NEW BUSINESS 🎨 | ArtWorks Gallery & Studios

A new creative space is opening its doors in Downtown Redding!

ArtWorks Gallery & Studios officially opens at 1518 Market Street during September’s First Friday, bringing together a group of retired local art teachers who aren’t quite ready to put their creativity away.

Tamara Watson, retired Enterprise High School art teacher and partial owner of ArtWorks, joins Blake Fisher on the Viva Downtown Discussion Podcast to talk about the new gallery, the story behind its creation, and their vision for bringing more art into Downtown Redding.

The gallery’s inaugural exhibit features 13 local artists and a variety of artistic mediums, from sculpture to painting.

Listen in and meet one of Downtown Redding’s newest creative businesses!

Shop Around The Corner Books - Owner, Amber Treat joins the Downtown Discussion Podcast. In this episode, listen along to learn about the new location of Shop Around The Corner Books, 1244 California Street.

Shop Around the Corner Books is located in the heart of downtown Redding, CA. They offer new books of all genres…new releases, fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books. Email the shop with your book requests and they’ll get you the book you want. They also carry bookish merchandise—t-shirts, candles, journals, puzzles, bookmarks, keychains and tea. If you’re not in Redding, you can order those items on their website or order books and audiobooks with the links to Bookshop.org and Libro.fm

Redding's Public Market - Market Manager, Erin Ross, joins the the Downtown Discussion Podcast. In this episode, we discuss the accomplishments, innovations, and learning lessons of the first six months of the Redding Public Market being open.

The Redding Public Market was a massive project to transform the first floor store front space in 1551 Market Center a mixed use housing revitilization project in Downtown Redding.