About Us
Our Story: All are welcome at our emporium of fun and funk: drop by, kick back, shop, share story, and say hello! Long ago and far away Tripp’s Store was a community gathering place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
What was once a country gas station is now a reimagined EMPORIUM: vintage showroom, folk art gallery, acting school, and community space that celebrates diversity, art, books, music, education, and storytelling.
Founded for community outreach in the fall of 2019 by North Carolina native Emmy Award Winning Casting Director Tracy Kilpatrick and film actor Danielle Lyn, Tripp’s Store's outreach is to support local artists, diversify culture, educate, and remain a safe space for all. Our space hosts acting classes, writing workshops and special events while also home to our emporium of one of a kind hand stitched up-cycled sustainable clothing line Authentissimo, collection of folk art, books, vinyls, furniture, and vintage finds!
Mission Statement: Tripp’s Store outreach is community driven support for our local artists diversifying our culture, educating, and remaining a safe space for all gender identities, racial identities, and ages!
Art club: 🎨 Monthly ART CLUB NIGHT @ TRIPP'S STORE • WHEN: 3rd Tuesday of every month -- • BRING YOUR FRIENDS & BYO art projects along with your creativity and fun to come play, make NEW friends, and help build our local arts community hosted by your friends @trippsstorech 🩷
• All art & craft supplies will be provided on site: colored pencils, markers, acrylic paint, cardboard, paper, notions, fabric remnants, newspapers, collage materials, and more. We’ll make art, laugh a lot, play some fun music!
• Free | Donations welcome to help cover the costs of communal shared art supplies & the replenishment of non-perishables from our Free Community Pantry
• WHERE: TRIPP'S STORE 📍1617 Mt. Carmel Church Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
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'Emporium of fun and funk' : Tripp's Store brings creatives, community together | The DAILY TAR HEEL Lifestyle Feature
Community: We are an all inclusive community space for all ages and identifying artists, creatives, and storytellers to gather, collaborate, grow, educate, promoting sustainability, exchanging materials, and encouraging one anothe'rs journey's. We host diverse inclusive events, partnering with local organizations, and small businesses : Red Bud Writing Group, TeleStudios, 401 Main to name a few. At Tripp's Store we instruct professional acting, art, and writing classes/workshops in the space along with pop up’s in the community, free music jams, free books, free recycling art materials swaps, and a brand new free food pantry.
Giving to our neighbors: Tripp's Store is home to two chartered little free libraries ft. a new accessible friendly children's library! We welcome our Chapel Hill neighbors to drop by our store parking lot and give a book, take a book as we believe accessibility to knowledge and storytelling is what weaves us closer as humankind. As of fall 2023, we are home to a brand new Little Free Pantry to support our neighbors in the fight against hunger and food insecurity.