When a retail space opened up next door to Katie and Jake Hawley’s Picture Salon business, the couple spotted an opportunity to extend their successful fine art printing company in a more creative direction.
“Artists had been asking us to help sell their work [in addition] to helping them produce it. We decided there’s not really a space like this on the West Side. Over here, it’s kind of an art desert,” explains Jake.
Last October, the couple opened Madison Art Market, a one-stop shop for art by Wisconsin artists. Offerings include paintings, prints, photography, greeting cards, jewelry, ceramics, and wool and fiber arts…