Beans, beans, they're good for your Art

[SammyV]

Hey folks. The people at Mugshots Coffeehouse, one of the Screens 'N' Spokes venues, really loved the show we put on in September. They contacted me to see if I would help them put together a new art show there for the coming year. I figure in addition to screens, ink, and beer, coffee maybe a necessary ingredient to all the work that is posted on GP, so I wanted to gauge interests here.

We're looking for artists who love, rely and are even inspired by Coffee

Mugshots Coffeehouse is organizing a coffee-infused art show in Philadelphia for June. Mugshots (and Independents Coffee Cooperative – Independents Coffee Cooperative ::) will be working collectively to raise $16,000 for the Peruvian farmers who grow the coffee sold as our house coffee (Independents Peruvian Select). The farmers are undertaking an ambitious project to build a solar powered drying facility (to dry the beans after they are harvested). This will allow for the farmers to improve both the quality and quantity of the coffee they grow, by protecting it from the frequent rains in the region.

We're hoping the show will feature art inspired by all aspects of coffee, from the growing and harvesting of the beans to the simple pleasures of a morning cup, and anything in between.

We are asking for 12 copies of your print, and we will frame one copy ourselves for the show, and sell the rest on the Mugshots website. On top of the 12 show prints, your print run can be as large as you want, and you can sell those prints however you please.

The deadline to turn in prints will be May 1.

100% of the profits made through the show at Mugshots will go to Cooperativa San Fernando, a farmer-owned organic coffee cooperative located high in the Andes Mountains near Cusco, Peru.

If you would like to participate or have any questions please PM or email me sam dot verrill @ gmail dot com

Thanks

[surrender]

That rules.
Coffer rules.

Count me in this time Sam

[cleverkarate]

So you want people to donate their artwork and/or money in order to help farmers make money? Maybe I'm missing the point, if so please forgive me, but this doesn't really seem like a charitable cause. Is someone starving? Are there children involved? Maybe children who can't afford Starbucks or something?

[SammyV]

Personally I disagree with you karate. I don't have all the info on the farmers, I'll try and get more from the owners of the shop when I can. But I do know it has nothing to do with Starbucks, and is totally about Fair Trade.

For me, I'm just trying to get together a cool show, inspired by something I love to drink. The people at mugshots are good people, and if you saw what I did with Screens 'N' Spokes show, I like to put on professional shows, that display that artist and the art as best as possible. In this case all the artists involved can print as many as they like and sell those prints however they like.

Anyway, thanks for the interest Chris. I'll bump this up for the evening to see if there is more interest. If you have any questions about the show, or the reason for the show, just drop me a line and I'll do my best to answer them.

[strawberryluna]

i'm down.

[swampviking]

i'm down.

Racist.

[Grzeca]

I'm in. I exhale caffeine.

[strawberryluna]

Racist.

HIGH!!!!!!!

[Dusty!]

So you want people to donate their artwork and/or money in order to help farmers make money? Maybe I'm missing the point, if so please forgive me, but this doesn't really seem like a charitable cause. Is someone starving? Are there children involved? Maybe children who can't afford Starbucks or something?

Their in Peru, not fuckin LA.

The South American country of Peru has been in the news a lot lately, as a devastating earthquake occurred there about two weeks ago. Here at Independents, Peru is often on our mind, because that's where our wonderful house coffee, "Independents Peruvian Select," is grown.

The earthquake hit the coastal town of Pisco the hardest. Our coffee is grown far away, by the farmer-owned Cooperativa San Fernando, near Cusco, high in the Andes. While the folks in the San Fernando community did not experience the widespread destruction that happened in Pisco, reports from the country inform us that almost everyone is affected.

[S.Blake]

I've never even tasted coffee!

It smells good when it's being brewed tho!