Fremont Creates Pop-Up Art Market Today

Fremont Creates is running a pop-up art market in downtown Fremont today, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Downtown Event Center and Plaza, 3500 Capitol Ave. (fremont.gov) The City of Fremont calendar says the event is produced by Fremont Creates as part of Arts, Culture & Creativity Month, a city-backed April program built around local arts events. (fremont.gov) (fremontcreates.com) Fremont Creates says the market is new this year and is meant to wrap up the monthlong celebration with a concentrated day of artist booths and activities. (fremontcreates.com 1) (fremontcreates.com 2) The organization says more than 25 local artists are scheduled to display and sell their work during the market. Its published artist list includes Charmaine Hussain, Xin Zhou, Vanessa Cudmore, Hetal Anjaria, Melissa Magnan, Ralph Cooksey-Talbott, Pamela Adler, Jenny Hou, and Ronald Pratt. (fremontcreates.com) The same event page lists live music by the Newark Saxophone Quartet and taiko performances by Wadaiko Newark Taiko Drums on the plaza. (fremontcreates.com) Organizers also scheduled two hands-on workshops for ages 15 and older and said space is limited and first come, first served. A makerspace for children is set to run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (fremontcreates.com 1) (fremontcreates.com 2) The venue sits near dining, shopping, and Bay Area Rapid Transit, according to the city’s Downtown Event Center page, giving the market a central downtown location rather than a gallery setting. (fremont.gov) Fremont’s city calendar shows the art market following Saturday’s Downtown Dance event and landing near the end of a month that also included student art shows, yarnbombing installations, and gallery programming. (fremont.gov) (fremontcreates.com) For Fremont Creates, the day functions as both a marketplace and a closing event: a free public gathering where artists sell work directly and the city’s April arts push ends on Capitol Avenue. (fremontcreates.com) (fremont.gov)