Amy Pence-Brown (right) is a writer, body image activist, artist, and historian in Boise, Idaho. She has a master’s degree in art & architectural history and has worked at many museums and has juried and curated numerous exhibitions. She’s been a body image activist for the past 16 years and became internationally known for her radical stand for self-love at the Capital City Public Market in Boise, Idaho in 2015, which was documented in a blog post, photographs and a video viewed over 200 million times. Her message about the value of all bodies, no matter their size, has been covered by numerous media outlets, including CNN, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, People, TODAY, Huffington Post, Upworthy, HLN, the Dr. Oz show, SHAPE, xo Jane, TIME and Fitness magazine. She continues to lead the body positive revolution through public speaking and education, including on the TEDx stage, to students young and old in camps and classes, and the Boise Rad Fat Collective, a radical group of 3,700 people of all ages, sizes, colors, genders and nationalities. Amy is also the creator of a renowned plus-sized pinup series called Reviving Hilda, an architectural historian for Preservation Idaho, and helps Idaho refugee artisans sell their handmade wares at Artisans For Hope.

About our Markets: Fifteen years ago we created our signature event, Wintry Market, an upscale and inventive indie art, craft and vintage show in Boise every November named the best holiday bazaar in Idaho by Food & Wine magazine and one of the best in the West by Sunset magazine. Wintry Market, and its little sisters Summery Market and Idaho Vintage Market, consist of innovative and original items produced using traditional art/craft methods by 100+ regional vintage dealers, artists & crafters. Since the beginning we have given chances to small creative businesses started at kitchen tables and in garages and in backyards and pride ourselves as being an affordable marketplace for one-of-a-kind goods. Thanks to you, we’re honored to have become one of the biggest and best indie holiday fairs around. We know, like you do, that our makers are extraordinary, and the quality of their handmade wares unique and limited. We are definitely not our grandmas’ Christmas bazaar (though none of us would be here without their creativity, tenacity and legacy) and definitely not for everyone. Our artisans can be edgy – they push the boundaries of art and craft, think outside the box, are sometimes both naughty and nice, and take risks. Wintry Market champions makers of all kinds.