New photo work by Maciek Kryzsztoforski up in the hallway and in The Concern at Attic 506 from November 12 through the end of December. Maciek was born in Poland and raised in Chapel Hill. His work on view are documents of findings along solo hikes near the Haw River. The film photo prints are for sale.
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October 30 pop up at Stove Works in Chattanooga
SATURDAY, October 30 at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN so much happening, COME! Things/ events 1-3pm = @opieacres will be on site with so many sweet wildlife babies ▪️ treat bags and more via @josiahgolson ▪️ Events 1-6pm = Yard sale! ▪️ Events 1-8 = The Concern Newsstand will be on site with art books, zines, artist works and more! Artist merch table from the current exhibition I AM NOT A CARTOON curated by April Childers (now on view) ▪️ Events 6-8pm Paul McMahon and Frank Hurricane performing! FREE SHOW! BYOB.
Greta Boney diptych on display at The Concern @ Attic506
Proud to be displaying artist Greta Boney’s diptych painting ‘Mankind’ at The Concern Newsstand’s main location in Chapel Hill at Attic 506. Originally from Georgia, Greta Boney currently resides in Fayetteville, NC. Greta is also a musician under the moniker Dear, Lucy and Friends. They are also displaying recent paintings at Drawing Room’s curated wall at Lump Gallery at the moment as well.
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The Concern Reading Series pamphlets
Beginning with the reading that took place in October, we are now publishing a tri-fold pamphlet with a poem or writing piece from each writer taking part. For the October 8 reading that took place at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill, the readers were emilio Taiveaho Peláez, Loan Tran, Olivia Gone and Sam Lineberger, line up curated by Dylan Angell Pamphlets are available at the Attic 506 location when open and also shipping free with web orders while supplies last. This project was funded in part by the Orange County Commission.
Outside the Box Art Fair, Durham Armory, October 17
OUTSIDE THE BOX ART FAIR at the Durham Armory
Sunday October 17th, 11am-6pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. No food, drink, alcohol served.
Organized by Bill Fick
Participants:
Bill Fick
Peel Gallery
Tedd Anderson
Jenny Zervakis
Candy Carver
Bubbles Zine and Clown Kisses Press
Matthew Tauch & Christopher Williams
Renzo Ortega
William Paul Thomas
Drawing Room
Jerstin Crosby and Attic 506
The Concern Newsstand
Ben Alper
Martha Clippinger
Harrison Haynes
Chris Musina
Olivia Gone and Skully Gustafson
The Writing Cabinet
Eric Knisley
Cold Soup Zines & Books
Lump Gallery
Max Huffman
Will Warasila
Duke MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts
LUMP25 Fundraiser
www.indiegogo.com/projects/lump-25th-anniversary-fundraiser
The Lump experiment began in 1996 when artist, Bill Thelen, and engineer, Med Byrd transformed a lackluster cinderblock building that was formerly an upholstery shop, then a cobbler’s workshop, then a night club called, The Blue Lady Lounge, into a vibrant exhibition space that also offered affordable studios for artists. Over the past twenty-five years, Lump has served the region’s creative community by providing space and resources for innovative, thought-provoking art exhibitions and events, while acting as a pipeline between North Carolina and the greater world of contemporary art.
Lump continues to bring rigor and professionalism to the hard-driving experimentation and self-determination that defined its inception. Now, as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, LUMP relies almost entirely on your financial help in order to continue to serve artists and realize their ideas in the uncompromising spirit with which the space was created.
In celebration of Lump’s first 25 years, we’ve set a fundraising goal of $25,000 in order to cover all of the bases. Your much needed donation will be spread between exhibition programming, rent, and general maintenance of Lump’s two-gallery space. In return for your generous support, you’ll be able to claim a small piece of Lump in the form of various incentives, depending on your donation level. We have Lump T-shirts designed by Bill Thelen, exclusive limited-edition risograph prints by 5 artists created specifically for our 25 for 25 campaign. We also have risographs posters from past Lump shows, designed by Jerstin Crosby, plus copies of Blount Force Magazine, Lump’s annual art, and lit zine. And in lieu of a traditional art auction, we have original works of art created by a wide range of artists, working at every level, available at a variety of donation amounts. Throughout the fundraiser we will be adding items on a regular basis, so keep checking in. The goodies will keep coming.
