Cafecito is Fresh Mercado’s visual creative community consultancy and events
Initiative offering 1:1 sessions and community events for visual innovators & makers
CAFECITO Annual Meet-Ups
& Events
Cafecito hosts hybrid events, from meetups to park hangs, to movie nights :).
Since 2022, the Cafecito annual sessions have been offered pro bono; the 1:1 meeting series is designed for visual creatives to discuss portfolios, project ideas, pitches, creative direction, and their feelings.
Cafecito is a place for takeaways, sharing insights, innovative advice, and consultancy to navigate the photo/design & broader creative industry.
Through this, over 250 people have joined Cafecito since 2021 IRL and online.
UPCOMING: International Center of Photography Photobook Fest 2025 - October 2 - 5, 2025
CAFECITO TAKEAWAYS
Through personalized conversations and partnerships, Cafecito provides industry guidance, portfolio development, creative direction, and professional resources for visual makers, innovators, and practitioners. The Cafecito takeaways reflect common themes that reoccurred from participants as a form of surveying. The feedback provides insights with actionable solutions to help guide and inform
for the present and future.
PHOTOVILLE EXHIBITIONS- DIGITAL CATALOGS
Cafecito: A Proclamation of Presence at Photoville Festival 2025 presented by VSCO
Featuring: Alejandro Olivas, Armando Geneyro, Bethany Mollenkof, Briana Vargas, Dazmon Yates, Edward Gia, Evelyn Martinez, Francely Flores, Hari Priya Vangaru, Heather Lynch, Jay Brunson, Jeremy Jude Lee, Lemia Monet Bodden, Lexi Parra, Luvia Lazo, Lucy Baptiste, Maia Hadfield, Measu Bellay, Michael De Los Santos, Monica Patten, Ramona Jingru Wang, Rubini Naidu, Sara Konradi, Sarai Garcia, Simrah Farrukh, Stella Kalinina, Timothy Kwon, Tom McGovern, Twinkle Banerjee, Vilerx Perez, Wini Lao
Photoville
Featuring: Caleb Alvarado, Danielle Amy, Saman Assefi, Gili Benita, Brittany Bravo,
Rose Callahan, Nolwen Cifuentes, Anthony Cosme, Jacarrea Garraway, Maegan Gindi, Emanuel Hahn, Gabriela Hasbun, Yuri Hasegawa, Nitya Jain, Carlos Jaramillo, Jutharat ‘Poupay’ Pinyodoonyachet Mary Kang, Ayesha Kazim, Elinor Kry, Zach Larraz, Deb Leal, Pablo Lerma, Sophia Li, Victor Llorente, Amanda Lopez, Maria Louceiro, Allie Leepson + Jesse McClary, Estefany Molina, AnnAnn Puttithanasorn, Bicho Rivera, Kadar R. Small, Daniela Spector, Antonella Verdezoto, Aldi Victoria, Amanda Villarosa,
Yasmin Yassin, Isabelle Zhao.
SOME TESTIMONIES 🥹
It’s fine just something in my eye 🥲
Shoutouts from folks of the community post Cafecito sessions and continuing to build resources and communities <3
