Point of View

We just celebrated our first birthday at CM and PoV, and we’re overflowing with gratitude! For those just joining us, welcome! 🫶🏻 We are a café, gallery, and bookshop located in Fort Worth, Texas. We’re proud to be a WOC-owned small business and operate with a values-first approach in everything we do. This looks like partnering with brands who prioritize ethical practices, are socially driven, non-racist, and inclusive. We hope that the essence of our work is felt by everyone who walk into our space. At Café Momento, we meticulously curate our offerings, selecting from hundreds of brands and small-batch purveyors who prioritize sustainability and ethical production. We taste, we sample, we research, we create meaningful relationships, and we taste again all to ensure that every product we serve not only stands out on its own but also represents amazing small businesses. At Point of View we offer a casual yet refined approach to art appreciation and collecting, as well as highlight independent publishers and authors on our shelves. We showcase artists and stories that challenge perspectives and act as a liaison between artists, authors, and individuals by offering a safe space for open dialogue.  We stand with our LGBTQIA+ friends and community, we do not tolerate hate speech or racism, and believe that Black Lives Matter. Our space is for everyone. Over the past year, our space has evolved into more than just a café, art gallery, and bookshop—it’s a place where stories are shared and genuine connections are made. Thank you for supporting our dream over the past year. Here’s to many more shared moments ahead!

Continuing our series where we introduce you to the people who make up our shop culture and book curation 🌀 Meet Jeanette ✶𓏲ּ꩜ .ᐟ ✶𓏲ּ꩜✶ If you’ve ever picked up a niche title from the shop, chances are (I)Jeanette picked it out haha. Some of you might know, but I have a background in graphic design and visual communication, so every time I step into Point of View I feel like I’m a kid in a candy store. I seriously have to stop myself from buying every art book and on top of that, like most designers, I do judge a book by its cover and its page layouts ;-) I think what’s cool and special about collecting a new book is the story that lead you to it. If you were to look through my library I could tell you the exact context of when I bought it or who gifted it to me. So I hope when you find a book to take home from our shop you not only leave with a beautiful read but a memorable moment to savor when you glance at it in your space. Ask me anything about our niche art books, I might be able to tell you more about the designers or fonts in the book than the actual contents LOL. When I’m not doing shop things I love to hit up a good antique store or new gallery openings, give me your antique shop recs in the comments 👀💙 A note from Jeanette’s book currently on display: Sifting through the pages of Graphic Design For Fashion made me feel excited in a way I hadn’t experienced through a book before. It was less about the contents that were inside of the book rather, the texture of the paper, the groves on the cover from the embossed title, and the stunning editorial design. At that point in my design college career I was unsure of what field wanted to dive deeper into and this book was truly the point where I fell in love with print and publication design. Fun fact: this book was ALWAYS checked out at our library, literally students would fight for this copy so I feel extra lucky that it somehow ended up with meee 🙂‍↔️

Event calendar for May + June!!! So many fun events to look out for, from a book sale showcasing 70+ editions of Moby Dick to our first ever book club 👀 Link to reserve your spot at the ticketed and RSVP events is in our bio 💙🧡 Also, we are announcing bookseller hours!!! Come see Jeanette and Kami on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-2pm to talk books & magazines and find your next favorite read!! 📖

We’re hosting a neighborhood photowalk this Saturday with our buddy @chadlashley ! 🌀📸 Come by and hang with Chad while he leads you to his favorite neighborhood spots in the morning, the weather is looking great btw 🍃 We’ll be giving away one copy of Hey Lover by @pomegranate_press and one 35mm film development by @prismafilmlab ! Hope to see you Saturday, tell ya friends!! The walk will begin at 9am and end at 10:30am, all photography levels welcome 💙 And hop over to @echolensphotography ’s book club with @lonestarfilmclub right after (-:

Can’t stop thinking about our Spring Market this past Sunday ☁️🌷🌀 Our @publicspace1200 courtyard was filled with beautiful vibes! Big hugs to our vendors who made the afternoon so special and @cecicecimusic + @cigarettiquite for two amazing musical performances! 🫂💌 Vendor lineup: @lovfald_ @kristenmccurdystudio @blo_oberry @aeracreative.space @southside.leatherworks @doki.studio_ @la___cassa @lonniesdesignfactory @french75press @madzyandco @meena.val.jewelry @inrgbandcmyk Let’s do this again sometime? ❄️

