2024-05-14T17:30:36-04:00 2023-06-30 990EZ 2022-07-01 396102948 RACINE ARTS COUNCIL INC RACI 2626350261 716 COLLEGE AVE RACINE WI 53403 RYAN GOERRES TREASURER 2626350261 2024-02-20 RYAN GOERRES 999009999 false 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X WWW.RACINEARTSCOUNCIL.ORG X X 89806 X 62552 18911 23 8320 4450 3870 85356 8250 18516 444 2425 101 86024 115760 -30404 76451 46047 X 77345 46358 77345 46358 894 311 76451 46047 X FOUNDED IN 1967, THE RACINE ARTS COUNCIL ENCOURAGES, SUPPORTS AND ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS, ARTISTIC GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE ARTS THE RACINE ARTS COUNCIL IS THE FISCAL RECEIVER FOR THE PASSIONS PROJECT. THE PASSIONS PROJECT IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PORTRAIT SERIES CREATED BY RACINE NATIVE, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, AND ART ACTIVIST HEIDI WAGNER. SINCE 2011, THE PROJECT HAS HIGHLIGHTED OLDER ADULTS ENGAGING IN THEIR PASSIONS AS A WAY OF REDEFINING AGING. HEIDI'S VISION FOR THE PROJECT EVOLVED THROUGH HER WORK IN A COMMUNITY OF ELDERS WHEREIN SHE REALIZED MANY OF THE PEOPLE SHE ENCOUNTERED AND CAME TO KNOW LEAD ACTIVE, FULL LIVES, AND THAT THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHING THESE OLDER ADULTS IN THE MIDST OF ACTIVELY LIVING OUT THEIR PASSIONS, SHE COULD SHARE A VERY NEW VIEW OF AGING. THROUGH HEIDI'S LENS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AGING AS AN EXCITING TIME FILLED WITH VITALITY AND WELLNESS, WHEREIN EACH DAY AHEAD HAS PURPOSE. TO DATE, THROUGH THE PASSIONS PROJECT, HEIDI HAS WORKED WITH OVER 20 SENIOR COMMUNITIES AND HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE US. SHE HAS BEEN A GUEST SPEAKER AT EVENTS AND HAS PRESENTED AT SEVERAL CONFERENCES, INCLUDING OPTIMAL AGING CONFERENCE (2020) AND LEADINGAGE CALIFORNIA (2019). 54484 THE RACINE ARTS COUNCIL IS THE FISCAL RECEIEVER FOR THE ARTROOT WALL POEMS PROJECT. THE WALL POEMS OF RACINE IS AN ARTROOT PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE PROJECT CELEBRATES LOCAL LITERARY TALENT BY PAIRING AN EXCERPT FROM A POEM WRITTEN BY A RACINE POET WITH A DESIGN CREATED BY A STUDENT FROM CAREY WATTERS ADVANCED GRAPHIC DESIGN CLASS AT UW-PARKSIDE. EACH YEAR, A POETRY SELECTION COMMITTEE MADE UP OF LOCAL WRITERS SELECTS SEVERAL POETRY EXCERPTS FROM RACINE POETS AND PROVIDES THEM TO THE UW-PARKSIDE GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENTS. EACH STUDENT CHOOSES AN EXCERPT TO INCORPORATE INTO A DESIGN. STUDENTS VISIT THE POTENTIAL WALL POEM SITES TO MEET THE BUSINESS OWNERS, INTERVIEW THEM ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND ASK HOW THE DESIGN CAN HELP SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY. STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR INITIAL DESIGNS TO A DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES THE BUILDING OWNERS AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES FEEDBACK TO THE STUDENTS. STUDENTS MODIFY THEIR DESIGNS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK AND PRESENT THEM A SECOND TIME TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE CHOOSES ONE OR TWO FINAL DESIGNS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF WALLS AVAILABLE THAT YEAR. THE PROJECT IS INSPIRED BY THE WALL POEMS OF CHARLOTTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. UNLIKE THE CHARLOTTE VERSION, RACINE'S PROJECT FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON OUR RICH AND DIVERSE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF POETS. THE MURALS COMBINE BOTH VISUAL AND LITERARY ART, MUCH LIKE A POETRY BROADSIDE, IN AUTUMN 2021, ART ROOT COLLABORATED WITH THE RACINE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO PRODUCE THE FIRST INDOOR WALL POEM (WALT POEM 3.) THIS PILOT PROJECT FOLLOWED