About Upstate Vintage

Jason and Michele Baran (and nephew) at Green Shutters, Auburn, NY 2001

About Upstate Vintage

Upstate Vintage is a small, artist-led shop rooted in Central New York, built around the beauty of old, odd, and custom goods, and the stories they carry.

We create and curate art, stickers, prints, vintage-inspired goods, and custom pieces with a love for weathered signs, roadside Americana, classic cars, custom motorcycles, crows, curiosities and objects with a storied past.

Curated by Michele Baran and Jason "JT" Baran — artists, makers, collectors, and lifelong creative scavengers, our work blends custom paint culture, vintage graphics, local grit, nostalgia, humor, and a the classic curiosities of Upstate New York. 

Some pieces are original designs. Some are inspired by found objects, forgotten imagery, classic machines, or the natural world. Everything here is selected or created with an eye for Upstate character.

Upstate Vintage is for people who like their art with a story, their style with a little sass, and their adventures just slightly off the beaten path.

Custom classics. Found beauty. Weird little treasures. Made in the Finger Lakes. Curated in Upstate New York at the historic Cortland Corset Factory.

Jason and Michele Baran, Green Shutters Auburn, NY ~2021