collection. “Our friends at Art Lab, Staten Island Museum, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center are holding holiday fairs at the same time, so as always, it’s a great opportunity for the community to shop small in support of local artists and makers.”
Vendors selling vintage, original, and unique jewelry include Hey, Dollface!, Juniper Moon Designs, August Moon, Bee Baa Art Jewelry, Laura Del Prete, PJC Guitar Pick Jewelry & Gifts, Sage Reynolds, Linda Rossi of Sunset Hill Design, Carmel Simone, Ann-Marie Wold and Alana Gilkeson, who will also be selling suncatchers.
Artists Kevyn Fairchild, Elle Finn, Meghan Joseph, Michael McWeeney, Bill Murphy, Donna Napoli-Steele, Kristi Pfister, and Sarah Yuster will sell a collection of photographs, prints, watercolors, and greeting cards.
Books will be sold by Allan Avidano and Nancy and Chris Benbow, while Fundaroma will sell a variety of homemade candles.
Holiday ornaments and assorted gifts will be available from Donna Pagano and Omar K. Aviles, and Linda Klein and Janice Patrignani will offer handmade scarves.
Ava Quinn’s also returns with a selection of handmade soaps.
Chapman Grafik will present a selection of rare antiques.
The Noble Maritime Collection’s museum shop will be stocked with its unique selection of books, cards, affordable art, and toys.
Please note that as mandated by the City of New York, all visitors and vendors must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to attend, and the museum requires that masks be worn while indoors.
The Noble Maritime Collection, located in a former mariners’ dormitory at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D, Staten Island, New York, is open from 12 until 5 PM, Thursdays through Sundays. Admission is by donation.
For more information about the museum, call (718) 447-6490 or visit noblemaritime.org.