About Empty Spaces

Funded by the NSW government through Arts NSW and the University of Technology, Sydney, to promote short-term reuses of empty shops and spaces for creative and community development, this site publishes tools for empty space coordinators to start a 'pop-up' initiative, success stories, information for landlords and local government about creative space reuse for local development and an online community to share knowledge. 

Content includes:

• A guide to getting started by Renew Newcastle founder, Marcus Westbury.
• Case studies about art in empty spaces initiatives including Renew Newcastle, Create, Innovate Gosford City, Pop Up Parramatta, Anyplace Rozelle and Art in the Heart Lismore.
• Easy-to-read information on working with NSW planning systems from the NSW Department of Planning
• Links to legal information and templates by the Arts Law Centre of Australia
• Information about the national Empty Space Coordinators Network
• Setting up a pop up gallery by Dawn Allen from Honeydew Gallery, Gosford.
• Empty Shops 2.0: Ten years of recycling shops in the UK by Dan Thompson
• Culturemap online where you can register to receive regular updates and become part of the discussion