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We are a creative solutions company that delivers progressive creative that benefits the client by ways of notoriety, innovation and profit.
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Save the date. CreativeZen returns Friday, August 14 with Oscar Fuentes, known as @thebiscaynepoet. Join us for a free morning of inspiration, community connection, guided meditation, and storytelling as Oscar shares more about his journey as a multidisciplinary artist, poet, author, performer, curator, and creative force in South Florida for over 30 years. Hosted by @evansnow13 at @zeroemptyspaces inside @dcotadesign, presented by @choose954, @creativezen_talks, and @uniteusgroup. Friday, August 14, 2026 Doors open at 8:30 AM Zero Empty Spaces Artist Studios at DCOTA 1855 Griffin Road, B124, Atrium B, Dania Beach, FL Reserve your space: https://august-2026-creativezen.eventbrite.com Being creative is not required. Being inspired is nearly guaranteed. #CreativeZenTalks #Choose954 #TheBiscaynePoet #ZeroEmptySpaces #DCOTA taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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The former Half Price Books building in Downtown Berkeley is getting ready for its next creative chapter. @zeroemptyspaces is coming to #DowntownBerkeley in partnership with @visitberkeley + @downtownberkeley, with support from @cityofberkeley, Mayor @mayoradenaishii, Councilmember Igor Tregub, and Gordon Commercial Real Estate Services. We’re working to transform the currently vacant space at 2036 Shattuck Ave. into affordable working artist studios, creating new opportunities for local creatives while bringing fresh energy, foot traffic, visibility, and cultural activity back into the heart of Downtown Berkeley. Join us for an Open House Preview + Information Session for Artists before the studios open to the public. Saturday, August 8, 2026 11 AM to 12 PM Former Half Price Books 2036 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704 We’ll walk through studio pricing, access, the application process, move-in timeline, and the larger vision for building a vibrant creative community in Downtown Berkeley. This is more than an artist studio opportunity. It is vacancy activation in action. Artists get affordable dedicated space to create, connect, sell, and be seen. Downtown gets more daily creative energy. Property owners get positive activity and visibility. The community gets to experience creativity in a space that would otherwise be sitting dark. Berkeley artists, Bay Area creatives, arts supporters, neighbors, and community partners, this is the moment to learn more, RSVP, and help shape what comes next. RSVP here: http://zes-berkeley-openhouse.eventbrite.com/ #ZeroEmptySpaces #VisitBerkeley #DowntownBerkeley #UniteUsGroup taken in Downtown Berkeley by @uniteusgroup
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Reposted from @civicleadersummit: The solution to vacant storefronts isn't waiting for the right tenant, but creating opportunities for artists, entrepreneurs, and community builders right now. At the #2026CivicLeaderSummit, Evan Snow, Co-Founder of #ZeroEmptySpaces, will share how his team has transformed 34 vacant commercial spaces across five states into thriving creative hubs that support more than 900 artists while bringing new energy and economic activity to surrounding communities. In this interactive masterclass, you'll learn practical strategies for activating underutilized spaces, engaging property owners and stakeholders, and turning vacancy into a catalyst for creativity, entrepreneurship, and civic life. Attendees will even have the opportunity to submit real local challenges for a live case-study discussion during the session. If you're looking for actionable ways to strengthen downtowns and breathe new life into empty spaces, you won't want to miss this conversation. Click the link in our bio to get your early bird tickets to the #CivicLeaderSummit today. #UniteUsGroup taken in Pensacola, Florida by @uniteusgroup
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Color, culture, femininity, and storytelling are at the heart of Siana Lakhan’s work, aka Sila Art. Originally from Trinidad🇹🇹, Siana shares how Caribbean vibrancy naturally flows through her creative practice, from the way she sees people in color to the way she celebrates the strength, beauty, and resilience of women through her art. Visit Siana at Zero Empty Spaces at DCOTA in Dania Beach and experience her work in person. Save the date for Open Studios every 3rd Friday at DCOTA, where you can meet the artists, explore the studios, and connect with the creativity happening inside the space. 📍 Zero Empty Spaces at DCOTA Dania Beach, FL 🎨 Artist: @silaart.llc #ZeroEmptySpaces #SilaArt #DCOTA #DaniaBeach #Choose954 taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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At this month’s CreativeZen Talks, Vicki Rosenthal @vickirosenthal.art reminded us that creativity is not just about what we make. It is about how we show up, how we see one another, and how we use our gifts in service of a more compassionate and connected world. As part of our 8 year anniversary gathering, Vicki shared how her art, including the shoes she created in reference to human rights issues, women’s rights, trans rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and immigration, became a powerful form of visual storytelling, empathy, advocacy, and human connection. One of the biggest takeaways from her talk was the reminder that we never fully know what someone else is carrying. Sometimes simply seeing someone, acknowledging them, and treating them with dignity can create a moment of connection that matters more than we realize. We are deeply grateful to Vicki for helping us mark this CreativeZen milestone and for continuing to be such a meaningful human being in our creative community. The