Loom Market

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In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Leia Maahs, then Executive Director of the Southwest Folklife Alliance, surveyed heritage-based artists in Arizona about their immediate and long-term needs. Many said they needed a virtual marketplace and ways to increase their economic mobility. A pilot online market with 10 artists was launched during the Tucson Meet Yourself … Read more