Happy AAPI Heritage Month!! To celebrate, we’ve put together a curated collection of books featuring AAPI voices and works, now on display right at the front of the shop. We’re especially proud to be amongst the few AAPI-owned bookshops in our city and to share diverse reads. Come browse and discover something new 🌀💙

We still have a few tickets left for our two part @claybuddies_ hand built vase X @kristenmccurdystudio flower arranging workshop!! You won’t want to miss this special opportunity to make your own centerpiece from start to finish, tickets to the workshop are in our bio 🌷🏺

🌷SPRING MARKET HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY🌷 Come spend an afternoon with your family and friends at our spring market from 11am-4pm! Sooo many amazing vendors in this lineup, come grab your favorite drink and book from @cafe.momento__ and @point.of.view___ , then head over to the market and shop curated goods from our friends in the @publicspace1200 courtyard! Don’t forget to stop in to get any last minute Mother’s Day gifts at @giftedftw or book a nail appointment with @fridanailcasita while you’re here ✨ Hope to see you on Sunday, a little drizzle won’t stop us from gathering with our favorite people 🌀💙🫂🌷✨💅💝

A peek at some of our new and current zines + magazines! Forbidden Fruit + Steak Welcome back @cake_zine ! When we first opened in 2023 we stocked their Tough Cookie Issue, and so excited to have them back on our shelves! This time showcasing their Forbidden Fruit and Steak editions! If you’re into pop-culture and food these are for you!!!! Signs and Artifacts Collection In this series @secret_riso_club documents signs and graphic artifacts found in cities from around the world highlighting each place’s cultural identities. Isolating signs in different context allows the viewer to understand and observe and connect with a city that could soon be buried by gentrification. If we had to choose a favorite it’d be the CDMX edition obvi bc we 💙 @cancanpress + SRC!! El Mago Published by Kiosk in collaboration with @uoqaus This one’s extra special to us, we’re happy to have Isaac’s work return to our shop in print form this time in collaboration with @kiosk.chi from Chicago! Isaac was one of the first artist we hosted in our gallery! Through eight printed images, El Mago traces uoqaus’s journey through the universe, using Salvadoran imagery and identity to explore questions of faith and existence. Held together by organic cotton string hand spun by @donde_clara in CDMX. Brutus Casa Utsuwa by Nigo edition @nigo is a legendary Japanese fashion designer (what y’all know about BAPE??) and music producer. In this issue @casabrutus takes a closer look into one of Nigo’s decade-long passions for Japanese tea bowls. It showcases Nigo’s personal pottery creations, his curated collection of masterpieces, and his admiration for legendary potter Kawakita Handeishi.

The first part of our workshop series with @claybuddies_ + @kristenmccurdystudio kicks off next Saturday! There’s still plenty of spots left for you and the besties 🌸🏺💙 Head to the link in our bio to reserve your spot!

If you’ve been by the shop recently, you may have noticed the gallery feels a little different. In this new interactive installation, we’re gently pulling back the curtain, introducing the humans behind the culture and curation at Point of View. Each of us has placed a book from our personal collection alongside titles from the shop, extending the conversation and offering something you can take home with you. Meet @kamijanderson 🪡🌟📚🐎 If you’ve stopped in lately, you’ve probably noticed someone (very cute) missing from behind the @cafe.momento__ bar. That’s because last month, Kami stepped fully into the Point of View side as our first official bookseller. Since the early days of the shop, she’s been guiding us toward incredible authors and Pulitzer Prize titles. Now she’s helping us deepen our novel curation and add her flare to our literary voice. When she’s not lounging out in her backyard with a book, she’s usually at her Juki, piecing together something new for her closet. Ask her about her signature star charms and denim bags from her brand, @horsecharm_ <3 A note from Kami’s book currently on display: I inherited several handmade quilts from my great-grandmother, each stitched from worn clothing—my favorite made from a hand-pieced panel of old denim. Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar reflects on how women’s art and design have so often been dismissed as “craft,” yet remain deeply tied to systems of visual expression, storytelling, and quiet innovation. As a sewist drawn to the lineage of women’s textile practices, this book reminds me that textiles are not only functional objects, but carriers of cultural, political, and personal meaning. You can shop Kami’s selects through our Bookshop.org link!

New & Noteworthy books that just got delivered this week, come check them out 🌀