EVENTS Fri. 12/2: Open Late for First Friday Art Walk Join us as we stay open late for December Art Walk! We’re celebrating young Zambian artists from the Vima Lupwa Home, a foster home founded by Bend native Malerie Pratt. We’re also excited for the return of live DJ music by bPollen. Sat. 12/3: Downtown [...]

Throughout July, Thump Coffee in downtown Bend exhibits “Coffee or Tea,” fiber works by Journeys, a local group of artists who seek to express their passion for art through creating and sharing the love of quilts and fiber arts. Journeys fabric artists challenged themselves to push beyond the expected to interpret the theme “Coffee or [...]

Throughout June, Thump Coffee in downtown Bend will display “We Live Here, Too,” a portrait series of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community of Central Oregon and their friends, family and allies, created by artist Teafly Peterson in conjunction with Human Dignity Coalition. “The goal of this project is to show [...]

Original surrealist oil and acrylic paintings by Carol Connett are the March featured artworks at Thump Coffee in downtown Bend. “Enjoy a stroll through the colorful and imaginative landscapes of my subconscious,” invites Connett. Thump Coffee also will be open late for First Friday Art Walk, March 4. Connett describes her paintings as “representational renderings [...]

Local photographers Nate Crabtree and Chris Shunk present nature-inspired photography throughout February at Thump Coffee in downtown Bend. Born and raised here, Cornell University-trained archeologist Crabtree describes Central Oregon as “one of the most spectacular places to have spent a childhood.” Shunk coaches at Summit High School in Bend and graciously offered to exhibit his [...]

Fri. 12/3 Open Late for First Friday Art Walk; Fri. 12/10, 5-9pm Cross Culture: Bike + Art Love w/ Vanilla Bicycles, Cielo Bicycles & Pedro’s, Throughout December: A Celebration of the Bicycle featuring Paul Carew, Jo Lundberg, Byron Roe

KC Lockrem will exhibit mixed media works on paper throughout November. “I will be in a group show at the Aspen Art Museum in November, as well, exhibiting large oil color field paintings,” Lockrem explains. “In my mixed media work, I collaborate with materials that I create and with those materials that I collect to [...]

Two local artists share the bill during August at Thump Coffee in downtown Bend. Annie Johnston’s mosaic mandalas and Jason Darlings’ tattoo-inspired watercolor and ink drawings are on exhibit throughout the month. Thump Coffee will be open until 9pm for First Friday Art Walk, August 6. Johnston explains that mandalas are contemplative tools for moving [...]

“Push” skateboard decks customized by artists, a Division Street Skatepark Project fundraiser. Mixed media works by Lloyd McMullen.

Inspired by birds and bicycles, local painter Nikki Hoke Horner created the series of oil paintings on display throughout December at Thump Coffee in downtown Bend.

Special Hours First Friday, February 6, 5:00-7:00pm Artist’s reception for our very own Steven Chaprnka CUPPING: Sunday, February 22, 1:30pm – 2:30pm Please join us for this low-key and fun exploration of the ins and outs of tasting coffee like the pros. Get details by subscribing to our newsletter. ART: Steven Chaprnka + B. Neill [...]

ART: Mosaics from Bear Creek Elementary Students with Donna Lutzky Retired art educator and mosaic artist Donna Lutzky collaborated with Mimi Graves’ fifth-grade class at Bear Creek Creek Elementary to create the vibrant mosaics on display at thump this month. The mosaics incorporate bits of broken cups, bowls and plates from the coffeehouse, and they [...]

ART: Lisa Copenhagen Wachs Oil Paintings Tumalo artist Lisa Copenhagen Wachs returns to Thump Coffee this month with an exhibit of new oil paintings. The area’s surrounding abundance of wildlife and nature continue to inspire her artwork, which has been described as “Northwest Mystic” in style. “I am exploring color, and primarily nature and landscapes [...]

We’ve previously explored the seasonality of coffee harvesting and how, like eating fresh produce when it’s in season, drinking coffees brewed from newly harvested beans is a more flavorful and enjoyable experience. Some coffeehouses — like thump — feature ever-changing drip coffee offerings that reflect what coffees have been recently harvested around the world. As [...]