About No Longer Empty

No Longer Empty (NLE) is a comprised of arts advocates, curators and artists who orchestrate public art exhibitions in vacated storefronts and properties in New York City. The non-profit organization was conceived as an artistic response to our present economic condition and to revitalize empty spaces and areas around the venues by bringing thoughtful, high-caliber art installations with accompanying programs to the public.   

Locating art in unexpected places in the public domain suggests new models of community art that are different from major institutions and galleries. Committed to art as a positive component for community and cultural development, No Longer Empty conducts outreach into the community to contribute meaningfully and bolster the local businesses through the increased flow of visitors that these exhibitions attract and by arranging programs such as panel discussions, music and performance evenings, children's workshops, artist conversations and more. 

These exhibitions could not have happened without the vacant spaces being generously donated rent-free by the landlords. The exhibitions and art chosen or created are site specific in the sense that they reflect such issues as the former use or history of the site, the nature of the neighborhood and, of course, the specific features of the space.  Both established and emerging artists have been selected for the exhibitions, benefiting our audiences with rich variety and discovery. 

Manon Slome | Asher Remy-Toledo | Julian Navarro | Keith Schweitzer | Naomi Hersson-Ringskog | Jodie Dinapoli | Rachel Zegar | Kathy Zeiger | Barbara Feldman | Tara de la Garza | Esmar Sullivan | Paola Omboni | Christina deRoos | Christina Justiz | Ella Levitt | Michael Glatzer | Lisa Kramer | Madeleine MeLieux | Ti-jie Hung | Harper Jackson | Andrea Hill | Thomas Bell

Guest Curators | Julia Draganovic | Steven Evans | Dan Cameron | Mike Stubbs | Regine Basha | Renato Miracco

	Manon Slome Founder - Curator manon@nolongerempty.com			Asher Remy-Toledo Founder asher@nolongerempty.com
Manon Slome (PhD) is an independent curator working in New York City. From 2002 to June 2008 she was the Chief Curator of the Chelsea Art Museum in New York. During that time, she curated and oversaw a program of some forty exhibitions, symposia and museum publications as well as monographs and scholarly essays. Ms. Slome became highly involved with the Israeli art scene during her research for the exhibition, Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on, (2005) and has followed and researched the Israeli scene for the last three years. Prior to the CAM, Ms. Slome worked as a curator at the Guggenheim Museum for seven years and was a holder of a Helena Rubinstein curatorial fellowship at the Whitney Independent Study program. She has written widely on contemporary art and has recently completed The Aesthetics of Terror published by Charta Press.			Asher was born in Colombia and has been based in New York since 1992. He has studied in Jerusalem, Madrid and Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 2004-2007 he focused on presenting conceptual art installations, new media and feminist art at the Remy Toledo Gallery in Chelsea. Asher co-founded the inaugural Latin American Cultural Week in New York City 2007 and serving as the co-organizer of “Public Viewing” in Shanghai during the Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair in Sept. 2007. He organized a media technology art intervention at Art Miami/Art Basel this past December 2008 where six international museums participated. He is an associate at FACT.co.uk, a museum of media technology in Liverpool UK where he periodically takes residency.

	Naomi Hersson-Ringskog Director of Programming and External Affairs naomi@nolongerempty.com			Julian Navarro Associate Curator julian@nolongerempty.com
Naomi Hersson Ringskog received her Masters of Science in Urban Planning from Columbia University. At NLE, she is designing community and real estate outreach strategies and programs. Her interest lies in studying the effects on urban design and revitalization.  During her studies at Columbia University, she focused on urban green sustainability specifically on green roofs. Naomi will continue her study of green roofs and green infrastructure as recipient of the William Kinne Fellowship, which will take her to Berlin and Paris.  On the heels of an architectural study trip to Japan, she is currently drafting a Japanese contemporary architecture guidebook that will be published with Dr. Lynne Breslin of Columbia University.			Julian Navarro is a New York based artist-curator and art producer who works with installation, photography, drawing, performance, sound, and new mediums. He has developed art projects nationally and internationally in collaboration with galleries and institutions. In 2008, during Art Basel Miami Beach, he worked with Remy Toledo Art Projects in the creation of the exhibition Art Video-New Media Lounge, presenting works by artists, such as Sigalit Landau, Bjorn Melhus, Feng Mengbo, Crowe and Rawlinson, and Teresa Diehl. While based in Miami, Navarro worked in a variety of arts institutions, most recently as associate curator at the Art Gallery System of the Miami Dade Collage, where he assisted in the development of the exhibition program. From 2001-2006, he was associate director for Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, worked in the development of nearly 100 exhibitions.

	Rachel Zegar Graphic Design rachel@nolongerempty.com			Keith Schweitzer Project Manager keith@nolongerempty.com
Rachel Zegar is a graduate of the Graphic Design Program at Penn State. She is currently a designer at HarperCollins Children’s Books in New York City, where she has designed many New York Times best-selling books in addition to works by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, cartoonist Lynn Johnston, and national entertainment reporter Jill Rappaport. She is also the founder of Liquid Rock Design Studio, which specializes in creating logos, brochures, and posters for independent businesses.			Keith Schweitzer has a diverse background in finance, music, film production, and photography. After completing a degree in Marketing and Fine Arts at The George Washington University, Keith pursued a career on Wall Street while maintaining his artistic skills with photography and film production. Coming to NLE, Keith has filled a pivotal role in being a project and exhibition manager as well as leading guerrilla marketing tactics and collaborations such as the Improv Everywhere production. Most awesomely, Keith started and leads/curates NLE’s mural project where he has enlisted hard to find street artists such as Know Hope and D*face.

	Esmar Sullivan Press Coordinator esmar@nolongerempty.com			Jodie Dinapoli Press Coordinator jodie@nolongerempty.com
Esmar Sullivan is a recent transplant to New York with interests in contemporary and Central Asian art. Previously she worked for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as the Assistant to the Director of Conservation. She has traveled extensively in Asia, South America and Europe and volunteered with arts organizations in Houston and San Francisco. She holds a B.A. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin.			Hailing from Spain and also studying in Mexico, Jodie Dinapoli completed her Masters Degree in Art History at University of Valencia in Spain. After earning experience at MoMA, PS1 and the Brooklyn Museum, she has been working with Praxis International Art Gallery for three years, where she has worked in the organization of over twenty exhibitions promoting latin american contemporary artists in New York and abroad.  In addition, at the Instituto Cervantes in New York she teaches a course in Cinema,  one of her passions together with stop motion animation. At No Longer Empty, Jodie has taken the helm of the press and

		Tara de la Garza Advisor tara@nolongerempty.com
	Tara de la Garza is an award winning graphic designer and runs the agency Fluxus Creative. She has a Film and Television and Fine Art background and has studied at Curtin University, Australia. Tara is the recipient of the Young Filmmaker award from the Film and Television Institute, Australia. Currently Tara’s work involves a combination of design, curatorial practice, photography, installation and conceptual art. Her major exhibition in 2008 was a giant collaborative clubhouse. She has exhibited in numerous group shows in NYC and is the instigator of the Mail/Art Global Collaborative Massive. She has curated two shows for this group, one at ABCnorio and more recently for FIGMENT on Governor’s Island.

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