{"id":169589,"date":"2026-02-26T03:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169589\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T03:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:53:07","slug":"built-by-artists-for-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169589\/","title":{"rendered":"Built by artists, for artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wondrous things can happen when a team of experienced creatives joins forces. And in a city flooded with no shortage of creative-minded people, it was only a matter of time before a community art space like Orlando\u2019s own Goblin Studios <\/a>came to life.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The studio, which launched as a creative hub in May, works to create and fabricate different props and immersive environments for clients like Red Bull, Universal and even local escape rooms.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Located directly inside Goblin Studios is Van Goghblin Cafe<\/a> \u2014 a Van Gogh\u2013inspired coffee shop with a goblin twist. Ashley DePaul, one of the owners of Goblin Studios, said it was built with the community and other artists in mind.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a large space that is our own,\u201d DePaul said. \u201cWe have so much space that we wanted to be able to share it with everyone else and kind of display the gallery. It also kind of serves as our showcase, so you can see a lot of the things that we have built.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Entirely hand-painted from the floors to the bar, the cafe is also decorated with an 18-foot tree sculpture built by the Goblin team. On the coffee side, the cafe features specialty drinks such as a sunflower latte, made with turmeric, coconut and sunflower milk.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Van Gogh \u2014 inspired, so obviously, by the famous artist,\u201d DePaul said. \u201cAnd then we have a little goblin twist on it, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s Van Goghblin.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

DePaul described the cafe as a third space where people can go and feel comfortable to express themselves creatively, however that may be.\n<\/p>\n

As a combination cafe and community creative space, Van Goghblin Cafe serves as a hub for various community events, including networking mixers, yoga classes and specialized art classes such as leather-making and portrait drawing.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Although classes can range anywhere from $10 all the way up to $130, DePaul said the studio tries to make its offerings accessible.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are classes where we can do really cool things,\u201d DePaul said, \u201cbut unfortunately, those materials are very expensive, so the class is going to be a little bit more expensive. But our yoga class is like $10, and then we always have available our $5 like art kits that you could purchase even when we don\u2019t have a class; it\u2019s like a mini canvas or like a little flower Lego that you could do just anytime you\u2019re at the cafe.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In addition to hosting events, the studio hopes to begin offering their own masterclasses later this year, focusing on more advanced projects such as creating resin tables or molding techniques for creating 3D figures.\n<\/p>\n

Starting on Feb. 5, the cafe also hosts an open mic night every Thursday from 7 to 9:30 p.m.\u00a0\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wondrous things can happen when a team of experienced creatives joins forces. And in a city flooded with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-169589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}