This weekend, November 13-15, the entire first floor of MOCA will be filled with 28 vendors offering up an array of the annual Artscape show's mainstay, handcrafted jewelry, and some new category items.

"There are a lot of return vendors and customer favorites coming back," says Artscape coordinator and MOCA Store buyer/manager Desiree Keller. "We are adding a bunch of new vendors as well, which broaden the categories a little bit." New merchandise will include glass items, leather handbags, clothing and other handmade items such as soap. Artscape will open this Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. for early shopping and mingling.

"On Friday night we have a party to start weekend right," says Keller. Potent potables will be available as well as tidbits from Marigold Catering. "It's a good social shopping experience with friends. They can drink and eat and shop all at the same time."

The evening event will also feature door prizes: gift collections of items from the MOCA store and others donated by vendors. Admission is free for members and $10 for nonmembers, which also includes admission to the galleries. Current exhibitions feature the work of Korean-born Do Ho Suh and an aural installation by Fatima Al Qadiri in the museum's Stair A.

This year's Artscape selections will include handbags by Freddy Hill Design, hand blown glass items by Shayna Pentecost, jewelry by Deborah Woolfork, clothing by Tidal Cool, Orlando Pottery, and much more. A complete list of vendors is available here. Keller estimates most purchases range from $20 to $80, although an array of higher-end items will be available.

"We try to make sure there is a variety of price points," she says, "because the Cleveland population is our customer and that's a broad range of people."

On Saturday and Sunday, the show runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to Artscape is free, although standard admission applies to the galleries. On Saturday afternoon, NinnaNanna will be conducting a 90-minute workshop ($60) on crafting needle felted pets, an item that was a surprise hit at the 2014 Artscape event.

"People went crazy for those felted animals," says Keller, "and throughout the year, I had customers calling me and asking for contact information." The workshop will be the first such event associated with Artscape. "People can learn a skill and get to take something home as well."

The eclectic MOCA Store will be open throughout Artscape. Keller promises a dazzling assortment of merchandise. "We've got a ton of new things in for the holidays," she says. "We're literally still unpacking stuff."

Keller's picks include Applicata beech wood candleholders and Zuny faux leather stuffed bookends, which she describes as "perfect for a kid's room." And while jewelry is the store's number one draw, Keller takes full ownership of the funky-to-chic merchandise. "They're all my babies," she says. "I pick every last thing that comes in here."

As with a portion of the proceeds from the store's sales, some Artscape vendors will donate a portion of their earnings this weekend to MOCA, but the event is mostly about showcasing the artisans, which are largely based in northeast Ohio.

"These are small business people trying to make a live doing their art," says Keller. "Artscape is our way of giving them an opportunity to sell their wares here in Cleveland, especially at this time of year.

"It’s a gift event," she says. "It’s a design event."