After making its debut in March, the Bloom Market returns on June 19, with a Father’s Day art and design market at the Fort Langley Community Hall.
Organizer Sarah Barrett will once again welcome up to 50 artists and designers from around the Lower Mainland —some emerging and some more established — who will display their work and offer demonstrations to the public.
The market will also have live entertainment throughout the day as well as a market café.
“Langley and the surrounding communities are home to many talented artists and designers,” said Barrett.
“The Bloom Artist & Designer Market is a unique venue in the Fraser Valley where the community and its artists can regularly connect.
“Visitors can enjoy a cup of coffee or some food from the café, listen to live music and chat with the artists.”
Among the Langley talent featured at Bloom will be Stephanie Dieleman, who worked as an illustrator and costume designer after graduating with a commercial art degree from college.
She is now a full time lampwork artist and jewelry designer who teaches fine art to children in her home studio several days a week.
Professor Whovianart specializes in alter-world and steampunk imagery in paintings/drawings, return tops and 3-D items such as jewelry, and sometimes creations made out of Lego building blocks, like the table he uses when displaying at exhibits and trade shows.
Langley country singers (and sisters) Robyn and Ryleigh will perform at 3 p.m. and Hailey Morgan, who was chosen as one of the top 10 artists in B.C. this year in Youthink Magazine’s Best Teen Band Contest, will play at 4 p.m.
Talking about the inaugural Bloom Market last March, Barrett said that outside of Vancouver, there are no other markets like this in the Fraser Valley.
“The ultimate goal is to offer a regular marketplace for artists and businesses to go to, and for people in the community to see it as an opportunity to support local business,” she said.
Operating on a seasonal basis, Bloom Market will be open on the third Sunday in June, September and November, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults. The Fort Langley hall is located at 9167 Glover Rd.