When: June 4th – August 9th
What: Etsy NY Street Team and BRIC at Celebrate Brooklyn!
Where: Prospect Park Bandshell – 9th Street and Prospect Park entrance
Website: https://www.facebook.com/EtsyNYatCBK

Etsy NY Back at Celebrate Brooklyn! with Vibrant Offerings of NYC’s Handmade Best

Back for a fourth season, the Etsy New York Street Team, part of the world’s most vibrant handmade marketplace, will be partnering again with BRIC as the sole merchandise vendor for its Celebrate Brooklyn! concert series in Prospect Park.

From June 4th through August 9, amongst the dynamic array of music and performing arts at the Prospect Park Bandshell, the Etsy New York Street Team will be providing attendees with a highly-curated, down-to-earth, pop-up shop chock full of handmade goods being sold on-site by their makers. Come in and talk shop with any one of the artisans working to learn about the various techniques that go into producing their wares.

Included this year amongst the offerings are earthy gemstone, graceful enamel, edgy geode and animal-inspired, etched jewelry pieces, along with many elegant and practical reclaimed and eco-friendly houseware items. Also featured are screen-printed t-shirts, whimsical children’s clothing and accessories (unicorn horns!) along with plush toys. In addition, the shop will feature all-natural skincare, cool and easy DIY kits, giclee prints, greeting cards, hand-sewn picnic blankets and linens, as well as so many completely unique, NYC and subway-inspired accessories and wall art that nobody visiting one of the terrific events at Celebrate Brooklyn! this summer will want to go home without scooping up at least one of these carefully-crafted and locally-made goodies as a souvenir to mark the experience.

For the next few weeks we will be featuring the 18 artists who will be selling at Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014 so keep checking in with us!

About Celebrate Brooklyn!

In its 35th season, Celebrate Brooklyn! is one of New York City’s longest running, free, outdoor performing arts festivals. Launched in 1979 as a catalyst for a Brooklyn performing arts scene and to bring people back into Prospect Park after years of neglect, Celebrate Brooklyn! was an early anchor in the park’s revitalization. Over its history, the festival has presented over 2,000 artists and ensembles reflective of the borough’s diversity. Most Celebrate Brooklyn! performances are free!

About BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is a multidisciplinary arts and media non-profit dedicated to presenting contemporary arts, performing arts and community media programs that are reflective of Brooklyn’s diverse communities, and to providing resources and platforms to support the creative process.

About the Etsy New York Street Team

Created in the summer of 2007, the Etsy New York Street Team is made up of close to 200 artists, designers and crafters based in the metro New York area who create and sell handmade items on Etsy.com, a global marketplace for handmade goods. The group was formed to provide a forum for local, Etsy-based artisans to support one another in their business endeavors and to promote the beauty and availability of locally made, carefully crafted products to the public. To learn more about Etsy New York Street Team visit www.etsyny.com

Author: Melissa Hile