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For those who plan to get an early start on the 2024 Christmas shopping season, the upcoming Holiday Market in downtown Troy on Saturday, November 16 is a great starting place.

And, the Troy Arts Council’s table will feature gifts that keep on giving including artwork by the late Troy artist Marcia Rice.

Maggie Hammond, TAC publicity chair,

“Several years ago, Marcia Rice painted iconic buildings of downtown Troy,” Hammond said. “The Auxiliary had prints made of this beautiful painting, and can be purchased for $50. A limited number of signed prints will be available for $100,  They also have a limited number of signed prints by the late artist. The  signed prints are $100.

“When these prints were originally made, the Auxiliary also had notecards made—the painting is divided into four scenes,” Hammond said. “The notecards were immensely popular and quickly sold out.”

Hammond said the TAC received a large number of requests for Rice’s notecards and had them reprinted. The  framed notecards are beautiful.

These note cards will make great gifts or for your own enjoyment, Hammond said.

One of the items for sale is the “Troy Sampler”, a project of the Troy Arts Council Auxiliary featuring architectural artwork of Troy.

The artists whose works are featured in the “Sampler” are Day Barnes, Mary Susan Berry, Jane Brantley, Judy Colley, Libby Doty, Les Faulk, Sally Fenn, Bill Flinn, Ann Gilchrist, Jean Lake, Joyce Lee, James C. Ludwig, Mary Page, Bill Porter, Phoebe Porter, Jo Rape, Marcia Rice, Chrissie Schubert, Alice Thornton, Ruth Walker and Joan Word.