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Part of Sacred Grounds: From Soil to Soul—a weeklong experience by Sip & Sonder celebrating coffee, culture, and connection in Mexico City.
The Gathering is the culminating celebration of Sacred Grounds: From Soil to Soul—a communal day of ritual, art, coffee, and connection at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. Featuring different cultural guides, this closing event invites guests to honor the week’s shared experiences, reflect on ancestral ties, and celebrate the sacred act of coming together over coffee.
In an ungrounding world, caring for an altar can be a necessary anchor back to our heart-selves. Gain insight and inspiration for your personal altar practice during a lecture & workshop led by Los Angeles-based designer/storyteller Schessa Garbutt (Firebrand). This writing workshop will be centered around memory work and ancestry, offering a framework for curating your altar, maintaining ritual cycles, and space for group knowledge sharing.
about schessa garbutt
Schessa Garbutt (they/them) is an award-winning Belizean-American designer, storyteller, near-futurist, and founder of Firebrand Creative House. Their studio practice focuses on brand identity and UI/UX for social impact initiatives and mission-driven organizations. Outside of their personal altar practice, Schessa has curated multiple temporary, interactive altars in celebration of Octavia Butler’s life and work. They have lectured on the intersections of aesthetics, spirit, and justice at numerous universities and design orgs, including at Where Are The Black Designers, IDEO, and Yale. In 2025, their large-scale collage works were permanently installed at Sip & Sonder's Downtown Disney location in Anaheim, CA. Recently, Firebrand published its first imprint, Time and Its Travelers (2025), a queer and BIPOC anthology exploring societal and personal relationships to time itself. Today, Garbutt lives and loves in the historically Black neighborhood of Leimert Park in Los Angeles, CA.
about Sacred Grounds: From Soil to Soul
Sacred Grounds: From Soil to Soul is a weeklong pop-up in Mexico City celebrating connection across cultures, ancestry, and the journey of coffee from origin to cup. The activation brings together creative, cultural, and culinary experiences that invite participants to explore ancestral rituals, diasporic storytelling, sensory engagement, and communal gathering—all anchored in our shared humanity and the rituals surrounding coffee. The experience honors the interconnectedness of people, land, and culture, tracing coffee’s path from the soils of Ethiopia and Mexico to the cups we share today.
Visit the link below to learn more and see the full lineup of the week’s experiences.
