Welcome to Vrbish #008! Two months of Vrbish, wow! I guess time really does fly when you're having fun...
1st Vrbs Meetup
It's okay to play with your food?
Communications Grant Update
Where are they now? - an update on builders featured in previous editions of Vrbish
1st Vrbs Coffee & Crypto Meetup
The 1st Monthly VRBS Coffee & Crypto Meetup will be held on August 10th (see flyer for details) - RSVP & Share 👉 https://partiful.com/e/f3MUYawkrizinM5Eapcl
New Artists make a splash
Two new members of the Vrbs Artist Residency program caught my eye this week. Uhursu is making street art to improve his neighborhood, creating a welcoming and beautiful space for the community. Check out his introduction video in the post below!
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The second that caught my attention is Taroron, creating Vrbish pieces out of his food, with plans to eventually open a Vrbish kitchen!
When my Mom told me stop playing with my food, she was really holding back my creativity and future career as an artist...
creating vrbish food every day, with plans to eventually open a vrbish kitchen / cafe
Communications Grant Update
Vrbs Insta
Let's give a warm welcome to Travis Sapolin who will run the Vrbs Instagram account! Slowly but surely we are spreading the word to all types of audiences in all types of places!
rocketman on Warpcast
welcome @travsap to the communications grant going to be running the vrbs insta account instagram.com/vrbs.build https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/aadee661-9520-4f21-4e46-444e5a96dc00/original
Vrbs Coffee Socials
If you didn't know, I received funding to build the Vrbs Coffee brand. A major focus of my go-to-market strategy is creating entertaining mascot-driven content. To include the community in this process, I am funding a grant from the Vrbs Coffee marketing budget.
Apply below and let me know if you have any questions!
Pixel Art & Animations for Vrbs Coffee Social Media Profiles | Vrbs Grants
Through the Vrbs Coffee marketing budget I am hiring Vrbs community members to create pixel art and/or animations to be posted as organic content on Vrbs Coffee social media accounts (X, TikTok, Instagram). Hire 1-3 artists, meet and align on goals for the artwork, develop initial art pieces and iterate based on social data.
Where are they now?
Interviewing Vrbs Builders has provided me with a fresh perspective. There are so many different ways to make an impact, and each of these people has done it in their own way. Let's check in on builders featured in past editions of the newsletter!
Vetch - Camp Dost
Vetch (featured in Vrbish #003) used a Vrbs donation to make Camp Dost an immersive and special experience for children with cancer:
Vrbs donation helped supplement our programming / immersive storytelling budget - including costumes, materials & a piece of treasure each camper got to take home!
Cool Beans - Forest Cleanup
Cool Beans (featured in Vrbish #005) is a testament to consistency.
He has now posted 25 vlogs on YouTube, documenting trash cleanup in a National Forest. Cool Beans taught us about SolarPunk Living and the benefits of Bioregionalism!
Checkout his latest vlog below:
Kishan - Behind the Pixels
Kishan (featured in Vrbish #004) has an update on the video series:
"We’ll be going live with first episode around mid August All the episodes will be up for mints and 100% of the funds will go to Vrbs DAO treasury to be used for artist residency and other programs."
Keep an eye out for the release of the first episode!
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