19. Produce Party ft. Melissa

Welcome to the PDP! proudly disappointing the haters since 2022! Today we have a great guest for you; she’s an artist, a designer, fruit activist, one of the most consistent in Chicago you might’ve seen her at your local pop up, navy pier, one of my shows let’s give it up for Melissa! AKA NO BAD FRUIT. Melissa has been artist all her life, playing drawing games with her family at the dinner table, selling her artwork at a young age she was destined to create. Through that talent she spreads the word about how much food waste there is in today's world, and chose fruit being that it's the number one most wasted category of all food groups. Melissa made the move from San Diego to Chicago through a scholastic soccer scholarship after she graduated school she now works as a multi media artist professionally. It was a big jump Melissa took but it led her to be involved in one of the greatest creative scenes in the world, she's vended at over 20+ events spreading the word about food waste and providing all sorts of paintings/ lifestyle products for the world. We have vended at multiple events and also participated in pabs & pals 4. Since then she's been vending at all sorts of events most recently Renegade where she will be selling her new bandanas and other rare items. There was one time Melissa took a commission for No Bad Fruit, her client asked to change the shoes on a character and that's when she vowed to never compromise personal art again. If you want to commission Melissa for custom work you message her on her instagram @artbythatgirlmel we talk about how to balance comissions and personal work as well what to say no to. I learned a lot from her on how not to waste food and how we can become better humans. You can shop with her on instagram and follow her @nobadfruit or in person I will share her events on my page @pabsprints you can support a great cause and an even greater artist.