lifestyles
Steamed art
Julianne Peter / KANSAN
The women's bathroom at The Java Dive & Deli, 10 E. Ninth St., displays art created by children in art classes at the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.
Coffee shops are for more than cappuccino. For some they are a chance to display and see art.
atte and landscapes, espresso and expressionism.
Story by Susanna Löof. Illustration by Noah Musser.
While the pairs may not seem to match, they do for many who visit coffee shops. For those people, choosing which coffee shop to visit is not only a
also a question of choosing what art to see while enjoying the beverage.
Coffee drinkers with a preference for photographs of nature could choose La Prima Tazza, 638 Massachusetts St. Fans of surrealism, art portraying the subconscious, would enjoy the art at the Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St. Women who like enjoying art while in the bathroom could try Java Dive & Deli, 10 E. Ninth St., where the women's bathroom is decorated with a mural.
Caffeine depends with a preference for abstract expressionism would be happier at Sebastian's, 620 W. 12th St., while the exhibition at the Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St., stimulates ceramic enthusiasts.
Monica Peck, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, said she visited coffee shops several times a week.
"Sometimes I pick which coffee shop to go to according to the art," she said.
Peck said that if she did not like the art at one coffee shop, sometimes she chose to go to a different coffee shop.
"The coffee is pretty much the same wherever you go," she said.
The art in coffee shops can be depressing, Peck said.
"When the art is suicidal or sodomasochistic, it really upsets me," she said.
Filippo Barbiroli, Bologna, Italy, junior
But that does not mean such art should not be displayed in the shops, she said.
"The art is part of the relaxing atmosphere," he said.
Filippo Barbirolli, Bologna, Italy, junior,
also visits coffee shops several times a week
Many local coffee shops change the exhibited art periodically, and Barbirolli said that he appreciated the change.
Derek Hogan, co-owner of the Java Break, said he liked how the ambiance of the coffee shop
"I usually go to the coffee shop where I like the coffee host." he said.
changed with the displayed art
But he always notices the unimproved be coid
"I think it is neat how it changes the whole room," he said.
The customers often react to the art, Hogan said.
Hogan picked the art to be displayed with his co-owners. All artists are local, and some are KU students, he said.
"It's always mixed," he said. "Half of them love it, and half of them hate it."
Hogan said that the art displayed had been varied.
"We've had abstracts, pastel portraits and art made of building materials," he said.
Jennifer Rinehart, Lawrence resident, is dis playing multi-media ceramics at the Javu
The art of coffee shops
Many area artists are on display in Lawrence coffee shops. A few are listed below.
La Prima Tazza Zach Rockhill
638 Massachusetts. St.
Ron Holz
Bourgeois Pig Gordon Sherman
6 E. Ninth St.
Janet Perkins *
Java Dive & Deli Kathryn Whitehorne
10 E. Ninth St.
Sebastian's Kyle Minor
620 W. 12th St.
Java Break Jennifer Rinehart
17 E. Seventh St.
* Starts Sunday.
Break.
She also said she liked having her art displayed in coffee shops because people had time to sit down and enjoy it while they drank their coffee.
"The art is part of the relaxing atmosphere."
"It opens the art up to the average person who maybe would not go to a gallery," she said.
The Java Break is an espresso gallery, and art is part of the business. Hogan said.
At La Prima Tazza, where portraits in oil by Zach Rockhill and photographic prints of nature by Ron Holz are displayed, the art exhibition is not part of the business, said Bart Smith, co-owner of the coffee shop.
Some of the artists displaying their art in La Prima Tazca have sold a few pieces, but the
Filippo Barbirolli
Bologna, Italy, junior
"The art is for our customers to have something pleasing to look at," he said.
Smith said he picked the art displayed in the coffee shop.
is not the purpose with the exhibitions, Smith said.
The Bourgeois Pig uses a local company to pick the art displayed in the coffee shop. Until Saturday, surreal paintings by Gordon Sherman will be displayed.
"But I am always happy to look at people's work," Smith said. "If there is an opening sometime and if it fits in, we might display it."
He said the shop did not display anything that didn't fit into its style.
Conklin said that art exhibitions in the coffee shop benefited both the artist and the coffee shop.
had been providing art to display in the coffee shop.
So far, Smith's friends
"The art adds a life to the intimacy of the bar." he said. "It adds color and flavor."
Conklin said that many customers commented on the art exhibitions in the coffee shop.
"Lots of people comment, especially during the art openings when the artist is present," he said.
The next artist having an exhibition at The Bourgeois Pig will be Janet Perkins. Her art opening will be on Sunday.
At the recently opened coffee shop Sebastian's, anybody can come in to show their art, but student artists are given preference, said Regan Wheat. Sebastian's employee.
"We want to support student art," she said. "Normally, you need to have a name before you can get wall-space, but not here."
Abstract expressionist paintings and drawings by Kyle Minor, a former KU student, are on display.
Wheat said that the art exhibitions would change every second and every fourth week depending on how many artists wanted to hang their art in the coffee shop.
At the Java Dive & Deli, landscapes in oil by Kathryn Whitehorne decorate the walls. But unusual art is to be found in the women's rest room. A mural with an aquarium scene, including fish hanging from the ceiling, gives visitors the feeling of being under water, owner David Lewis said. The mural was created by children at the Lawrence Arts Center.
"We are planning to have two artists displaying their art at the same time," Wheat said.
"People just love it," Lewis said. Men in need at Java Dive & Deli soon will have the same opportunity to experience art in the bathroom, Lewis said.
"People just love it." Lewis said.
"It will be an outdoor type of environment," he said.
The following paintings are by Gordon Sherman, Mound City resident. The paintings will be on display at the Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St., through Saturday.
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