Bird Rock Artist Guild's Spring "Art in the Garden"

This Saturday, May 8, 2010, from 11am - 2pm, 5571 Bellevue Avenue, La Jolla. This event will feature almost 20 artists selling their work. There will also be live music.
Featured:

• Jewelry
• Mixed media paintings
• Hand knits
• Prints
• Cards
• Mosaics
• Soaps
• Gourmet Foods

They will also be collecting new and used art-related children's books for the Children's Museum.

Children's Book wish list includes:

True Kelley. Andy Warhol's Colors by Susan Goldman Rubin
Paint me a Poem by Justine Rowden
13 Artists Children Should Know by Angela Wenzel
Children's Book of Art by Rosie Dickins
Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz
I Can Draw Animals by Ray Gibson
Alexander Calder and his Magical Mobiles by Jean Lipman
When Pigasso met Mootisse by Nina Laden
An Eye for Color by Natasha Wing
Babar's Museum of Art by Laurent de Brunhoff

For more information, email Jane Wheeler.

Bird Rock Artist Guild

Bird Rock’s poster child for a local, successful business

A great article about Bird Rock Coffee Roasters came out in the La Jolla Village News 3/25 by Adriane Tillman. The story describes how Bird Rock Coffee Roasters owner Chuck Patton turned his hobby into a business that has also become a social hub for neighbors at 5627 La Jolla Blvd. To read the article click here.
It's an inspiring example of how he found a niche in the competitive coffee industry (he's accross the street from Starbucks) and followed through on his vision. For the past two years, Patton has traveled to places like Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Columbia, Sumatra and Ecuador to build partnerships with individual farmers based on the quality of their beans. As residents have experienced, Patton has also made his shop a pillar of the local community. Bird Rock Coffee Roasters supports fundraisers at Bird Rock Elementary School, and donated space in the store for the Bird Rock History Museum. In addition,  promoted local artists and is working with the non-profit ArtReach to bring art to classrooms. You should also know, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters sells their beans onsite and online. Delivery available within range of thier BRCR electric delivery truck to Bird Rock, La Jolla Village and Pacific Beach.
You can also fan them on Face Book & Follow on Twitter for news & events.

Source: LJVN