A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT PROCESS, WITH A LOCAL ARTIST SELECTED TO DESIGN AND PAINT THE WALL POEM. 13000 ARTSEED PROGRAM - THE PURPOSE OF THE ARTSEED GRANT PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE AND ENHANCE THE ARTS IN THE RACINE AREA AND TO FOSTER EXCITEMENT, SUPPORT AND GROWTH IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY. THE RAC SEEKS PROJECTS THAT ENCOURAGE NEW, INNOVATIVE OR EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS BASED IN THE ARTS. 8250 8250 ARTSTART - FAMILIES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE ART IN ALL ITS FORMS. QUILTS ON BARNS - RACINE COUNTY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE FIRST BARN QUILT PROJECTS IN THE STATE. BEGINNING IN 2009, THIS PUBLIC ART PROJECT HAS PLACED DOZENS OF COLORFUL QUILT PATTERNS, MOUNTED ON 8-BY-8 FOOT WOODEN SQUARES, ON BARNS THROUGHOUT RACINE COUNTY. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY OF BARNS IN OUR COUNTY, EDUCATE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ON RACINE COUNTY'S RICH QUILTING TRADITION, AND PROMOTE QUILTING AS A FORM OF ART. LINK - LONELY INSTRUMENTS NEED KIDS PROVIDES INSTRUMENTS FOR KIDS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PURCHASE OR RENT THEM ON THEIR OWN. SKETCH RACINE 13241 88975 X LESLEY WALKER PRESIDENT 4.00 0 KATHI WILSON EXEC DIR/FRM 25.00 17200 VICKI TRUKA SCHMITZ SECRETARY 1.00 0 MARIE MARTIN VP 4.00 0 RYAN GOERRES TREASURER 4.00 0 DEBRA KARP DIRECTOR 2.50 0 NICCI D'AMOUR DIRECTOR 1.00 0 CAITLIN CURTIS DIRECTOR 1.00 0 SAMANTHA FIEDLER DIRECTOR 1.00 0 KAILA BINGEN DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MICHAEL ISAACSON DIRECTOR 1.00 0 false false false false false false false false false WI RYAN GOERRES 716 COLLEGE AVE RACINE WI 53403 2626577716 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 53689 30693 27846 63154 62552 237934 14425 19008 31982 24430 27254 117099 68114 49701 59828 87584 89806 355033 355033 68114 49701 59828 87584 89806 355033 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 NAME: ARTSEED CASH CONTRIBUTION: 8,250 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADVERTISING 175 OFFICE SUPPLIES 178 TELEPHONE AND FAX 476 INTERNET 554 TRAVEL AND MEALS 159 MEETINGS 355 INSURANCE 2,280 ARTSTART SUPPLIES 1,487 BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEE 195 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 1,199 LICENSES AND FEES 40 LINK - EXPENSES 700 BALLYHOO EXPENSES 48 SKETCH RACINE MARKETING 937 SKETCH RACINE SUPPLIES 135 QUILTS ON BARNS 5,242 ARTROOT EXPENSES 2,130 PASSION PROJECT EXPENSES 54,484 ARTROOT WALL POEM 13,000 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 250 BRANCH UPTOWN PROJECTS 2,000 TOTAL 86,024 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 894 311 FORM 990-EZ, PART III FOUNDED IN 1967, THE RACINE ARTS COUNCIL ENCOURAGES, SUPPORTS AND ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS, ARTISTIC GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE ARTS FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 THE RACINE ARTS COUNCIL IS THE FISCAL RECEIVER FOR THE PASSIONS PROJECT. THE PASSIONS PROJECT IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PORTRAIT SERIES CREATED BY RACINE NATIVE, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, AND ART ACTIVIST HEIDI WAGNER. SINCE 2011, THE PROJECT HAS HIGHLIGHTED OLDER ADULTS ENGAGING IN THEIR PASSIONS AS A WAY OF REDEFINING AGING. HEIDI'S VISION FOR THE PROJECT EVOLVED THROUGH HER WORK IN A COMMUNITY OF ELDERS WHEREIN SHE REALIZED MANY OF THE PEOPLE SHE ENCOUNTERED AND CAME TO KNOW LEAD ACTIVE, FULL LIVES, AND THAT THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHING THESE OLDER ADULTS IN THE MIDST OF ACTIVELY LIVING OUT THEIR PASSIONS, SHE COULD SHARE A VERY NEW VIEW OF AGING. THROUGH HEIDI'S