AKRON, Ohio — Crafty Mart will host its third once-a-year Artistic Catapult event in a virtual structure from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23.
Creative Catapult will function a handful of area makers and artists who compete to gain a grant of $2,000 for their organization by pitching their suggestions to an audience, who then vote for the winner.
This calendar year, that viewers will be digital, viewing the event by Vimeo on Desire. Each and every Innovative Catapult ticketholder will receive a box in the mail which consists of merchandise from every single contestant, to see every business’ function up near.
“Creative Catapult is like ‘Shark Tank’ with a handmade, hometown aptitude,” explained Marissa McClellan, the executive director of Crafty Mart, in a push launch. “This occasion is the culmination of several several hours of hard operate and imaginative electricity and delivers an incredible opportunity for these artists and makers to consider their enterprise to the subsequent stage. We are so thankful to have identified a way to preserve this exclusive knowledge all through an unsure yr.”
Previous winners of Crafty Mart’s Imaginative Catapult competition consist of area companies Dough Residence Cookies and Broke -N- Bored Concepts.
Tickets to the event value $40 and consist of handmade items from every single competing business, along with a coupon to NOMZ, an Akron eatery. You can come across far more data about the function at craftymart.org/makers.
