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Welcoming Gibbie Threet to Boom Town Makers Market ever growing community of art…
Welcoming Gibbie Threet to Boom Town Makers Market ever growing community of artists and creatives. See photos for details. #btmmnews #whatshappeninginfortpayne #pastelart
Donations for Leia Chitwood’s liver transplant are collected via Help Hope Live …
Donations for Leia Chitwood’s liver transplant are collected via Help Hope Live Foundation. Inspired by the Japanese belief that folding 1000 cranes grants a wish for long life, as told in the story of Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes,…
Art as an Economic Development Tool: Unleashing the Creative Potential of DeKalb County, Alabama
People often ask why we started Boom Town Makers Market in Fort Payne, Alabama. I think the simple answer to that question is timing. But it’s really so much more. Fort Payne had applied for Main Street accreditation, giving way…
Congratulations to Boom Town’s Top Selling Artists Year to Date 2022
It is already August, and 2022 is zooming by. The Boom Town Makers Market team has been fortunate to continue to grow our business in downtown Fort Payne, Ala., supported by tourists and locals and the incredible work of about…
Artful Gifts for Spring
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Boom Town Kicks of the 2021 Holiday Season
Please join us this Saturday, November 6th as we welcome Donna Lamb Bowyer and Don Bowyer as the guest artists for Boom Town's kick-off of the 2021 holiday season!
Jo Peterson: Shinbone Valley Soaps
Jo Peterson grew up all over the country, as a child of a military family, but spent most of her adult life in Birmingham. After loving it there for 36 years, she loves her life even more on Lookout Mountain,…
Lydia Adele Randolph: A Local Treasure
Lydia Adele Randolph's original art can be found exclusively at Boom Town Makers Market in downtown Fort Payne, Alabama. We also carry Lydia's prints and postcards that include smaller renderings of her large works.
Changing Moods: Sixty Years in Black and White
Changing Moods: Sixty Years in Black and White, John Alexander Dersham’s second book, showcases powerful, haunting black-and-white art photography from six decades of work. Inspired by his teen experience with a simple Kodak box camera and the encouragement of mentors,…