LENS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AGING AS AN EXCITING TIME FILLED WITH VITALITY AND WELLNESS, WHEREIN EACH DAY AHEAD HAS PURPOSE. TO DATE, THROUGH THE PASSIONS PROJECT, HEIDI HAS WORKED WITH OVER 20 SENIOR COMMUNITIES AND HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE US. SHE HAS BEEN A GUEST SPEAKER AT EVENTS AND HAS PRESENTED AT SEVERAL CONFERENCES, INCLUDING OPTIMAL AGING CONFERENCE (2020) AND LEADINGAGE CALIFORNIA (2019). FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 THE RACINE ARTS COUNCIL IS THE FISCAL RECEIEVER FOR THE ARTROOT WALL POEMS PROJECT. THE WALL POEMS OF RACINE IS AN ARTROOT PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE PROJECT CELEBRATES LOCAL LITERARY TALENT BY PAIRING AN EXCERPT FROM A POEM WRITTEN BY A RACINE POET WITH A DESIGN CREATED BY A STUDENT FROM CAREY WATTERS ADVANCED GRAPHIC DESIGN CLASS AT UW-PARKSIDE. EACH YEAR, A POETRY SELECTION COMMITTEE MADE UP OF LOCAL WRITERS SELECTS SEVERAL POETRY EXCERPTS FROM RACINE POETS AND PROVIDES THEM TO THE UW-PARKSIDE GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENTS. EACH STUDENT CHOOSES AN EXCERPT TO INCORPORATE INTO A DESIGN. STUDENTS VISIT THE POTENTIAL WALL POEM SITES TO MEET THE BUSINESS OWNERS, INTERVIEW THEM ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND ASK HOW THE DESIGN CAN HELP SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY. STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR INITIAL DESIGNS TO A DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES THE BUILDING OWNERS AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES FEEDBACK TO THE STUDENTS. STUDENTS MODIFY THEIR DESIGNS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK AND PRESENT THEM A SECOND TIME TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE CHOOSES ONE OR TWO FINAL DESIGNS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF WALLS AVAILABLE THAT YEAR. THE PROJECT IS INSPIRED BY THE WALL POEMS OF CHARLOTTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. UNLIKE THE CHARLOTTE VERSION, RACINE'S PROJECT FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON OUR RICH AND DIVERSE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF POETS. THE MURALS COMBINE BOTH VISUAL AND LITERARY ART, MUCH LIKE A POETRY BROADSIDE, IN AUTUMN 2021, ART ROOT COLLABORATED WITH THE RACINE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO PRODUCE THE FIRST INDOOR WALL POEM (WALT POEM 3.) THIS PILOT PROJECT FOLLOWED A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT PROCESS, WITH A LOCAL ARTIST SELECTED TO DESIGN AND PAINT THE WALL POEM. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 ARTSEED PROGRAM - THE PURPOSE OF THE ARTSEED GRANT PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE AND ENHANCE THE ARTS IN THE RACINE AREA AND TO FOSTER EXCITEMENT, SUPPORT AND GROWTH IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY. THE RAC SEEKS PROJECTS THAT ENCOURAGE NEW, INNOVATIVE OR EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS BASED IN THE ARTS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 ARTSTART - FAMILIES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE ART IN ALL ITS FORMS. QUILTS ON BARNS - RACINE COUNTY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE FIRST BARN QUILT PROJECTS IN THE STATE. BEGINNING IN 2009, THIS PUBLIC ART PROJECT HAS PLACED DOZENS OF COLORFUL QUILT PATTERNS, MOUNTED ON 8-BY-8 FOOT WOODEN SQUARES, ON BARNS THROUGHOUT RACINE COUNTY. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY OF BARNS IN OUR COUNTY, EDUCATE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ON RACINE COUNTY'S RICH QUILTING TRADITION, AND PROMOTE QUILTING AS A FORM OF ART. LINK - LONELY INSTRUMENTS NEED KIDS PROVIDES INSTRUMENTS FOR KIDS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PURCHASE OR RENT THEM ON THEIR OWN. SKETCH RACINE