marks<\/a> Zero Empty Spaces\u2019 first retail arts marketplace, where artists can sell their art while also taking part in showcases.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re now evolving into more co-retailing hubs, retail incubators and now retail marketplaces to provide space for more creatives than just visual artists and painters,\u201d said Evan Snow, cofounder and managing partner of Zero Empty Spaces.<\/p>\n
Zero Empty Spaces divides large commercial properties into \u201cmicro-retail spaces\u201d ranging from 96 to 144 square feet, according to Snow. Artists renting these spaces in Berkeley pay a monthly rate of about $550, which covers utility fees, insurance and internet.<\/p>\n
Rent also includes marketing, career development support and workshops that cover financial literacy, contract law and intellectual property. Zero Empty Spaces does not charge its artists any commission fees.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey basically get to have a store without having the burden of the store fall just on them,\u201d Snow said.<\/p>\n
The new Downtown location features artist\u2019s studios for rent in addition to a marketplace where artists can display and sell their work.<\/p>\n
Longtime Berkeley resident Dan Bach, a retired math teacher and artist, applied to show his mathematics-inspired art and geometric prints at the opening showcase on Saturday, alongside other artists. He is enthusiastic about the space being open to the public, and said \u201cthe more, the better\u201d in regard to viewers coming to appreciate his work.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal is to get people to stop and say, \u2018Oh, that looks cool. That\u2019s math? How\u2019s that math?\u2019 And then I get to explain it,\u201d Bach said. \u201cI miss teaching, so it\u2019s fun to come here and explain the math to people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The open concept layout of Zero Empty Spaces Berkeley, unlike private studio spaces, has also been a point of appreciation for artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very productive for artists to be in relationship with each other and to be able to talk with each other and watch each other work,\u201d said Paige Pedri, a sculptor from Sonoma County. \u201cYou really can feed off of each other in that way \u2026 I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenny Situ, a San Francisco-based artist, said she finds it \u201cnew and refreshing\u201d to have an open space where she\u2019s able to communicate with other artists, saying the studios feel \u201clike a community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Supported by partners such as Visit Berkeley and the Downtown Berkeley Association, Zero Empty Spaces hopes to boost foot traffic Downtown and support small businesses and artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur tagline is, \u2018we\u2019re unlocking closed doors to create new opportunities,\u2019\u201d Snow said. \u201cThis is a way to get more people Downtown, shopping, supporting local artists, supporting local small businesses, supporting local creatives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zero Empty Spaces held a grand opening Saturday for its 35th location at the former site of Half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":958333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,96191,525670,460,525668,525674,139995,134,525669,525666,525672,525671,6113,525667,208613,525673,525665],"class_list":["post-958332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-berkeley","tag-dan-bach","tag-design","tag-downtown-berkeley","tag-downtown-berkeley-association","tag-east-bay","tag-entertainment","tag-evan-snow","tag-half-price-books","tag-jenny-situ","tag-paige-pedri","tag-san-francisco","tag-shattuck-avenue","tag-sonoma-county","tag-visit-berkeley","tag-zero-empty-spaces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}