CATA Coffee limited roast to raise money for organization
Tunnel City’s “CATA Coffee” blend to raise money for organization
Art exhibit sparks new limited release coffee
WILLIAMSTOWN — June 12, 2017 — Community Access to the Arts (CATA) has a mission to allow people with disabilities to express themselves freely and creatively through mixed medium. To support that initiative, Tunnel City Coffee created a “CATA Coffee” blend — $5 from each pound sold will be donated to CATA.
With the integration of a temporary art exhibit, Tunnel City used three paintings to label CATA Coffee bags. The medium roast blend will be available online and in store until the exhibit at 100 Spring Street is dismantled — June 29.
Inside the coffee shop, nearly 30 lambent paintings created with assistive technology and artist drawings are on view, created with media such as acrylic, tempera, watercolor, oil and chalk pastel, charcoal, and mixed media. All pieces are for sale, professionally matted and framed, with proceeds supporting commissions for individual artists.
The CATA “Art on Tour” exhibit will be on view during regular Tunnel City Coffee hours, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week.
For more information, visit http://cataarts.org/events
About Community Access to the Arts:
CATA workshops take place all across the Berkshires and in Columbia County, and are led by talented faculty who are also artists themselves; Jeff Gagnon, Pat Hogan, Marlene Marshall, Janice Shields, Kara Smith, Stefanie Weber, and Michael Wolski.
Funds to support the exhibit are made possible by Irene and James Hunter Charitable Fund at Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, October Mountain Financial Advisors and other advocates.
CATA also brought art to The Good Purpose Gallery in Lee, Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, New Marlborough Meeting House in New Marlborough, and the MountainOne Gallery as part of Downstreet Art in North Adams.
About Tunnel City Coffee:
Tunnel City Coffee (TCC) has been pulling espresso shots in Williamstown since 1992. Along with making top quality espresso drinks, TCC is known for roasting its own coffee in North Adams and being a purveyor of pastries made daily in its scratch bakery.
Over the past 25 years, the company has grown in sales, location and employee base. With the addition of a cafe on the MASS MoCA campus, TCC will begin serving beverages out of the new Spring Street Bookstore in the fall.
For more information and to learn more about retail and wholesale opportunities, visit TunnelCityCoffee.com or call (413) 458-5010.
