About
The Little Bear Artist Partnership is a program to help local artists develop their work and connect to the community by giving a platform to showcase their work. Our vision at Little Bear is “Love People. Use Coffee”. For us that means we place priority on seeing, caring for, and serving people to the best of our ability while serving the best coffee we can. We use our artist partnerships as an extension of that vision. Not only do we want to showcase amazing art, but we want to show art to foster and create human connections, start conversations, and offer artists an opportunity to grow.
Currently showing at Uptown
516 ARTS
Throughout the Spring 2025 semester, 516 ARTS teamed up with Amy Biehl High School, Lew Wallace Elementary School, Valley High School and Alvarado
Elementary School to teach public school students the basics of photography and clay molding. Inspired by the 516 ARTS exhibition New Tableau: Experiments in Photography, these 56 pieces were created collaboratively by both age groups. Thanks to our teaching artist Margarita Paz-Pedro, the student created work is now on display here at Little Bear.
516 ARTS believes that connecting young minds to contemporary art
is essential in encouraging students to develop creative and critical thinking skills through finding their own individual creative voice. 516 BRIDGES is a program rooted in collaboration, intended to build bridges between educational institutions, students and arts professionals, across generational, economic, experiential and sociological divides.
Currently showing at Nob Hill
Rachel Jump
Rachel Jump (b. Chicago, Illinois, 1991) received her BFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. Her photographs have been exhibited in regional and international galleries and were a part of the Midwest Photography Project at the Museum
of Contemporary Photography in Chicago from 2017-2021. Her prints are held in the permanent collection at the RISD Museum and private collections
In 2020, Rachel was recognized as one of the “Top 30 Under 30 Women Photographers" by ARTPIL. She was selected as a finalist for the Lucie Foundation Scholarship, a Visionary
Project Award finalist for the Film Photo Award and named "Discovery of the Year" and "Best New Talent" by Analog Sparks in 2025.
Rachel is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts.
Interested in showing your art at LB?
Email art@littlebearcoffee.com and our Art Director will be in touch!
