About
The Gartden LLC
Our business is a storefront that allows for space for friends and family to come together and create, not only art, but memories. The Gartden is an earthy, comforting setting. You as our customer will feel relaxed in the space ready to tackle any artistic venture; utilizing the many tools and equipment we have readily available to you. The Gartden is an art cafe that provides a space for you to enjoy an activity from a menu of different art mediums to try out. We are based in the California Bay Area.
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Our target market are friends and family looking for activities to do with their friends, companies or organizations looking for ways to have community building events for their employees, schools looking for activities or extracurriculars for their students, creative individuals looking for a place to explore new interests. Our audience wants an affordable option to hang out with their hobbies and friends.
Andrea Pilapil
Owner/Manager
Andrea Pilapil, Owner/Manager, has a background in Social Work, Education, and is a connoisseur of the arts. Andrea is a First Generation Filipinx-American born in San Francisco, California. She enjoys community and experiencing new activities with her peers and strangers alike. She has always been drawn to the arts and appreciates arts from different cultures and mediums. These hobbies have influenced her to own a space where she can help build communities and bring out everyone’s artistic ability.
Francis D. Garcia
Product Manager
Francis Garcia was born and raised here in the Bay Area. He is a First-Generation Filipinx-American from Daly City, California. In 2018, Francis graduated with a Bachelor’s in Cinema at SF State. He has always been passionate for the many forms of visual arts. Francis is a Baybayin artist, 2024 Balay Kreative Artist, and an avid practitioner of Filipino Martial Arts.
His goal as a Filipino American Artist in the Bay Area is to help educate and bring awareness to the numerous cultural practices of the Philippines through his art and media. Francis is the creator of "Sakura Playing Cards" and "Baybayin Flash Cards." With Baybayin Flash Cards and his art, he aims to educate the Filipinx community and diaspora based on Philippine culture and identity.
