2024-07-17T14:01:17-07:00 2023-12-31 273728756 RITTER ADAIR & ASSOCIATES PC 1900 BURNT BOAT DR STE 102 BISMARCK ND 58503 990 2023-01-01 364012431 The Capital Gallery Society CAPI 7017511698 PO Box 1197 Bismarck ND 58502 Jim Christianson Chairman 2024-07-17 true Jim Christianson 999009999 true Laura G Adair CPA P00445429 7017513883 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Jim Christianson PO Box 1197 Bismarck ND 58502 319509 false X www.thecapitalgallery.com X 1994 ND The mission of The Capital Gallery Society is Celebrating History, Art, and Culture! through art galleries and educational outreach. 15 13 4 30 0 282797 105216 13225 19584 16564 58669 81403 361050 216408 0 0 203335 88287 0 19791 257940 202661 461275 290948 -100225 -74540 566548 574047 10082 9534 556466 564513 The mission of The Capital Gallery Society is Celebrating History, Art, and Culture! through art galleries and educational outreach. false false 181503 IN 2023 THE CAPITAL GALLERY SOCIETY UNDERWENT A RESTRUCTERING OF MANAGEMENT AND MOVED TO A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT POSITION IN LIEU OF A CEO/PRESIDENT. THIS CHANGE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT SIGNIFICANT OPERATING COST SAVINGS WITHOUT A REDUCTION IN SERVICES PROVIDED. THE CAPITAL GALLERY SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS MISSION OF CELEBRATING ART, HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH VARIOUS EXHIBITS, OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, AS ARE MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BELOW.ExhibitsTHE CAPITAL GALLERY SOCIETY TYPICALLY HOLDS SIX EXHIBITS IN EACH CALENDAR YEAR, WITH EACH EXHIBIT OPEN FOR 6 7 WEEKS. ALL EXHIBITS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TUESDAY SATURDAY AT NO CHARGE.FEBRUARY 2023 SAW THE THIRD ANNUAL STUDENT ART FAIR. THIS EXHIBIT FEATURED ART BY APPROXIMATELY 60 YOUNG ARTISTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS IN BURLEIGH, MORTON AND SIOUX COUNTIES. EACH ARTIST RECEIVED SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND ONE ARTIST WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE A $1,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSIHP GRANT. THE STUDENT ART FAIR INVOLVED HUDNREDS OF STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND WILL BE CONTINUED NEXT YEAR.IN APRIL THE COME RAIN OR COME SHINE EXHIBIT OPENED, FEATURING GUEST ARTIST ZHIMIN GUAN, PROFESSOR OF ART AT MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MOORHEAD, MN. GUAN HAS BEEN A PROFESSOR OF ART AT MSU MOORHEAD SINCE 1998 AND HAS EXHIBITED IN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES THOUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA, INCLUDING THE CHINA NATIONAL ART GALLERY IN BEJIING.THE NATURAL BEAUTY EXHIBIT OPENED IN JUNE 2023. THE EXHIBIT FEATURED FARGO, ND ARTIST BRAD BACHMEIER AND GRAND FORKS, ND PHOTOGRAPHER DAVE BRUNER. BACHMEIER IS A NORTH DAKOTA NATIVE WHO HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS ND GOVERNORS AWARD FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION AS A US PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR NOMINEE. HE SERVES AS BOTH A PROFESSOR OF ART EDUCATION AND AS CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL OF ART AT MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD.THE AUGUST 2023 BENEATH THE ARTISTS HAND EXHIBIT FEATURED ICON ARTISTS WALTER PIEHL, VERN ERICKSON, KAYE BURIAN, BUTCH THUNDER HAWK AND TODD CLAUSNITZER. PIEHL RECENTLY RETIRED AS ART PROFESSOR AT MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY. THUNDER HAWK IS AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF THE STANDING ROCK RESERVATION AND TAUGHT ART FOR MANY YEARS AT UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL CENTER IN BISMARCK, ND. THE ICON ARTISTS PROVIDED INSTRUCTION AND PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE MEDIUMS DURING THE EXHIBIT.IN OCTOBER THE GALLERY FEATURED ART BY JESSICA WACHTER DURING AN EXHIBIT ENTITLED, THAT IS MY STORY. A BISMARCK NATIVE, WACHTER IS WELL-KNOWN REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY, WITH EXHIBITS IN VENUES RANGING FROM THE PLAINS ART MUSEUM IN FARGO, ND, TO THE INTERNATIONAL ART BASEL EVENT IN MIAMI, FL, TO CELEBRATE ART IN SCOTTSDALE, AZ.THE FINAL EXHIBIT OF 2023, ACROSS THE BURNING HILLS, EMPHASIZED THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK AND THE BAD LANDS OF WESTER NORTH DAKOTA. FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDED LINDA DONLIN, DAVE BADMAN, KATRINA CASE AND TAMA SMITH. DONLIN HELD RECEPTIONS IN THE GALLERY FOR EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS OF HER RECENT ART BOOK, THE MAGIC OF MEDORA, WHICH CHRONICLES THE EXPERIENCES OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELTS EXPERIENCES IN MEDORA ND.Outreach Programs & Special EventsIN ADDITION TO OPERATING THE CAPITAL GALLERY PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC, THE CAPITAL GALLERY SOCIETY PROVIDES A ROTATING DISPLAY OF UPLIFTING ARTWORK AT TOUCHMARK, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN BISMARCK. THE ARTWORK IS DISPLAYED AT NO CHARGE AND IS APPRECIATED BY BOTH THE MANAGEMENT AND RESIDENTS.THE GALLERY ALSO HOSTS THE BISMARCK-MANDAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS CONDUCTORS CLUB ON A REGULAR BASIS. A SPECIAL EVENT, DEFIANT REQUIEM: VERDI AT TEREZIN, FEATURED THE CREATOR AND CONDUCTOR, MURRY SIDLIN, WHO GAVE AN IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORIC PERFORMANCE OF VERDIS REQUIEM BY JEWISH PRISONERS AT A GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II.Special