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Hometown Paper of the Eastern Sierra - Published Weekly
July 12 – 18, 2017
Eastern Sierra Artists
Inagural event brings out hundreds to First Friday nights’ Market in Bishop By Christina Reed The Hired Pen
The hot, hot weather didn't stop hundreds of people from visiting the first ever, Friday Nights' Market, in downtown Bishop, CA, featuring local vendors, live music, and community spirit.
Downtown, Bishop, CA – Hundreds of visitors and residents braved the warm temperatures on July 6 for the first of three Friday Nights' Market in downtown Bishop, hosted by the Eastern Sierra Artists (ESA. Gaye Mueller, heading up the ESA group, said, “I was stunned at how successful it was,” when speaking about the first of three events, slated to be in the downtown Bishop area. “Bishop is such an amazing place,” Mueller added, and she said “twice as many vendors” would be on hand with the August Friday Night event. Mueller, as president, was a major part of the Mono Council of the Arts events, and is a cloisonné artist (an ancient decorative art technique, which uses work in enamel, glass, or gemstones, and separating compartments of enamel or glass from thin strips of cloisonné metal wire to create different designs). Mueller explained the first event hosted more than 20 vendors from around the Eastern Sierra and Nevada area, and she noted she hoped for equally as big a turn-out with the next two events, August 3 and September 7. There were vendors from “Lone Pine to Tonopah,” Mueller noted, with a variety of items for sale. Manor Market donated ice, and “the bar was a total hit,” Mueller said of the popular venues. Mammoth Brewing Company also had a hand in the beveridges. Inyo County and the City of Bishop helped make the event possible, with Inyo Council of the Arts doing the sound system for the event, which also featured, Sandy and the High Country band, a locals' long-time favorite. Grant funding for the county went toward the artists' program, and Mueller noted, she hoped to “get businesses together” for the upcoming events, to “animate downtown” Bishop.
Sandy and the High Country Band kept people up and dancing during the first Friday Nights' Market in Bishop, CA.
Eve and Bill Bjarnson, of lower Big Smoky Valley, Nevada, (WenA-No-Nu-Fee Valley) in the Tonopah Basin, shared their llama and rabbit fur goods at the first-ever Friday Nights' Market in downtown Bishop, CA. Photos by The Hired Pen
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