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Unleash Your Creativity with The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf®’s Brew Your Best Year: Street Art Series
Continuing on from their dedication to inspiring and arming every
individual to become the best versions of themselves, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®’s community for creative
self-expression and personal development, Brew
Your Best Year, is kicking off 2016 with the launch of a three-part series
of events that will hit big cities in the country: Metro Manila, Cebu and
Davao.
The theme of the series
will be Create: Brew Your Best
Masterpiece in which community members will get to unleash their inner
creativity and exercise their imagination by learning about Street Art - a
booming platform for individuality and self-expression- and then applying what
they’ve learned by being a part of the team who will create The Coffee Bean
& Tea Leaf®’s very first public mural.
“We believe that life is
one big canvass and through this activity, we are encouraging our community
members to make their lives their best masterpiece by using their gifts in the
best ways they can,” shares Nella Lomotan, Engagement Marketing of The Coffee
Bean and Tea Leaf® Philippines. “This event will just be one of the many
avenues we are providing that will, hopefully, help them brew their best 2016.”
The
first leg of the series conducted by street artists BEK Graffiti and Janot
happened last February 13, 2016 in the South’s Queen City, Cebu. Participants
thought of their own interpretation of “Making one’s life one’s masterpiece”
and translated it into a street art mural which can now be seen at the Escario
Wall, located in one of Cebu’s busiest districts.
As the 2nd part of the series, the team will be taking over Davao next
on February 27, 2016 in what is called the “creative and entertainment hub of
Davao”, Matina Town Square. The event will feature some of the city’s most
talented, well-known streets artists who will showcase their talents and share
personal stories behind the pursuit of their passion for street art.
Participants can look
forward to meeting Troy Bascon – one
of the pioneering graffiti artists in Davao with his iconic style of using cans
and intricate graffiti letters, Kim Vale
– a fine arts graduate with a background of painting that eventually led him to
his love of using stencils in his creations, Ghamar Kanda – knowledgeable in spray cans and industrial paints
for his street art and is popular for his works using imagery such as fish with
a lobster claw, and finally, Franco
– one of the local street artists whose work you can find in every corner of the
city and an expert in using wheat paste as his main medium.
Just like the first event
in Cebu, it will be a half-day workshop from 1:00-5:00pm wherein community
members will get to learn about the history and basics of street art and
graffiti, including a short tour of the existing street art. After which,
participants are encouraged to collaborate together to design a street art
mural in one of the walls in Matina Town Square.
Everyone in the community
has a chance to join the Davao event! Either post an original artwork or photo
on Instagram with the theme, “Making my life my best masterpiece,” while using
the hashtags #brew2016 #cbtlph or submit a story via www.brewyourbestyear.com.
20 individuals with the most creative entries will receive an exclusive invite
to the event!