full talk is now available on our Choose954 YouTube page. CreativeZen Talks will be taking July off, but we’ll be back in August at Zero Empty Spaces inside DCOTA for another morning of meditation, storytelling, connection, and community. #CreativeZen #Choose954 #VickiRosenthal #Artivism #ZeroEmptySpaces taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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Vacant space is becoming creative space in the heart of @mplsdowntown. We’re excited to share that Zero Empty Spaces is getting ready to open our newest affordable artist studio location at 815 Nicollet Mall, bringing more working artist studios, creative energy, and daily activity into the heart of the city. Thank you to @mspmag for sharing the story behind this new creative placemaking activation and helping spotlight the opportunity to turn underutilized space into places for artists to create, collaborate, connect, and be discovered. Read the features: https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/zero-empty-spaces-downtown-minneapolis/ https://mspmag.com/creative-occupancy/ We’re also hosting an Open House Preview + Information Session for artists and community members interested in learning more, touring the studios, and seeing what’s coming to life inside 815 Nicollet Mall. Open House Preview + Information Session Saturday, June 27 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM 815 Nicollet Ave, Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN RSVP: https://zes-dt-minneapolis-openhouse.eventbrite.com We’re looking forward to making a positive impact in @mplsdowntown and supporting local artists with affordable space to bring their work to life. #ZeroEmptySpaces #DowntownMinneapolis #MinneapolisArtists #CreativePlacemaking #ArtistStudios taken in Downtown Minneapolis by @uniteusgroup
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There’s nothing like seeing the impact in person. We love welcoming industry partners, collaborators, and creative thinkers into our Zero Empty Spaces locations because the story becomes much more tangible when you can actually walk the space, meet the artists, see the studios, and feel the energy that is created when vacant commercial space is brought back to life. Great spending time with Lyn Falk of @RetailworksInc at our location inside the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) @dcotadesign and continuing the conversation around how Zero Empty Spaces can support her clients, state-level Main Street coordinating partners, downtown districts, economic development organizations, and property owners looking for practical ways to move from vacancy strategy into real activation. We are especially excited about the potential to collaborate around Main Street revitalization, retail incubation, storefront activation, modular space division, emerging maker and brand support, and other creative placemaking models that help communities turn underutilized real estate into visible momentum. There is only so much you can understand from a website, article, deck, or case study. When people tour one of our spaces in person, they start to see what is actually possible: affordable studios, active storefronts, local artists, community programming, increased foot traffic, stronger place identity, and a more compelling story for the property and surrounding district. If you are a property owner, developer, downtown district, Main Street organization, CRA, BID, chamber, economic development partner, or civic leader trying to figure out what to do with vacant or underused commercial space, we’d be glad to show you what this looks like in real life. The best way to understand Zero Empty Spaces is to step inside one. taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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A dedicated space changes everything. In this clip from Episode 80 of the @zeroemptyspaces Podcast, @bymissbello shares why having an affordable artist studio at @dcotadesign has impacted her confidence, consistency, visibility, and growth. For Miss Bello, the studio is more than a place to make work. It is a place where her brain knows it is time to create. A place where one focused hour can become more productive. A place where her art can live, be seen, and connect with people even when she is not physically there. That is the heart of Zero Empty Spaces. Affordable studios. 24 hour artist access. No commission on sales. A growing creative community. A place to create, collaborate, be discovered, and build something real outside of your home. As Miss Bello says, being surrounded by other artists gives you the feeling that the world can be a better place. And inside Zero Empty Spaces, that feeling becomes a reality. Come experience it in person during Open Studios at our newest expanded Zero Empty Spaces location at @dcotadesign in Dania Beach, featuring 40 artist studios, including a few remaining studio opportunities still available. Open Studios take place every 3rd Friday from 4 to 7 PM. Zero Empty Spaces at Design Center of the Americas 1855 Griffin Road, Suite B102 Dania Beach, FL 33004 Watch the full conversation with @bymissbello on the @zeroemptyspaces Podcast on YouTube. Powered by creativity, community, and connection through @zeroemptyspaces, @dcotadesign, and @choose954. #ZeroEmptySpaces #Podcast #DCOTA #Choose954 #UniteUsGroup taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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In Episode 80 of the #ZeroEmptySpacesPodcast, we sit down with Andrea Bello, professionally known as Miss Bello, at Zero Empty Spaces at the DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas in Dania Beach. Miss Bello is a creative visionary, designer, and space transformer whose work brings together bold color, intentional design, digital art, layered surfaces, backlit displays, murals, and immersive installations. What makes her work so powerful is