Category Archives: Visiting the Artisans

Picnic for Artisans’ Day!

It’s that time of the year again! Artisans’ Day is our way of celebrating the artisans who work with us. This is a bi-annual event and this year we decided to do things a little differently. As you all know, … Continue reading

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MarketPlace Directors Visit India!

MarketPlace Directors Pushpika Freitas and Lalita Monteiro got to India on March 8- an eventful day everywhere. The world was celebrating International Women’s Day and India was celebrating Holi, the spring festival. (We posted about Holi and its stunning colors … Continue reading

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Potluck on Employee Appreciation Day!

Last Saturday we celebrated Employee Appreciation Day at MarketPlace – MarketPlace Style! MarketPlace President, Pushpika Freitas, Lalita Monteiro, Vice-President and   designer, Adele Mattern were also visiting Mumbai to work on the fall collection. And so we decided to mix things up a little … Continue reading

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High School students from California visit Children of the Artisans in Mumbai

Students and faculty from the Urban School, San Francisco visited MarketPlace last week as part of their trip to India. The group has travelled to India to study school systems and organizations as part of their South Asia Studies class. … Continue reading

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Recycle Runway Comes to MarketPlace

The creative genius behind Recycle Runway from New Mexico- Nancy Judd and her colleague Nicole visited us at MarketPlace this week. Nancy is an artist and environmentalist who creates couture fashions with trash. Her designs have been commissioned by companies … Continue reading

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