Worm's Emporium - Art & Design Mall

Worm's Emporium - Art & Design Mall Art & Design Mall - contemporary and vintage eclectic art / crafts / housewares @ 4th & South st

See you at this Sunday?? At ye olde corner, 4th & Lombard! Ft. Neighborhood spooky artists & alt shops & ✨
10/17/2024

See you at this Sunday?? At ye olde corner, 4th & Lombard! Ft. Neighborhood spooky artists & alt shops & ✨

Some special gems for sale at - if you had your eyes on some furniture cubes, lamps or golden cats…$5 art books!! @ the...
08/17/2024

Some special gems for sale at - if you had your eyes on some furniture cubes, lamps or golden cats…$5 art books!!

@ the vintage & book fair til 5

WERE BACK FROM THE DIRT (the worm dirt) with this vintage market / pottery book fair at . Held in collaboration with fo...
07/25/2024

WERE BACK FROM THE DIRT (the worm dirt) with this vintage market / pottery book fair at . Held in collaboration with for

C U there or be square.

Caption: The student movement happening right now here in Philly and across the country is a moment of hope, and we are ...
04/29/2024

Caption: The student movement happening right now here in Philly and across the country is a moment of hope, and we are feeling inspired. They are showing us that through collective action and decentralized organization we can fight back against the oppression of the ruling class, that there are more of us than them.

We opened our shop because we wanted to find a way to funnel money into our community, artists often marginalized by a society that consumes the ideas we create and put into the world but rarely compensates us for them. We came to find that despite our efforts to “legitimize” and establish a permanent space for outsider and q***r art, we became bogged down by the very same forces of capital and politics we had been trying to find a way around.

Despite working more than we ever had up to this point in our lives, nearly every dime we made went to rent or taxes, directly adding to the funds that supply weapons to the genocidal regime bombing Gaza, build new prisons, and attack mutual aid outreach efforts here in Philly.

Throughout our two years, we could see a way to grow our shop and continue to become more lucrative, and we could see that this way included exploitative practices and further entrenching ourselves in the system of capital. We reject this notion, and decided for our mental, physical, and spiritual health that it was best to close the shop.

As someone with a chronic illness, running a retail shop left Rose with little to no energy for anything else. Our time is our most valuable asset, and opening up time for more art-making and more mutual aid was a decision we had to make. As we saw in the 2020 mobilizations and the current student movement, when we have time to dream of a better world and are not tethered to work, we are able to collectively act and push towards that world.

Keep talking about Gaza. Support the students. Art is powerful and an integral part of resistance. Free Palestine forever, from the river to the sea.

Love, Worm’s 💕🪱

Starting tonight!!
03/25/2024

Starting tonight!!

1.5h left! ART BOOKS NOW 60% OFF / VINTAGE 70% OFF~make us an offer~
03/24/2024

1.5h left! ART BOOKS NOW 60% OFF / VINTAGE 70% OFF
~make us an offer~

TBT!! Throwback to a fully stocked Worm’s, come shop our 50% off last day sale!! We will be back in future pop-up iterat...
03/24/2024

TBT!! Throwback to a fully stocked Worm’s, come shop our 50% off last day sale!!

We will be back in future pop-up iterations but today is our last day on 4th street! 🪱🎀

Send us your fav Wormz memories?

It’s raining it’s damp, 40% off today, come get that lamp 🎀
03/23/2024

It’s raining it’s damp, 40% off today, come get that lamp 🎀

It's our LAST WEEKEND! Come see us off, say hello, say goodbye (for now, on 4th St) and grab a final little piece of thi...
03/22/2024

It's our LAST WEEKEND! Come see us off, say hello, say goodbye (for now, on 4th St) and grab a final little piece of this segment of Worm's.
THINGS ARE ON SALE! 30% FRIDAY, 40% SATURDAY, 50? 60? 70??% SUNDAY

30 % off clothing, stationery, craft kits & vtg housewares ❤️ this is goodbye, but it’s not farewell
03/20/2024

30 % off clothing, stationery, craft kits & vtg housewares ❤️ this is goodbye, but it’s not farewell

Cult fav RUSH vases are restocked for all your bedside table decorative needs ✨ ONE MORE WEEK of Worm’s til the end
03/20/2024

Cult fav RUSH vases are restocked for all your bedside table decorative needs ✨ ONE MORE WEEK of Worm’s til the end

Last days of Worm’s / last days of winter 🎀 if you need to nip in for one last cozy accessory we got you ...
03/08/2024

Last days of Worm’s / last days of winter 🎀 if you need to nip in for one last cozy accessory we got you

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523 S 4th Street, Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia, PA
19147

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Wednesday 1pm - 7pm
Thursday 1pm - 7pm
Friday 1pm - 7pm
Saturday 1pm - 7pm
Sunday 1pm - 7pm

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