Kickstarter

Art Is in Coffee 

The goal of Art Is In Coffee is to provide a space where community members can plug into their local environment and find ways to interact and participate in the growth and transformation of our city, Oakland, CA.

The mobile coffee cart is used to empower people to come together through coffee and subsequently to stay to enjoy, connect, create and share. Specifically, through food, art, music and education we wish to facilitate the sharing of different cultures, ideas, and perspectives.

Our rotating mobile art gallery, constructed out of 100% reclaimed wood represents different points of view from a variety of cultural perspectives. Such perspectives, can be “cultural” in terms of ethnic diversity but also “cultural” in a sense that we represent different points of view that are emerging from our era.

Likewise, we hope to negotiate the reality of social imbalance and environmental degredation in the world through offering directly traded coffee that is grown in an ecologically mindful manner.

In essence, what we are trying to do is present coffee as a vehicle for social justice.

Please join us in morphing this world one coffee cup at a time!

The Cost: $7,500

We will use the $7,500 to purchase a variety of different materials that will allow us to be fully mobile and operational.

We need to purchase a mobile coffee cart that can be transported throughout the bay area to sidewalks, farmers markets and food festivals where we will be able to engage with a variety of different people and have meaningful conversations about art, coffee and sustainable agriculture. 

We will need a generator to be able to power our cart from any location and a trailer to transport our cart. 

We will need to register our cart with the city, and get permits to be able to move around. 

We will need supplies that include water kettles, french presses, a coffee grinder and air pots. 

*We are also in need of a bike cart to be able to ride around town with our materials leaving behind no emmissions! If you would like to share an extra bike cart with us please email us at artisincoffee@gmail.com **

Special Thanks to the Talented

Thank you to our great friends Llessica Chan, Liz Lara, Joey Shemuel,Timbo Cole, Will Quinn, Alexa Melo and Armando Resendez for their film and photographic talents!

Thank you to our wonderful musician friends and family Joshua Murphy, Aylan Mello and Danilo.

Thank you to Alan Grizzell for guiding us through our video and creating beautiful art for the 25th Street Collective.

Thank you to the 25th Street Collective and especially Hiroko Kurihara for all your support.

Thank you to our friend and coffee guru Justin Johnson for providing us with the most delicious, micro roasted coffee the Bay has to offer! 

Special thanks to the talented Bay Area phenomenon Izzy*Wise for the use of his music to score our video! 

And many many thanks to all of our friends, family and community members who have guided us and shared love with us throughout this process- WE would not be here without YOU. 

We can only make this happen with your help! We look forward to building community with you all and sharing conversations over coffee. 

You are pure magic, thank you,

Sara and Lazzuly 

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-is-in-Coffee/335119943230151?ref=hl