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A CURATED POC HOLIDAY MARKET
MISSION
Center and uplift the brilliance of local San Francisco POC creatives, artisans, and makers for the community to celebrate and support.
VISION
Prototype a curated holiday market pop-up featuring POC vendors across diverse categories such as apparel, accessories, culinary, lifestyle, skincare, art, jewelry and stationery.
ABOUT US
Irene (she/siya) is a mama-scholar who teaches Culture, Ethnic Studies, and Social Justice at USF’s Philippines Studies Program and SFSU’s Ethnic Studies Department for 15 years. Her professional lifeblood is storytelling, crafting counter narratives and the inclusion of voices who have been systemically left out either thru teaching, curatorial, or running a POC creative studio in SF.
Patricia (she/her) is the designer and maker of the accessories line, PATO, which specializes in 5-panel hats. Prior to PATO, she studied fashion at CCA, and later worked in fashion design and production.
She has lived in the Inner Richmond for over 20 years is also a proud public school parent, serving on the PTO board of her daughter’s elementary school.
She is a proud Asian/Latina.
JOIN US!
We are excited to announce that we are partnering with The Office of Small Business in their Shop DineSF Holiday Pop Up, along with the San Francisco Arts Commission, L&L and the San Francisco Chamber
Irene & Patricia