Diane Soubly of Have Art is trying something a little different with Starbucks stores here in the Chicago area. She has started a pilot program to bring local artists into Starbucks stores. Now I know a lot of you are thinking, well, local coffee shops have been doing that forever! Yes, they have, and now Starbucks may be joining in that local flavor and making some stores at least a little bit less corporate looking and a little more friendly and community oriented. I think it is a great idea…but then I would. My work is currently being shown at a Chicago Starbucks at 2320 Roscoe (near Damen and Roscoe) through the month of October. The work consists of prints from each of my two books, The Lewis & Clark Trail American Landscapes and Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Thirty Years of American Landscapes. There will be an Artist Reception on October 21^st from 5-8pm. I hope if you are in the Chicago area you will stop by for some coffee, some art, and maybe even buy one of my books. By the way Diane helped to curate and hang the show – that’s what she does.

If you’d like to see some of the prints or books which are on display you can check out what I offer at Quiet Light Publishing. There you can preview the books and prints!

Hope to see you on the 21^st! And who knows, I bet I hang around the coffee shop occasionally just to watch folks interact with the work. See you there!

Peace,

Richard