We are local arts advocates and community builders from the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area that developed an initiative to activate vacant commercial retail spaces to create affordable artist studios on a month to month basis for artists to create & collaborate in outside of their home. We do this by taking leases on spaces from property owners that welcome the opportunity, and subdivide larger spaces up to make smaller/affordable studios. We handle the buildout, insurance, and utilities, so all artists have to do is show up & paint.
Launching prior to COVID, we have opened 22 locations previously throughout 4 counties in South Florida, creating a myriad of win/win/win benefits for the artists, property owners, and the community alike. We provide inclusive, artist run spaces, that are not overly juried - allowing emerging artists to work alongside mid-career and established artists providing everyone a fair opportunity to be discovered & collected by the public.
Our first location outside of South Florida is in the Natick Mall in a former Burberry store next to Louis Vuitton, easily the nicest studio space we've ever activated or seen before. We have 12 spaces ranging from 75sqft to 238sqft, all $4.50/sqft with the water & electric included on a month to month basis.
Can find a video walkthrough of the space here - https://www.facebook.com/ZeroEmptySpaces/videos/1128821781210473/
Log on to http://www.zeroemptyspaces.com & Please don't hesitate to e-mail info@zeroemptyspaces with any questions!
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