Farmers Market Week 2025 Community Art Submissions
"... A GOOD FARMER IS A CRAFTSMAN OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, A SORT OF ARTIST."
- WENDELL BERRY FARMER, AUTHOR, PROFESSOR
Farmers and artists are really doing the same thing—trying to conjure a little beauty out of the chaos. Whether it’s with a shovel or a paintbrush, they’re both solving human problems in creative, often messy, and deeply nourishing ways.
Since 1999, National Farmers Market Week has honored the magic that happens when farmers and communities come together. Every market is a collaborative act—no two quite the same, shaped by the quirks, tastes, and talents of its neighborhood.
The markets are a living work of art: part theater, part kitchen, part block party. And you? You’re the secret ingredient.
We had several artists come and paint live at the markets this year and also send in submissions of art that was inspired by the markets. We hope the following will inspire you to create some art yourself, whether in the kitchen with food or with a paintbrush. That’s up to you.
Mayte Jimenez (she/her) is from Southern California (eldest daughter of Mexican parents); poetry Mayte writes focuses on culture, travel, feminism, and self expression as a road to addressing generational traumas.
Additional published poetry can be found in braveexpressions.com, https://wapoetlaureate.org/poetry-to-lean-on/, Under Review, and Azahares.
Instagram: @cultivatexpressions
Bountiful Hands
Seasons impeccable timing:
the loving reminders to
Begin.
Nutrients pour into the food
Its components join from many directions.
Mother nature the primordial essential
ingredient.
Hats off to all involved!
To the many who seek, collaborate, and support
local farmer’s markets.
A standing ovation to the many hands that partake
In the process of seed to table!
Care and tenderness
Sweat steadfast and diligent
give fruit to the seasons offerings.
Cheers to the tummies of all who enjoy
visiting the farmer’s market and finding
inspiration
among
the bountiful hands!
Emily stopped by the Phinney Farmers Market to do a live painting session. This was the beautiful result.
Emily Weissman is a Seattle watercolor artist. Her focus is making hyper-local art of the places people love most in our city.
Etsy: https://urbemsketches.etsy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urb.em.sketches?igsh=dHo0emZuMjNlZzdi&utm_source=qr
Lynn Chapman has been living in the Lake City area for 35 years and has been attending our Farmers Market ever since it opened. She’s been painting in watercolors for the past 5 years and did her first show this year at Kaffeeklatch. she "looks “forward to painting more scenes from around our hood”.
