No Longer Empty
Contemporary public art exhibitions, 2013–2019
Visual identity, didactics, environmental graphics, marketing collateral
No Longer Empty widened access to art through site- and community-responsive exhibitions and programming. It produced more than forty exhibitions and hundreds of programs in New York City during its years of operation from 2008 to 2020. The work below reflects Patra’s years on staff from 2012 to 2016, with further collaborations into 2019.
NLE Curatorial Lab:
“(after)care,” 2019
Logotype and identity
Postcards and street flyers
Outdoor banner
Wall text
Exhibition catalog
Curators of “(after)care” © Shannel Resto/No Longer Empty
“When You Cut Into the Present the Future Leaks Out,” 2015
Logotype and identity
Exhibition guide with neighborhood map
Postcard flyer
Outdoor banner
Programming invites
© Whitney Browne/No Longer Empty
NLE Curatorial Lab:
“Intersecting Imaginaries,” 2015
Wall text
© Whitney Browne/No Longer Empty
“Bring In the Reality,” 2015
Logotype
Invites
Exhibition catalog
Jan Tichy: “Politics of Light,” 2013
Storefront signage
Programming flyers
Wall texts
Jan Tichy, Installation no. 18, 2013. Two-channel projection on architecture elements; 15 min. © No Longer Empty
“No Longer Empty was founded to take advantage of disused storefronts and other underused urban spaces as sites for temporary art interventions, for artistic activity that could transform an experience of an empty commercial space. Up close and personal, embedded within neighborhoods, these spaces became a vortex of experimentation and creativity. . . . This work was not about installing a single artwork or groups of artworks to inform or educate a public, but rather the production of cultural meaning from the development of exhibitions and projects alongside the histories, conditions, and narratives of the chosen sites and adjacent communities.”