Saturday, December 13 from 8am-1pm
at PYP FOREST
PYP’s Holiday Market returns! We are excited, once again, to be hosting some incredible local makers/artists, and community members at our Holiday Market. Join us and shop locally for your upcoming holidays! We’ll have coffee and bagels from Rose Foods, as well as pastries from Belleville to keep you going!
MAKERS & COMMUNITY MEMBERS!
(row 1, l to r)
Thirst Tea by AP Nuri - Herbal wellness isn’t just about balance and quick fixes— it’s about pleasure, connection, and exploration. Thirst Tea blends are an invitation for a sensual relationship with your life. You already have everything within you to navigate life’s conundrums and champion your success. Thirst Tea provides the tools, the inspiration to get started and the community environment to keep going.
Jordan Kendall Parks Studio - Through interactive outdoor exhibitions and site-specific installations, Jordan encourages people to engage with their surroundings, find a sense of adventure and discover art along the way. On a smaller scale, Jordan commonly uses woodcut and linoleum monoprint processes to create visuals that are heavily influenced by our relationship with the natural world and each other. JKP Studio brings these messages into the home through block printed fine art, clothing and homegoods. Jordan's art is both a celebration of these moments and a tool to advocate for climate and social justice.
Twin Flame Closet - Twin Flame is the passion project of three friends who care deeply about combating fast fashion consumerism and helping people hone their personal style through secondhand shopping. We love the anthropology of style, and have fun styling our pieces in different ways. Our mission is to convince our shoppers that being stylish doesn’t have to be expensive or unsustainable: secondhand clothing is the future of fashion. Everything we need is already here!
Brit & Jenna - Brit and Jenna have a collection of hand embroidered wares— shirts, jumpsuits, hats, napkins— featuring colorful, playful motifs on enduring fabrics such as cotton, denim, linen and canvas
Dr. Jenn Gelfand of Root to Rise - Dr. Jenn is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Pelvic Health Specialist and Owner and Founder of Root to Rise Physical Therapy & Pelvic Health located in Scarborough, Saco, and Bath, Maine.
Her practice specializes in pelvic floor therapy including the treatment of bladder and bowel dysfunction, pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse, prenatal care, menopause and musculoskeletal conditions. Her and her team combine traditional Physical and Occupational Therapy with Therapeutic Yoga and Acupuncture. Her years of clinical experience and personal journey with PCOS, postpartum healing and navigating the beginning stages of perimenopause informs her practice and fuels her passion to help her patients optimize their health and wellness and achieve their goals.
(row 2, l to r)
Jessica Roth - Jessica has a collection of hobby-based creations including block prints on cards and clothing, water color and acrylic paintings, pottery and little bit of jewelry for those that like beads and sea glass. She’s a big fan of landscapes and natural things.
Kelley Voegelin Art - Kelley Voegelin graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with a Bachelor's in Fine Art & Illustration. Her work focuses on the interplay of line, color & texture by layering various paints with collage & drawing. She is inspired by both nature & cities, the body & the rawness of being human.
Hale Linnet - Hale Linnet is a white, trans-nonbinary figurative painter and sculptor based in Maine, whose socially conscious work centers bodily autonomy, gender, pleasure, and self-excavation. Hale holds a degree in Public Health, and brings a background in community organizing and abortion access advocacy into their creative practice, approaching artmaking as both personal inquiry and collective care. Through paint, sculpture, and collaboration, their work seeks to elevate the body—especially the trans body—as a site of liberation work, transformation, and connection.
Often working in partnership with others, Hale creates community-driven projects as a cofounder of the trans artist collective Brazen Bandits, which gathers people together to make art, share grief/joy, and build solidarity through creative practice. Hale has received grants from the Maine Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts for collaborative sculpture installations honoring the diverse lived experiences of menstruating bodies.
They live in South Portland and work out of their studio at Space538 in downtown Portland. Beyond the studio, Hale teaches trauma-informed yoga to youth and works with unhoused teens.
Emmett’s Plants - Emmett is PYP’s resident plant janitor and can be seen in the back row of every yin class. Their specialties are rescue plants and happy accidents. During the week they can be spotted around town with their watering cans as an employee of The Magic Sprout. They are fundraising for a major surgery next year (donate here!) and are offering a small selection of houseplants, cuttings and advice.
Renew & Restore with Jamie Navarro - Renew & Restore ME offers a unique blend of Reiki, yoga, breathwork, and ball rolling techniques designed to rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit. Whether you're looking to reduce stress, improve flexibility, or find balance in your energy, R&R ME's holistic approach provides personalized healing sessions that promote relaxation and overall wellness.
At the market, folks can enter my email sign-up to win a free session, shop for Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls (perfect stocking stuffers, which landed on the NYTimes holiday gift guide!), get a quick consult on how to use them for tension relief, and enjoy short, energy-refreshing Reiki sessions.
(row 3, l to r)
Phoebe Harris - Phoebe Harris is a contemporary Maine-born artist currently living in Portland. Her work draws upon the delicate interplay between memory, materiality, and the natural world. Her practice spans a variety of media, most notably painting, where she constructs vibrant, emotionally resonant compositions with subtle layers of narrative. At the core of Phoebe’s work is an exploration of loss, connection, and the challenges of our time, informed by a deep sensitivity to the natural world and the ephemera of everyday life.
Phoebe will be selling a selection of upcycled and hand painted wearables at the PYP holiday market.
Annie Lufkin of New England Animal Sanctuary - Hi! My name is Annie Lufkin and I will be selling merchandise at the holiday market to raise funds for New England Animal Sanctuary, a 501(c)3 non-profit I founded in Buxton, Maine. NEAS is a farm animal sanctuary with a focus on rescue, social advocacy and education.
Lauren O’Brien Art - Lauren is a self-taught artist, though she attributes her early artistic inspiration to her mom, who is an artist and regularly introduced Lauren and her siblings to art/crafts early in life. Today, Lauren is inspired by peoples’ stories, struggles, and raw emotions — the unique and the universal. Traveling regularly for work, she’s found beauty in the shared human experience that connect us all. Beyond her art (but influencing it), she is a facilitator and connector; curious about and working towards equitable and durable solutions at the nexus of environmental sustainability, food justice, and human rights/dignity — especially among the misunderstood, cast aside, and often-passed-over.
She plays with different mediums, but lately has been drawn to the simplicity of single-line drawings. Her other work includes ink+paint+cyanotype and charcoal+acrylic paint.
Newer to the market scene, she carries a bit of imposter syndrome in declaring herself an artist, but is excited to share some of her work with you at PYP!
Carly Rice Seaweed Serums - This seaweed serum is made with minimal ingredients, locally harvested seaweed that is primed and extracted without using any heat to keep all the healing juices intact. People are obsessed with this serum! It’s incredibly nourishing for dry skin, acne, burns or skin irritation. Seaweed is magic!
Salt & Moon Healing Arts - At Salt and Moon Healing Arts I blend activism, healing and snark into radical handmade art. As a trauma informed yoga teacher, full spectrum doula and energy worker, I create stickers, totes, apparel and gifts that uplift and disrupt. A little sweary, a lot of what we are all thinking, and always made with love and intention.