52nd City

Sub Books Opening Arts Space

Subterranean Books is opening - at least for now - a space for local atists to sell their works. We'll attach a portion of an e-mail from Subterranean, but interested parties can get the full scoop by sending an e-mail request to info @ subbooks.com. By the way, if you've not been to the space a while, they're still transitioning out of the used books business and are heavily investing in new books. Got some nice bargains on a few used titles recently, while being quite impressed by the new stock. Anyway, here's the arts info:

"We are putting out a call for artists/DIYers/crafters and others who might be interested in placing their wares in a retail environment this holiday season. We think such a set-up could benefit everyone. We are able to offer the artisans prime retail space during the busy busy holiday season. And the Loop is very busy in December. We think our customers will respond well to having unique locally made (mostly) products from which to choose for their gift-giving (as well as our fabulous selection of books). For us, it is much more affordable to stock this brand-new retail area with consignment items than it is to have to pay for a lot of inventory up-front. Here’s the background of how the consignment space came about, and it may be more than you need to know. We have had a terribly cluttered 'office' area in the loft portion of the east half of the shop for the last 6 years, with great intentions to clear it out. It has finally happened as we have moved the office into an upstairs apartment. We’re not exactly sure how we’re going to use the newly freed up space in the long term, but for the short term we would like to offer it as a consignment area for local crafters/DIY/artisans etc… We may keep that area as a consignment space in the future, depending on how well it does in this experimental period."