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Zero Empty Spaces generates significant Media Coverage for the concept, property and its artists. You can view some of the most recent coverage below.
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NEXT CITY | AYSHA KHAN | JANUARY 6, 2025
Next City’s Top Urban Arts and Culture Stories of 2024
... At the beginning of 2024, 13.7% of office space sat empty, while 7.6% of multifamily buildings, 4% of retail spaces and 5.6% of industrial spaces were vacant.
As cities scramble to find creative new uses for these spaces, from climbing gyms to small-scale manufacturing to vertical farms, one organization in Florida has a stop-gap answer: Use the empty space for affordable artist studios. Since launching in June 2019, Zero Empty Spaces has placed more than 600 artists in 10 commercial buildings in 10 cities. — Cinnamon Janzer, July 2024
SUNSENTINEL | ABIGAIL HASEBROOCK | DECEMBER 24, 2024
Step inside Boca Raton’s BRiC campus — a hub rich with history, art and technology
The pandemic hollowed out our cities, leaving empty downtowns and office buildings in its wake. With galleries and art venues closed and disposable income at a low, the arts sector took a major hit.
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​What if we killed two birds with one stone by using our cities' vacant commercial space as affordable artist studios and galleries? That's the idea behind Zero Empty Spaces. Since its launch in June 2019, the Florida-based organization has placed more than 600 artists in 10 commercial buildings in 10 cities. Most are in the group's home state of Florida but they've extended as far as Little Rock, Arkansas and Boston.
NEXT CITY | PODCAST | OCTOBER 9, 2024
Where Artists Are Taking Over Vacant Storefronts
The pandemic hollowed out our cities, leaving empty downtowns and office buildings in its wake. With galleries and art venues closed and disposable income at a low, the arts sector took a major hit.
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​What if we killed two birds with one stone by using our cities' vacant commercial space as affordable artist studios and galleries? That's the idea behind Zero Empty Spaces. Since its launch in June 2019, the Florida-based organization has placed more than 600 artists in 10 commercial buildings in 10 cities. Most are in the group's home state of Florida but they've extended as far as Little Rock, Arkansas and Boston.