2024-05-15T12:29:02-04:00 2023-12-31 010462899 AL AUCELLA DBA THE BOTTOM LINE 69 FIELD RD FALMOUTH ME 041051101 990EZ 2023-01-01 010539738 MAINE FIBERARTS MAIN 2077210678 PO BOX 404 BRUNSWICK ME 040110404 CHRISTINE MACCHI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2077210678 2024-05-15 true CHRISTINE MACCHI 999009999 false AL AUCELLA P00076293 2077813853 2024-05-15 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X WWW.MAINEFIBERARTS.ORG X X 62166 X 46108 1595 9766 9 1665 1665 3023 1820 1203 60346 50427 3926 6700 2477 6821 70351 -10005 29568 19563 29568 19563 29568 19563 29568 19563 X ARTS SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH EXHIBITIONS AND REPRESENTATION OF ARTWORK - NOW IN OUR 23RD YEAR, MAINE FIBERARTS CONTINUED ITS TRADITION OF PRESENTING FIBER ARTWORK. (SEE SCH O FOR MORE.) 27670 STORY OF FIBER ART - TO COMPLETE "THE STORY OF FIBER ART IN MAINE DURING THE PAST HALF CENTERY"--A MAJOR PROJECT FUNDED IN PART BY THE NEA-- (SEE SCH O FOR MORE.) 20345 WESTERN MAINE & ONGOING OUTREACH & DIGITAL TOURS - EARLY IN THE YEAR, WE FINALIZED WORK ON OUR WESTERN MAINE PROJECT, "EXPLORING FIBER ART AROUND WESTERN MAINE." (SEE SCH O FOR MORE.) 9923 OTHER PROGRAM: 563 WORKSHOPS 563 58501 CHRISTINE MACCHI EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 34000 3200 CAROLYN WOLLEN PRESIDENT/TR 2.00 0 DR DONALD TALBOT VICE PRESIDE 2.00 0 ARLENE MORRIS SECRETARY 2.00 0 false false false false false false false false false CHRISTINE MACCHI 13 MAIN STREET TOPSHAM ME 040861219 2077210678 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 38390 47190 71285 64778 46108 267751 38390 47190 71285 64778 46108 267751 139424 128327 665 665 268416 26573 0.47810 0.44960 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ MAINE FIBERARTS HAS TWO WEBSITES: ONE, AS LISTED ON PAGE 1: WWW.MAINEFIBERARTS.ORG, AND ALSO: WWW.MAINEFIBERFOLIO.COM. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION 447 OFFICE 867 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2,886 TRAVEL 265 CONFERENCES/MEETINGS 188 INSURANCE 336 LICENSES & PERMITS 35 TELEPHONE 667 BANK & PAYROLL CHARGES 1,130 TOTAL 6,821 FORM 990-EZ, PART III LINE 28 EXHIBITIONS (FROM 990-EZ PAGE 2, HERE IN FULL): NOW IN OUR 23RD YEAR, MAINE FIBERARTS CONTINUED ITS TRADITION OF PRESENTING FIBER ARTWORK BY MAINE ARTISTS AT ITS TOPSHAM CENTER/GALLERY IN GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS. SHOWS INCLUDED: "BRAIDING NOW," INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE WORK BY TEN MAINE BRAIDERS; "ALTERED," CONTEMPORARY FIBER ART IN A MYRIAD OF TECHNIQUES AND DESIGNS; MARY ALLEN CHAISSON, A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE ARTIST'S QUILTS, POTTERY, DRAWINGS, AND FOUND OBJECTS OVER 50 YEARS; AND "PAY ATTENTION" SCULPTURE, QUILTS, BOOKS AND CROCHETED WORK. THESE WERE LARGE SHOWS HOSTING THE WORK OF AS MANY MAINE ARTISTS AS POSSIBLE. WE WERE PLEASED TO MAKE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS AVAILABLE TO OUR VISITORS. WE ALSO POSTED STORIES TO OUR SECOND WEBSITE, WWW.MAINEFIBERFOLIO.COM; CONTINUALLY UPGRADED OUR ONLINE ART SHOP WITH NEW OFFERINGS; MAINTAINED TWO WEBSITES AND OUR PHOTO IMAGE LIBRARIES; CONTINUED WORKING ON OUR UPGRADED DATABASE SOFTWARE AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS; AND