The Blue Planet Cafe is issuing a call to Kansas artists for environmental or nature-themed two-dimensional artworks.  The “soft opening” of the cafe is slated for late August.  Art director (and cookie connoisseur) Sarah Carson is planning an initial collection that reflects the global responsibility of the cafe.

“We plan to recycle, compost, use compostable containers and rely on local produce whenever possible,” she enumerates.

The Blue Planet, which will soon share the historical Thacher building on 8th and Kansas Avenues with production company Gizmo Pictures, will cater to vegan, vegetarian, carnivorous and gluten-free clientele.  Owner Linda Carson also hopes to fully utilize the massive, renovated space by offering meeting places, poetry readings, yoga classes, local authors’ books for sale, children’s tea parties and puppet shows, along with anything else that strikes her fancy.

The artists’ works will line the walls of the cafe, for sale or for admiration, for the first month after the Blue Planet’s initial debut. Carson requests that works be submitted by mid-August for consideration.

Interested artists should submit up to three pieces by email attachment or portfolio link to Sarah Carson at srosecarson@yahoo.com.  She can be reached for more information by phone at (785) 220-0899.

[ July 2010 | Melissa Sewell | logo contributed ]