Artists band together to open in Lake Park

After closure of Zero Empty Spaces in Palm Beach Gardens, five artists team up to find their own space.

Studio on 10th, an art cooperative and studio founded by five artists, will celebrate its grand opening Nov. 13 in Lake Park.

The five artists worked at Zero Empty Spaces in Legacy Place Shoppes in Palm Beach Gardens. When the space was rented to a long-term client, the artists had to move.

Mixed-media artist Anthony Burks moved to The Peach, an artists collective in West Palm Beach. He and artist Erica Kyle share a space.

Other artists returned to their home studios. 

But Ilene Gruber Adams, Faith Schwack, Patrick Williams, Nancy Blaschke and Clifton Webb founded Studio on 10th near downtown Lake Park just south of Oceana Coffee.

The artists represent a range of styles and mediums, but their collective vision is the same: “To foster creativity, collaboration and community engagement while offering visitors the opportunity to experience original art in an intimate studio setting.” 

The new home brings more attention to Lake Park as a place where creative people can find others who share their spirit. 

“Lake Park has a thriving creative spirit, and we are excited to be part of it,” Adams wrote on Facebook.

Studio on 10th, following the Zero Empty Spaces formula, will feature rotating exhibitions of members’ works and hold open studio hours where visitors can meet the artists. Plus, the group plans to host special events and gatherings for other cultural organizations to highlight the role art plays in building a community.

Other artists who were part of Zero Empty Spaces are hoping that company founders Andrew Martineau and Evan Snow will find them a new space to lease. 

Zero Empty Spaces takes vacant commercial storefronts and turns them into productive, revenue-generating space until a long-term client can be found. They offer artists a low-cost way to show their work, a boost to retailers because it replaces for-rent signs with artists.

Martineau told Stet News he had been hoping to rent space in Lake Park but two potential locations fell through and he is pursuing a lead in Boynton Beach.

For now, the five founding artists of Studio on 10th invite visitors to their grand opening from 5-8 pm Nov. 13 at 1259 10th St., Lake Park.