that it does more than fill a wall. It changes the energy of a room. It helps brands, designers, businesses, and communities tell stronger visual stories through color, scale, emotion, and intention. This conversation is about art, design, confidence, abundance, and the way creative environments can completely shift how people feel when they walk into a space. We’re proud to have Miss Bello as part of our Zero Empty Spaces artist community at Design Center of the Americas, and excited to share her story through Episode 80. We also invite the community to join us for Open Studios every 3rd Friday from 4 to 7 PM at our newest expanded Zero Empty Spaces location at Design Center of the Americas in Dania Beach, now home to 40 working artist studios, with a few studios still available. Come meet the artists, explore the studios, experience the work, and see firsthand how creativity can bring new life to underutilized spaces. Watch Episode 80 of the Zero Empty Spaces Podcast featuring Miss Bello on our YouTube page. #ZeroEmptySpaces #Podcast #MissBello #Choose954 taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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Art has the power to bring us back to joy, movement, memory, and the simple daily moments we sometimes forget. In Episode 79 of the #ZeroEmptySpacesPodcast, we sat down with @vanesamiori inside our newest expanded Zero Empty Spaces location at DCOTA in Dania Beach, now home to 40 working artist studios. Vanesa shared how her work is guided by truth, beauty, joy, and curiosity, and how powerful it is when someone feels that joy coming through her paintings. One of the most moving stories she shared was about a gentleman in a wheelchair who connected with one of her swimming paintings because it brought him back to the feeling of being young, free, and in the water again. That’s what art does. It brings back memories. It sparks movement. It reminds us of joy. It reconnects us with the simple daily things that are so easy to forget. Come meet Vanesa and the artists creating inside our newest expanded Zero Empty Spaces location during Open Studios every 3rd Friday from 4 to 7pm at DCOTA in Dania Beach. With 40 studios, this space is quickly becoming one of South Florida’s most exciting creative hubs, and there are still a few studios available for local artists looking for an affordable place to create, collaborate, and be discovered outside of their home. Zero Empty Spaces at DCOTA 1855 Griffin Road, Suite B124 Dania Beach, FL 33004 Open Studios Every 3rd Friday 4 to 7pm Come walk the studios, meet the artists, experience the work, and see what’s possible when vacant spaces are transformed into vibrant creative communities. #ZeroEmptySpaces #Podcast #VanesaMiori #Choose954 taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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“The way to equality is to be present.” Three years ago, @cityoffortlauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis @mayordeanftl joined us for CreativeZen Talks and shared a powerful reminder that being present, aware, and engaged is how we help maintain the dignity of who we are as a community. He spoke about the importance of showing up, not just for your own causes, but for other people’s events, other people’s stories, and the spaces where community is being built in real time. That has always been the heart of @creativezen_talks. For the past 8 years, we’ve created a free monthly space for people to gather, listen, reflect, connect, and leave with the story, insight, or “aha moment” they may have needed that day. This Friday, June 12, 2026, we’re celebrating CreativeZen Talks’ 8 year anniversary with Vicki Rosenthal, MSW of @vickirosenthal.art, an artist, educator, advocate, and artivist whose work reflects creativity, kindness, justice, and the power of showing up for the world we want to live in. Join us at @zeroemptyspaces inside @dcotadesign for a morning of coffee, connection, guided meditation, inspiration, and community. Doors open at 8:30 AM. Talk begins promptly at 9:00 AM. CreativeZen Talks is free and open to the community. Being creative is not required. Being inspired is guaranteed. RSVP here: https://june-2026-creativezen.eventbrite.com/ #CreativeZenTalks #Choose954 #ZeroEmptySpaces #VickiRosenthalArt #Community by @uniteusgroup
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This is what @creativezen_talks feels like before the talk even begins. Coffee brewing. People connecting. New faces becoming familiar ones. Artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, community builders, and curious humans showing up with an open mind and leaving with something they didn’t know they needed. For the past 8 years, CreativeZen Talks has created a free monthly space for our community to gather on the second Friday morning of each month for connection, guided meditation, reflection, inspiration, and a thought-provoking story from someone local doing meaningful work. The best part is you never know who you’re going to meet, what you’re going to hear, or what “aha moment” might find you in the room. This Friday, June 12, 2026, we’re celebrating CreativeZen Talks’ 8 year anniversary with Vicki Rosenthal, MSW of @vickirosenthal.art, an artist, educator, advocate, and artivist whose work reflects creativity, kindness, justice, and the power of showing up for the world we want to live in. Join us at @zeroemptyspaces inside @dcotadesign for a morning of coffee, community, meditation, inspiration, and connection. Doors open at 8:30 AM. Talk begins promptly at 9:00 AM. CreativeZen Talks is free and open to the community. Being creative is not required. Being inspired is guaranteed. RSVP here: https://june-2026-creativezen.eventbrite.com/ #CreativeZenTalks #Choose954 #ZeroEmptySpaces #VickiRosenthalArt #Community taken in DCOTA | Design Center of the Americas by @uniteusgroup
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