We are taking part in the first annual Boone Bound Art Book Fair at Appalachian State University, taking place on Saturday, April 27, 10am-4pm. It will be at the Schaefer Center’s :
Smith Gallery
Department of Art
731 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608
zines
Zine Machine- Durham Printed Matter Festival on October 15
Coming up, The Concern Newsstand will have a table at Zine Machine at The Fruit in Durham (305 S. Dillard Street). Nancy Sampson, author of Antiracist Ancestors zine, will be taking over the tabling on this day. Come learn more about her project and buy/ see other zines from The Concern. Come by on Sunday, October 15, 11am-5pm!
Sexy Trippy Holiday Market - Two Days, Two Cities
Back for our third year, the Sexy Trippy Holiday Art Market burns bright with booths by new friends, artists and olde-time favorites. For the first time ever we will be hosting two events. One will be in Chapel Hill on our rooftop (Sat 12/3) and the other will be held the following day at Lump in Raleigh (Sun 12/4). This year’s offerings represent a variety of limited edition and handmade products and artwork. Stuff your own stockings with fun stuff like realistic ceramic cigarettes, poetry books, goth-inspired jewelry, flint-knapped knives, painted clothing, cryptic t-shirts, and beautifully printed risographs and screenprints. We’ll have live music and hope to see a lot of friends.
Confirmed vendors for one or both days:
Poplars Pocket
Soft Landing
Rivtak
Amanda Barr
The Concern Newsstand
Jerstin Crosby
Edward Max Fendley
Tom Sowders
Tilly Castelli
Nina Oteria
Tiger Potion
Drawing Room
Trepet Books/ Goodtimes Press
Larissa Lynn Wood
Olivia Gone & Skully Gustafson
Kasey Artcrafts
No Masters
Dress Kit Vintage
Live Music on Saturday: Joseph Spearman
DJ on Sunday: Cambria Storms
Celebrating 5 years in business!
I am celebrating this fall, 5 years of a sole proprietorship that is called The Concern ! Please use discount code FIVEYEARSOLD at checkout on the web store for 15 % off all orders, valid through October 31. What started as a postpartum web store project has taken me through quite a turbulent 5 years in the world, the latter few feeling pretty alienating somehow, but it's been interesting to say the least. It's been a way to connect with people in the local community & internationally in terms of buying, selling & the sharing of mutual interests. I really appreciate those of you who appreciate what I do & have taken notice. And here's to continuing on!
Zine Machine at Durham Armory, Sunday, October 16
Pleased to be tabling once more at Zine Machine after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic.
It will take place on Sunday, October 16, 11am-5pm at the Durham Armory (220 Foster St, Durham 27701)
Zine Making workshop/ Duke Create at Rubinstein Arts Center
I will be teaching a Zine Making Workshop on Saturday, November 23, 2-4pm in conjunction with Duke Create. Free for Duke students & staff, it will take place in the Makerspace at the Rubinstein Arts Center.
In the course, we will look at a collection of zines from the past & present and then create a zine together, which will be available for pick up at a later date.
Zine Machine, Durham, October 13, 2019
We will be tabling at Zine Machine, Durham’s Printed Matter Festival on Sunday, October 13, 11am- 6pm. It will take place at the Durham Armory, 212 Foster St, Durham, NC 27701.
Come by!
Comics Life Event, Greensboro, NC
Took part in the 1st Annual Comics Life Event in Greensboro, NC this past weekend. It took place at WAM Rev Gallery at the historic Revolution Mill, a former textile mill building. I was also part of a panel discussion “Stepping Into the World of Zines and Memoir” with Critic Rob Clough.
Podcast interview with Paper Cuts at Current Books, Richmond
I recorded an interview with Paper Cuts at Current Books in Richmond on March 31, 2018. The podcast episode is now online at Paper Cuts' website, iTunes, Anchor & via other podcast distributors. This episode includes interviews between Paper Cuts' host Christopher Kardambikis and Athena Naylor, Alison Baitz, Lucy Kirkman Allen & Orvokki Crosby. Recorded at Studio Two Three.
Paper Cuts is an exploration of the contemporary world of zines and DIY publishing. Through a series of Podcasts and live events, Paper Cuts features writers, performers, and artists who have shared their work in print, on paper, and in small editions. Paper Cuts was founded in 2015 by Christopher Kardambikis and originally produced by Clocktower Radio in Brooklyn. Paper Cuts has now struck out on their own as a podcast.
more about the other guests interviewed in this episode:
Athena Naylor is an autobiographical cartoonist and illustrator currently based in D.C. (originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Included in her many interests are: perceptions of memory, everyday absurdity, and contemporary adaptations of historical events and stories. She earned a master’s degree in art history to explore the relationship between art history and comics, and her writing has been featured in DIRT magazine. You can most easily find updates on her current creative projects on instagram @athena.naylor.
Alison Baitz publishes her zines — On Flora, about plants, and Poetics, about words — under the name Saint Lydia. She co-founded The DC Art Book Fair and the Free Feminist Library. This fall she is starting library school and is really excited about it.
Lucy Kirkman Allen is a painter and curator living in Bavon, VA. She studied at the Cooper Union in New York, NY and was a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar at the Fondation des Etats-Unis in Paris, France. Allen has co-directed three artist-run gallery spaces: Studio DTFU (Dallas, TX), Serendipity: Williams House (Onemo, VA), and #FFFHEX (Mathews, VA), and co-founded Airprint Press, a publishing project dedicated to open access to artist books. She has exhibited her work at Homeland Security, New Age Drinks, Angstrom Gallery, the Dallas Biennial and Galleri Urbane. Her work and projects have been covered in publications such as Art in America, FDLuxe, Glasstire, /seconds, the Dallas Morning News, DMagazine and Lonny.
Greensboro Zine Fest, July 29, 2018
We will pop up at Greensboro Zine Fest on July 29, from 11am- 5pm. It will take place at the historic Revolution Mill.
What to Expect:
- Zinesters, Bookbinders, Small Press Publishers, & Print-makers from ALL OVER the East Coast!
- FREE WORKHSOPS & Panel Discussions ALL about the culture of Zines!
- And a RADICAL GOOD TIME.
Current Art Book Fair, Richmond, March 31, 2018
Excited to be participating in the Current Art Book Fair in Richmond, VA on March 31, 2018. "CURRENT Books will showcase high-quality works by art book publishers, artists, writers, and artist collectives who produce print media including artists' books, monographs, and zines. CURRENT Books will highlight regional makers from Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North Carolina, and give them a platform to exhibit and sell their work."
Taking place at Studio Two Three at 3300 W. Clay Street, on March 31 from 12-8pm, with a preview brunch at 11am. We will also be a part of a panel talk on the topic of 'Publishing as Curation' on the evening of Friday, March 30 from 7-9pm moderated by Don Russell, the Executive Director of Provisions Library, a research center for arts and social change based out of George Mason University.
Zine Machine at the Durham Armory November 4, 2017
The Concern Newsstand will pop up at Zine Machine on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 11am-6pm. Come by & see it! More info here: https://zinemachinefest.com/
Location & Directions:
https://www.durham-nc.com/listings/Durham-Armory/1552/
