Launched in 2024, PES FUTURES is a satellite initiative of Project for Empty Space located at 128 Baxter Street in Manhattan’s historic Chinatown. Expanding PES’s mission, PES FUTURES is both a physical and conceptual space dedicated to exploring intersecting and imagined possibilities.

As an incubator for unbridled imagination, it hosts special projects and exhibitions, creating space for artists—especially those historically marginalized—to claim and reclaim visibility, authorship, and presence.

PES’s broader work encompasses exhibitions, public art, residencies, subsidized studios, and professional development programs, all centered on uplifting narratives that have been erased or marginalized. PES FUTURES carries this ethos forward, supporting socially engaged artists while holding space for reflection and the creation of bold new futures.