This week­end the Bal­ti­more Museum of Art (BMA) will play host to the Con­tem­po­rary Print Fair. Vis­i­tors to the event can enjoy and pur­chase prints from four­teen major con­tem­po­rary art deal­ers, gal­leries and presses. The two day event will also fea­ture guided tours, artist lec­tures and a panel discussion.

Con­sult the event Web site for a full list of sched­uled events and participants

The Bal­ti­more Fair for Con­tem­po­rary Prints & New Edi­tions
Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, 27–28 March 2010 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
at The Bal­ti­more Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive Bal­ti­more, MD 21218

Liv­ing in the Balto/D.C. metro area and look­ing for some­thing to do this week­end? Well then head down to D.C. this Sat­ur­day (19 Dec) for the fourth annual Hol­i­day Booty Mar­ket! Fea­tur­ing the work of twenty regional artists and crafters, the mar­ket is a great chance to find last-minute hol­i­day trea­sures for your loved ones all while brows­ing among the beau­ti­ful fur­ni­ture avail­able at Design Within Reach. A few of the ven­dors fea­tured Sat­ur­day include:

60 bugs

de*nada

Mary Ellen Doran

Gosh­darnknit

Red Prairie

Jaime Zol­lars

The event will be held in Wash­ing­ton D.C. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Adams Mor­gan Design Within Reach show­room. Check­out the event Web site for more details.

Images: 60 bugs, De*Nada Design, Mary Ellen Doran, Gosh­darnknit, Red Prairie Press, Jaime Zol­lars

Pop­pytalk Hand­made has just launched their lat­est monthly online “street mar­ket.” Begin­ning today and run­ning through Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 18, this month’s theme is “School Days: A back to school market.”

If you haven’t already taken a look this month’s good­ies, here is a peek at some of the things that caught my eye:

If you haven’t checked them out before, Pop­pytalk curates a monthly online show­case of inter­na­tional design tal­ent; beau­ti­ful hand­made items are avail­able in this fun and diverse mar­ket­place. Go check it out!

Images: Pop­pytalk Handmade

Today I’d like to share the play­ful art of Vermont-base artist Amber Alexan­der. Her per­son­i­fi­ca­tions of ani­mals are delight­ful and are a tempt­ing gift for a child or ani­mal lover. Since it is Beat­rix Potter’s birth­day today, it seemed fit­ting to share Amber’s work today. Her work is avail­able for pur­chase online in her Etsy bou­tique.

Images: Amber Alexan­der