Student bands performed tunes, filling Edmunds Ballroom as 5C students and Claremont community members browsed local and student vendors.
The 5Cs’ independent student-run radio station, KSPC 88.7 FM, hosted its recurring fundraiser, the Music and Art Mart, on Sunday, March 2. The event highlights artists, musicians and record collectors in the Claremont area, supporting the radio station’s mission, which, according to their website, is to “provide a platform for new, local, and underrepresented artists.”
“Our main mission is to uplift and highlight artists who have been underrepresented in the media in general,” KSPC volunteer and DJ Lisle Coombs SC ’28 said, speaking about the radio station.
She also noted the importance of representing all music tastes in the field of radio as well as branching out and discovering new artists.
Oli Burkhalter SC ’27, a student vendor selling self-designed stickers, learned about KSPC’s Music and Art Mart through working at Pomona College’s Walker Flea Market. Burkhalter noted an appreciation for discovering new music through KSPC.
“Our main mission is to uplift and highlight artists who have been underrepresented in the media in general.”
“On Spotify, I really stick to my own music, so it’s nice to branch out and see what other people are listening to on the radio,” Burkhalter said.
Living up to KSPC’s mission, the Music and Art Mart presented a range of artists and vendors while giving student bands an opportunity to perform for a live audience. Harvey Mudd College band MAMA-K covered a plethora of popular songs, while the three-person band Lottie’s played their original song “The Cut,” among others.
Attendees flipped through CDs, cassettes and vinyls, which ranged in price from $3 to $50, while listening to the live music. Vendors covered their tables in goods, including handmade jewelry, prints, crochet products, books, homemade slime and stickers.
At one table, Alyssa Hernandez SC ’27 sold colorful handmade prints. Hernandez, who learned how to block print from a friend, described her art as a “side hobby” that she takes to markets across the 5Cs.
The Music and Art Mart helped provide funds to the radio station, helping give students a chance to connect with local creatives and develop their skills in the music industry.
“You can learn all sorts of different things at KSPC, whether that be reporting on live concerts, album review workshops or performing at an event like the Music and Art Mart,” Coombs said.
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