The Concern Reading Series at Attic 506, October 8, 7pm
Join us for another iteration of The Concern Reading Series on Friday, October 8 at 7pm during the Second Friday art walk. Readers include emilio Taiveaho Peláez, Loan Tran, Olivia Gone & Sam Lineberger. Curated by Dylan Angell.
Thank you Orange County Arts Commission for granting this project further!
Starcourt Pop-Up Party at Geer Street Garden in Durham, Sunday, September 12, 12-5pm
Starcourt will be hosting their second ⓈⒺⒸⓄⓃⒹ ⓈⓊⓃⒹⒶⓎ ⓅⓄⓅ-ⓊⓅ ⓅⒶⓇⓉⓎ at Geer Street Garden on Sunday September 12th from 12pm-5pm. & Bringing you the best vintage finds and local maker goods from 9 vendors: @theconcernnewsstand, @dave_cantwell_drums_n_snacks , @dress_kit_vintage, @intentionally_found, @the_maison_rose, @pernos_eclectic_relics, @shethriftyapparel, and @spector_vintage.
Geer Street Garden is located at 644 Foster Street in Durham. This event will take place outside on the covered patio. Masks required.
The Concern Reading Series at Attic 506, August 13, 7pm
On Second Friday in August, join us for a poetry reading on the rooftop at 7pm sharp.
Organized by Dylan Angell (author of I Am My Own Imaginary Friend and Photo Never Taken), the reading includes poets from the Triangle area: Michelle Dove, Laura Jaramillo, Chanelle A. Bergeron and Minori Sanchiz-Fung (who has a solo show of painting at Slug Space at Attic 506 currently).
Artwork by Marc Kennedy on view at Attic 506
On view on the walls of The Concern Newsstand’s space at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill starting July 9 through September 4, digital collage prints by Marc Kennedy. Marc is an artist & musician living in Burlington, NC. We have Marc’s latest book self-published in the Summer of 2021, Big Crunch, in store. It is a lyric book illustrated with digital collage for his solo music project, Crumb Catcher. We also have Marc’s zine, Greasy Gambit in store.
Exhibition Catalogues Collection- Elsa Longhauser
Grateful & fortunate to now have a decades- long collection of exhibition catalogues from the private collection of Elsa Longhauser & her illustrious career as a Director of galleries & museums. Many of these catalogues were also designed by her husband William Longhauser.
Elsa Longhauser is the founding executive director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA), formerly the Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA), where Longhauser served as director from 2000 until the museum ended operations in Bergamot Station in 2015. From 1983 until 2000, Longhauser served as director of the Goldie Paley Gallery at the Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
These catalogues will be available at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill & gradually added to the web store as well.
Here is a full list:
1984 It’s All Part of the Clay: Viola Frey (Goldie)
1986 The Basel School of Design and Its Philosophy: The Armin Hofmann Years, 1946-1986 (Goldie)
1987 Jackie Ferrara: Benches, Thrones and a Table
1988 Adolf Wolfli The Other Side of the Moon
1988 Univeral/ Unique (University of the Arts)
1989 Images of Desire (Goldie)
1990 Hanne Darboven Primitive Time/ Clock Time (Goldie)
1991 More Works by Ray Johnson (Goldie)
1991 Josef Hoffmann (Goldie)
1993 Dan Graham: Public/Private (Goldie)
1993 William Daley: Ceramic Works + Drawings
1993 Allaire du Pont: Works in Needlepoint (Goldie)
1996 Barbara Zucker: For Beauty’s Sake (Goldie)
1997 History for Sale: 2000 Paintings by Stephen Keene (Goldie)
1999 David Reed: Painting/ Vampire Study Center
2000 The Miracle Half-Mile: Ten Thousand Paintings by Stephen Keene (Santa Monica)
2006 Dark Places (Santa Monica)
2006 Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico (Santa Monica)
2007 William Pope.L Art After White People: Time Trees and Celluloid (Santa Monica)
2011 Beatrice Wood: Career Woman- Drawings, Paintings, Vessels, And Objects (Santa Monica)
2011 Al Taylor: Wire Instruments and Pet Stains (Santa Monica)
2017 Martin Ramirez: His Life in Pictures, Another Interpretation (ICA)
Poetry Reading at Attic 506, June 11, 7pm
On Second Friday in June, join us for a poetry reading on the rooftop at 7pm sharp.
