{"id":186795,"date":"2026-03-02T14:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186795\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:27:30","slug":"new-makers-market-launches-to-showcase-el-paso-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186795\/","title":{"rendered":"New Makers Market launches to showcase El Paso artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 If you are looking for something fun to do while supporting local artists, there is something new right up your alley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">El Paso artist and business owner Emily Silva has started what she is calling a new Makers Market.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4850106b2e4a4b67e46fd3e0a948500d.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8b2258104ec2e0605ecf382ad3f2ea5f.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b40336217790635e1591a5fea288f90c.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c157add89c9817d28dd3291d4349f732.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Silva envisions it as sort of a traveling market that is held in different spots in El Paso and showcases the work of local artists and craftspeople.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first-ever Makers Market, under Silva\u2019s guidance, was held Sunday, March 1 at Casa Kin Cafe, 400 W. Overland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt is an art market to really, really really push local artists, new artists, upcoming artists, maybe artists who have never done this before,\u201d Silva said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt could be your friend, your family, your neighbor you are supporting, directly supporting, instead of big, huge corporations,\u201d Silva said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Silva said she would like to hold these Makers Markets once a month, probably on Fridays or Saturdays in the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Silva said they are looking for artists, musicians, performers and food vendors to participate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can learn more at Instagram @themakersmarketep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 If you are looking for something fun to do while supporting local artists,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,74619,51615,74620,74621],"class_list":{"0":"post-186795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news","11":"tag-emily-silva","12":"tag-local-artists","13":"tag-makers-market","14":"tag-new-artists"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}