Friends, family and locals gathered at Coffee Cultures on Park Avenue in Alameda on Saturday afternoon to support their community in creative arts while enjoying the space and refreshments the cafe had to offer.
The show's name "A Decade of Jones" was a nod to the last ten years that Mindiana Jones has grown as a traveling artist, seeing every opportunity as a call for adventure. Exploring far away places, and the deepest inner spaces, she shared how continuously meeting new people gave the opportunity to practice the qualities and behaviors she was self-teaching herself along the way. Learning how her sensitivity to emotions was not a hinderance but an ability that helped navigate through life, grew the belief in herself to take on projects that once seemed greatly overwhelming.
Years of experience freelancing photography, the happy accident of working at a merch agency, self taught design and branding techniques, and working hands-on with countless projects has brought about this skillset of creative services that are now a part of the official launch of Mindiana Jones Creatives, LLC.
Local collaborator Jeremy Castro has been a mentor and catalyst for great things in Jones' journey, teaching her a vast amount within the merchandise industry as well as connecting her with Jason Michael Paul, owner of Coffee Cultures and JMP Entertainment. They all worked together in 2023 for the launch of Jason's Heroes Symphony tour, and continued to dream up ways to fuel each others creative journeys which led to the art show that unfolded on this beautiful fall day.
Visitors were welcomed to a gallery of photography and multimedia collages that showcased both inner and outer voyages, along with an art bar with different supplies to paint, draw or collage their own works of art and be a part of the playful joy of creating. Pieces came of the walls with a raffle giveaway and buyers eager to take home a special something.
Learning new things, meeting new people, & seeing new places are some of her greatest joys, so there are definite plans to continue pop-up and collaborative events after seeing the inspiration drawn from this inaugural event.
If you are interested in dreaming something up together, please email Mindiana Jones directly at collab@mindianajonescreatives.com
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