Organized by Dylan Angell (author of I Am My Own Imaginary Friend), the reading includes poets from the Triangle area: Mark He, Susannah Simpson, Ian Lockey, Marta Núñez Pouzols, Dylan Angell.
Mixed Media drawings by Skully Gustafson, on view at Attic 506
Debuting this second Friday of March (March 12 6-9pm) at our space at Attic 506 : Two mixed media works by artist Skully Gustafson ‘Ride on Butterfly’ and ‘Connectors’ which both appear in The Concern magazine issue 3, out now. These works will be up through the end of April.
Skully is currently based in Chapel Hill.
“My current work is centered on paintings that mix figuration and abstraction as a way to represent identity and the fluctuation of the self. I juxtapose images, symbols, and figures to show the way individuals are influenced, fortified, or defined by meanings outside themselves. The identities in the work shift from ideas of public presentation and private constructions, the way an individual is many different and overlapping people and performs, distorts, and shifts between personas.” - Skully Gustafson
Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair February 24-28, 2021
The Concern Newsstand will be participating in Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair in 2021 with a ‘virtual booth’: theconcernnewsstand.pmvabf.org
Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair
February 24–28, 2021
Opening, Wednesday, February 24
Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair, will take place on February 24–28, 2021 (Opening February 24).
Since the first NY Art Book Fair in 2005, Printed Matter’s Art Book Fairs have been among the leading international gatherings for fostering the distribution, understanding, and celebration of artists’ books and art related publishing. In 2021, the NY Art Book Fair and LA Art Book Fair will be produced as a combined online event—Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair—safely bringing the artists’ book community together for a fun and experimental new Fair.
Stockist: The Improbable from Siglio Press
Happy to be a stockist of The Improbable, second issue from @sigliopress / a free newspaper investigating the rich & varied space between art & literature. In this issue: pieces by Nicole Rudick (on Niki de Saint Phalle), Anaïs Duplan (on the Black Avant-Garde), Shiv Kotecha (on Nicholas Moufarrege), J. Mae Barizo (on colonialism & archives), Douglas Kearney (on sonic & visual frequencies), Amaranth Borsuk (on Barbara Stauffacher Solomon), Clive Phillpot (on the Flat Time House), & Rachel Valinsky (on Chantal Ackerman & Hanne Darboven). A stack soon at @lump_raleigh too / shipping out free with web orders !
This is America, by Sasha Huber
On view at The Concern Newsstand’s space at Attic 506, starting Friday, November 13, with 2nd Friday opening reception from 6-9pm
‘This is America’ 2018 (metal staples on cotton & bulletproof vest panel) artwork by Sasha Huber, 15.3 x 18.3 x 1.7 inch, Series 1: Edition 1/6
This work was exhibited in “Healing Garden” exhibition at the Newhouse Centre for Contemporary Art in 2019 and was also featured in The Concern, a magazine, issue 2, 2019/20.
poetry books in the age of corona : a conversation
UNC LSP presents:
‘poetry books in the age of corona: a conversation’ (with emilio taiveaho peláez, josé felipe alvergue & orvokki crosby). The discussion will include reading from ‘landskips,’ a new book of poetry by emilio taiveaho peláez, available soon through our store.
30 september 2020, 5pm eastern time live on zoom
email or message for zoom link
Open Call for Submissions: The Concern. a magazine issue 3, 2020/2021
Now accepting submissions for The Concern. a magazine issue 3. Email hi res jpegs or pdfs of image based work, word docs (preferred) of text based work to: theconcernnewsstand (@) gmail by October 1, 2020. The magazine will be 8.5” x 11” in size.