GREETED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER MAINE, THE U.S. AND CANADA. WE REFER VISITORS TO OUR TOUR MAPS AND OUR TWO PUBLICATIONS: "LEARNING FIBER ART GUIDE," A BOOKLET LISTING OVER 100 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES STATEWIDE AND "FIBER ART MASTERS," PROFILING 20 MAINE ARTISTS AND THEIR STUDIOS. LINE 29,THE STORY OF FIBER ART (FROM 990-EX, PAGE 2, HERE IN FULL): TO COMPLETE "THE STORY OF FIBER ART IN MAINE DURING THE PAST HALF CENTURY"-A MAJOR PROJECT FUNDED IN PART BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS-WE VISITED ARTISTS' STUDIOS IN ORDER TO PHOTOGRAPH, INTERVIEW AND DOCUMENT THEIR WORK IN FIBER. COMPLETED INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE POSTED TO WWW.MAINEFIBERFOLIO.COM, OUR SECOND WEBSITE. WE ALSO MET WITH LARGE GROUPS OF RUG HOOKERS AND BRAIDERS IN CHURCH BASEMENTS AND STUDIOS TO PHOTOGRAPH THEIR WORK AND TO RECORD INTERVIEWS. DURING 2023, ORIGINAL HOOKED WORK BY OCTOGENARIAN GRACE COLLETTE WAS SHOWN IN "HOME AND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES." OUR SHOW "BRAIDING NOW" INCLUDED OVER 100 RUGS BY VERNA COX, NANCY YOUNG, AND BOBBI MAHLER (PLUS OTHERS)-ALL VETERAN BRAIDERS NOW IN THEIR 80'S AND 90'S. WE HELD BRAIDING DEMONSTRATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC AND HOSTED BRAIDING WORKSHOPS, ALL OF WHICH WERE VERY POPULAR WITH VISITORS. BRAIDERS MADE A "COLOR WHEEL BRAIDED RUG" TO RAFFLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MAINE FIBERARTS' EXHIBITIONS. DIRECTOR MACCHI GAVE A SLIDE TALK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY MAINE FIBER ART AND THE DISCOVERIES WE WERE MAKING WHICH WAS DELIVERED BY ZOOM TO THE VALLEY FORGE RUG BRAIDERS BASED IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS PRESENTATION WAS ATTENDED BY PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE US AND CANADA. MACCHI ALSO TOOK PART IN A PANEL DISCUSSION AND SLIDE PRESENTATION ABOUT CONTEMPORARY MAINE ART WITH THREE OTHER PANELISTS FOR PEJEPSCOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN BRUNSWICK. A LIST OF FIBER ART BOOKS AND RESOURCES, RECOMMENDED BY ARTISTS INTERVIEWED, WAS POSTED AT MAINEFIBERFOLIO.COM. THE LIST CURRENTLY CONTAINS ABOUT 100 BOOKS AND CONTINUES TO BE ADDED TO. LINE 30 WESTERN MAINE & ONGOING OUTREACH & DIGITAL TOURS(FROM 990-EZ, PAGE 2, HERE IN FULL): DURING JANUARY-APRIL 2023, WE FINALIZED WORK ON OUR WESTERN MAINE PROJECT "EXPLORING FIBER ART AROUND WESTERN MAINE." AFTER RESEARCHING AND GATHERING FIBER DESTINATIONS IN YORK, OXFORD, FRANKLIN AND SOMERSET COUNTIES, WE IDENTIFIED 21 KEY LOCATORS TO INCLUDE ON A PRINTED POSTCARD. A COMPANION BOOKLET-INCLUDING A ROAD MAP, MORE LISTINGS, INTERESTING THINGS TO SEE WHILE TRAVELING, AND SCENIC PHOTOS-WAS POSTED ONLINE AT WWW.MAINEFIBERARTS.ORG. CARDS WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH MAINE FIBERARTS, THE CENTER FOR MAINE CRAFTS, AND THROUGH PARTICIPATING SITES. WORK BY THESE WESTERN MAINE ARTISTS WAS ALSO WOVEN INTO OUR ART GALLERY, WEBSITES, AND STORY OF FIBER STORIES. IT IS HOPED THE PROJECT WILL BRING GREATER AWARENESS FOR WORKING FIBER ARTISTS AND FARMERS IN THE WESTERN MAINE AREA THUS WIDENING OUR OUTREACH AND FOSTERING OUR ORGANIZATION'S STATEWIDE MISSION. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 OTHER PROGRAM: 563 WORKSHOPS