Pop-up turned gift shop firmly standing on Hope

JOYFUL SURVIVAL: Kim T. Clark shows off some of the wares in her Rhody Craft gift shop in Providence, which she started as a pop-up in 2008 to support her children after she was treated for cancer and while going through a divorce. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
JOYFUL SURVIVAL: Kim T. Clark shows off some of the wares in her Rhody Craft gift shop in Providence, which she started as a pop-up in 2008 to support her children after she was treated for cancer and while going through a divorce. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Perusing the bright and colorful shelves of Rhody Craft LLC, it would be hard to imagine the desperate circumstances that catalyzed the Providence-based gift shop and gallery. It was 2012, and Karen T. Clark was destitute. Coming out of cancer treatment while simultaneously going through a divorce, she was looking for a way to support

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