This year has proven our concerns are through the roof, there are too many to count. What are you concerned about, it can be a societal issue, a personal issue, small, big, general, detailed? It is open ended.
Submissions will be curated into the magazine; unfortunately not all will be able to make it. Those who have a piece in the final issue, will receive a free copy mailed to them, plus a generous discount on multiple copies.
See Issue 2 for more details.
Space Case: Making a Case for Artist-Run Spaces at LABspace
Space Case: Making a case for artist-run spaces
Opening Reception: Sunday February 16th, 3-5
On view February 16 - March 29, 2020
Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm & by appt
LABspace
2642 NY Route 23, Hillsdale NY
Please join us for this journey through artist-run spaces of Chapel Hill and Raleigh NC, Chattanooga and Nashville TN... with a detour through Charlottesville VA!
We’ve (Curators: Julie Torres & Ellen Letcher) culled this show from our visits with artists who have founded and/or run uniquely situated and inventively programmed labors of love, exhibiting the work of fellow artists in attics, basements, sheds, faculty offices, former meat packing plants... and traditional white boxes, too.
Also on view are works from Drawing and Painting majors at the University of TN, Chattanooga who we met through Christina Renfer Vogel’s curatorial project Office Space, in which Vogel installs exhibitions in her faculty office and hallways. This initiative has inspired her students to devise their own artist-run projects and plans, so we’ve jumped at the chance to fan those flames.
LABspace was founded by artist Susan Jennings in 2014, and we took the reins in 2018. We met SJ in 2015 at DIY anti-fair ARTIST-RUN at Satellite Art Show in Miami (curated by Tiger Strikes Asteroid). Without TSA’s ARTIST-RUN project, we would not have met SJ or her wonderful space, which is now our curatorial home. We are so indebted to our own local community of artists who show, promote, and support fellow artists. Please come celebrate this necessary and enduring tradition!
Space Case at LABspace
UNIVERSITY OF TN, CHATTANOOGA:
Christina Renfer Vogel
Amanda Nolan Booker
Larkin Cook
Claudia Hoffer
Caitlin Kelley
Shannon McAllister
Hilary McWilliams
Dionna Moore
Victoria Sauer
Olivia Tawzer
Summer Tomes
VERSA, CHATTANOOGA:
Mirel Crumb
Dana Ortega
Chloë Shupe
Stephanie Loggans
Dylan Pew
Kirby Miles
STOVE WORKS, CHATTANOOGA:
Mike Calway-Fagen
LOG, CHAPEL HILL:
Maria Britton
April Childers
MY ROOM, CHAPEL HILL//LUMP, RALEIGH:
Amanda Barr
John Bowman
DRAWING ROOM/LUMP, RALEIGH:
Bill Thelen
ACID RAIN, CHAPEL HILL:
Jerstin Crosby
THE CONCERN NEWSSTAND, RALEIGH & CHAPEL HILL:
Orvokki Crosby
BASEMENT, CHAPEL HILL:
Laura Little
Mike Keaveney
Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo
Chieko Murasugi
John DeKemper II
ONEONEONE, CHAPEL HILL/GUTTER BOX, RALEIGH:
Louis Watts
LUMP/THE CONCERN NEWSSTAND VOLUNTEER:
Critter
UNREQUITED LEISURE, NASHVILLE:
Chalet Comellas-Baker
Clinton Sleeper
ELECTRIC SHED, NASHVILLE:
David Onri Anderson
DADU, NASHVILLE:
Jodi Hays
DAVID LUSK GALLERY, NASHVILLE:
Ameila Briggs
MITTEN, HARRISONBURG VA/FORMER TEAM LUMP, RALEIGH/CURRENTLY CHARLOTTESVILLE VA:
Allyson Mellberg Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
Local Distributor for Slingshot
Finally & proudly now a local distributor for Slingshot, the independent, radical & free quarterly newspaper from the East Bay in California. In operation since 1988, the newspaper is still created with a hand-done layout method by the Slingshot Collective, a loose group of volunteer members. Slingshot is also well-known for the pocket calendar called The Organizer they come out with every year since 1995. Slingshot issues will be available while supplies last for free at Lump in Raleigh and at Attic 506.
