Alex Cason and Melissa Oyler contributed. Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff employee Noelle Kelly creates a store closing sign on the window at the Charlotte store on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Pop Culture Grocery Giant Trader Joe’s Hides Art in Its Aisles. This New Book Reveals Just Where to Look Julie Averbach spent four years visiting more than 150 Trader Joe's stores and hunting ...

On Friday, April 11, 2025, I met Julie Averbach at Book Trader to talk about another trader: Joe. Her debut publication, “The Art of Trader Joe’s,” traces the origins of the illustrations that adorn ...

At Trader Joe’s, she said, “even a simple banana display becomes a 360-degree art installation” topped by King Kong, suspended from the ceiling. She moved on to a mural scene above the avocados.

Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, known for offering fine art and craft supplies at discount prices, is closing its Charlotte, Boone and Asheville locations for good after “40 years of creativity ...

Alex Cason and Melissa Oyler contributed. Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff employee Noelle Kelly creates a store closing sign on the window at the Charlotte store on Friday, March 21, 2025.