Instead of one central marketplace with several artists, there will be 12 different artists and craftspeople individually highlighted at the gallery on different days. Now, with so many art and craft markets opening during the season, its leaders decided to do things a little differently this year. When the Salt Lake City Arts Council created its first holiday craft market, it was trying to fill a need. People were creating art as a way of life and to process emotions and tell their stories.” A new approach Not only Indigenous to the Americas, but across Europe and Africa, pretty much the whole world. “But art is really a part of our way of life and our Indigenous communities. I feel like art is something that people feel is really inaccessible, like it’s something that belongs in a museum,” said May. “These little local markets bring the arts to the people. In addition to the Finch Lane pop-up, May will be participating in Alta Community Enrichment (ACE) Holiday Art Market Dec. She will offer her work at multiple holiday art markets on the Wasatch Front in December. (Julie Hirschi | Special to The Tribune ) Salt Lake City artist Sarah May, whose parents came to the United States from El Salvador, started weaving as a way to connect with her Indigenous roots. She works by intuition, drawing inspiration from the color of the yarn she picks up at thrift stores and things she finds in nature, such as driftwood and branches. She also is drawn to bright colors of yarn, like oranges and yellows that remind her of mangoes and cream. A light box can be used, but May uses the sun’s ultraviolet light to expose and bring images to the surface.įor May’s woven wall hangings, she starts with the shape of circles, which for her is symbolic of cycles and the earth. Cyanotype is a form of alternative photography that uses light sensitive chemicals that can be applied to paper, wood and fabric. Her cyanotypes look like watercolor paintings, with bright hues of blue contrasting with images in white, and often depict nature and foliage. May’s shop, Cyanoweave, combines her cyanotype photography with her weaved mandala wall hangings, and it will be part of a holiday artist pop-up market at Finch Lane Gallery from 4 p.m.
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