No Longer Empty

Manon Slome

President and Chief Curator

Manon Slome (PhD) is an independent curator working in New York City. From 2002 to June 2008 she was the Chief Curator of the Chelsea Art Museum in New York. During that time, she curated and oversaw a program of some forty exhibitions, symposia and museum publications as well as monographs and scholarly essays. Ms. Slome became highly involved with the Israeli art scene during her research for the exhibition, Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on, (2005) and has followed and researched the Israeli scene for the last three years. Prior to the CAM, Ms. Slome worked as a curator at the Guggenheim Museum for seven years and was a holder of a Helena Rubinstein curatorial fellowship at the Whitney Independent Study program. She has written widely on contemporary art and has recently completed The Aesthetics of Terror published by Charta Press. manon@nolongerempty.org

Naomi Hersson-Ringskog

Executive Director

Naomi Hersson Ringskog has spearheaded community and real estate outreach strategies for No Longer Empty in order to study and measure the effects of art as a tool for re-activating corridors and making a local economic impact. Three programs to note are the Art in Empty Spaces Initiative, Revitalizing 8th Street Corridor and the Site Assessment Lab. She is a graduate of Columbia University's Masters Program in Urban Planning where she studied urban green sustainability, specifically green roofs. She is also recipient of the William Kinne Fellowship Award. Naomi has also worked for an information architecture firm in Washington DC. Currently serves on the Executive Board of the Columbia University's Alumni Association as well enjoys volunteering with other organizations and projects. naomi@nolongerempty.org

Jodie Dinapoli

Director of Programming

Jodie has a Masters Degree in Art History from the Universidad de Valencia, Spain. After earning experience in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), PS1 and Praxis International Art Gallery in New York, Jodie joined No Longer Empty. Continuing with No Longer Empty´s commitment to art as a positive component for community and cultural development, Jodie is in charge of developing and overseeing the organization´s programing, which blends cultural, educational and artistic collaboration with community outreach. Jodie is also actively involved at the Curatorial Department working closely with artists and NLE members in planning the exhibitions and catering an appropriate programming jodie@nolongerempty.org

Patra Jongjitirat

Patra, receiving her degree in Architectural Studies from Brown University, harbors a great love for cities and their potential to be sustainable, poetic, and connective environments. At No Longer Empty she focuses on the implications of its arts model for the revitalization of neighborhoods and issues in urban planning. Outside of NLE, she devotes her time to Future Green Studio, a design-build firm specializing in green roofs, and to her work as a dancer and choreographer.

Julie Bell

Julie Bell volunteers with No Longer Bored program. Julie earned a Masters in Education, specializing in art education from The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at The University of Toronto. There, she became interested in public art and its potential social impact in a community. Teaching art at The Mabin School, a progressive independent school, she has integrated community-building art projects into her curriculum. Julie applies her passion for working with young artists at No Longer Empty and helps develop educational programs that are process-oriented and encourage students to develop awareness, artistic expression and perception, through a practice of inquiry, exploration and problem-solving. All to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of art within their community.

Charlotte Caldwell

Born Chattanooga, TN, Charlotte Caldwell currently acts as Project Manager for This Side of Paradise exhibition while also pursuing a Masters Degree from NYU in Visual Arts Administration. Charlotte graduated from Sewanee: The University of The South with a BA in Studio Art and a minor in Anthropology. Charlotte is interested in the way that the arts can permeate, engage, and enrich communities and in how non-profits can provide support and structure for young artists in pursuit of their career. She feels No Longer Empty fuses these concepts through its programs and exhibitions by using available, yet unconventional, spaces to make art accessible to a wider audience.

Lucy Lydon

Lucy Lydon volunteers with No Longer Empty as project manager and curatorial assistant. She recently returned to New York after receiving an MA in History of Art and Classical Studies from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Writing her dissertation on portraiture in contemporary street art, Lucy is interested in how urban spaces effect considerations of communal and individual identity. No Longer Empty's holistic mission of developing exhibitions in, around, and because of spaces is an inspiring and progressive example of how public art can be engaging, provocative and socially constructive.