EventsAN AFTERNOON WITH BUTCH THUNDER HAWK WAS HELD IN AUGUST, ATTENDED BY NUMEROUS FRIENDS AND RELATIVES FROM THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION. TRIBAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR THUNDER HAWK GAVE AN EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION ON HIS INSPIRATION AND EXPERIENCE AS A NATIVE AMERICAN LEDGER ARTIST. THUNDER HAWK AND HIS STUDENTS CREATED CULTURAL PIECES FOR THE THOMAS JEFFERSON HOME IN MONTICELLO, VA. HE ALSO CURATED EXHIBITS FOR THE PEABODY MUSEUM AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.THE RECEPTION LED TO THE CAPITAL GALLERY INSTALLING SEVERAL OF THUNDER HAWKS PIECES IN THE NEWLY OPENED WOZU CULTURAL CENTER IN CANNON BALL, ND, ON THE STANDING ROCK RESERVATION. THE GALLERYS SIXTH ANNUAL ART GALA WAS HELD IN OCTOBER AT THE NEW NORTH DAKOTA GATEWAY TO SCIENCE CENTER. THIS ANNUAL EVENT ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF GALLERY SUPPORTERS WHO GENEROUSLY BID ON ARTWORK THAT IS DONATED BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL ARTISTS TO HELP SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE GALLERY. 181503 true true false false false false false false false false true false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 15 13 true false false false false false false true false false false true true false true true true true false false X Jim Christianson 7017511698 PO Box 1197 Bismarck ND 58502 X David Lindell Secretary/Treas 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kari Cutting Past Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Molly Herrington Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Kroshus Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Christianson Chairman 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Medora Sletten Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rolf Sletten Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steve Hamar Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Helen White Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kevin Stadler Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ganya Anderson Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marlo Anderson Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kirsten Baesler Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jessie Johnson Vice Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Andrea Travnicek Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 13449 91767 105216 Art Gala 13225 13225 13225 16564 16564 0 0 0 0 0 0 184504 103101 81403 81403 0 216408 94628 16564 0 0 0 0 0 0 60739 32799 23688 4252 0 22728 16819 5841 68 4820 2603 1880 337 0 545 545 11385 11385 0 0 0 23083 23083 4996 4996 1836 1102 367 367 6699 4019 1340 1340 0 69280 55424 13856 2247 1168 899 180 0 1041 833 208 0 0 14810 14810 8422 5895 2527 Art Gala Expense 30802 30802 Events and Receptions 9548 9548 Printing and Publications 6577 3946 329 2302 Credit Card and Bank Fees 6499 3899 1300 1300 4891 2388 2406 97 290948 181503 89654 19791 10266 40433 5971 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 10395 8564 0 213320 121471 104733 91849 290377 215255 0 50807 61940 0 93928 156006 566548 574047 8582 8034 1500 1500 10082 9534 X 260304 268351 296162 296162 556466 564513 566548 574047 -74540 22564 -2054 62077 X false false false X 351330 267898 228190 282797 104782 1234997 0 0 351330 267898 228190 282797 104782 1234997 0 1234997 26022 27879 36307 15420 16564 122192 0 0 1357189 745675 0.91000 0.93380 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 188107 99439 88668 25213 22032 3181 91849 61940 Artwork and Exhibits 90253 ERTC Receivable 62077 Rent Deposit 3675 Rounding 1 156006 Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose. The Organization curates and displays artwork at The Capital Gallery, which is located in downtown Bismarck. The Gallery is open Tuesday Saturday each week at no charge to the public.The Organization, through its exhibits and educational outreach programs, promotes local and regional art, history and culture. Collections past and present include internationally known indigenous artist Fritz Scholder (1937 -2005), retired Minot State University Art Professor Walter Piehl, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux artist Butch Thunderhawk, and many others.Artwork and Exhibits $90,253The artwork and exhibits are not being depreciated. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. To provide ongoing support for maintenance, programming and improvements to the Organizations facilities. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The board of directors reviews the tax return before it is filed Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICTY APPLIES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES. THE BOARD CHAIR REVIEWS CONFLICTS, SHOULD ANY ARISE, AND REQUESTS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A CONFLICT ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON AN ISSUE THAT PRESENTS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SALARY AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON EMPLOYEE WAGES, BASED IN PART ON EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE, AND SURVEYS OF SIMILAR NONPROFIT COMPENSATION. SALARY AND BENEFIT LEVELS FOR THE ORGANIZATION ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS. THE PROCESS WAS UPDATED AND DOCUMENTED IN THE DECEMBER 2023 BOARD MEETING MINUTES. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 the organization's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request